Nurturing creative young minds and wiggly bodies
This week you and your child will explore the sense of Touch. Your child may learn:
we feel with our skin
We usually feel things with our fingers
some things feel soft, hard, rough, smooth, bumpy, slimy, scratchy, etc.
we can feel happy or sad
we feel pain
when people say hello or good-bye, they may touch, shake hands, [...]
Tags: Early Childhood Education, five senses, lessons, Preschoolers, themed activities, toddlers, touch
22
Aug
My third week of raw menus is finally posted. I tested all of the recipes except the Banana Creme Pie – I’m going to make that tomorrow, but it sure sounds good. I don’t know if I’m getting better at this whole raw-foods diet idea, or if my taste buds are getting sharper [...]
Tags: feeding toddlers, Health, nutrition, Preschoolers, raw food, toddlers
18
Aug
When I was a child, there were no car safety seats. We didn’t wear helmets when we rode our tricycles. We didn’t have curving slides that kept you from falling off at the top platform. We played on teeter-totters that are now nearly obsolete. We climbed trees, skipped rocks, jumped off [...]
Tags: car safety, car seat, car seat standard, ERF, extended rear facing car seat, Preschoolers, toddlers
17
Aug
Raising a Budget Baby in a Consumerist World
I hesitated to write this article, as the focus of my blog is on toddler and preschool age children, but I’ve been asked for advice on this topic often enough to guess that it still might be relevant for some of you. The big question is, what [...]
Tags: budget, children, crib, infants, newborn, Saving money
This week you and your child will explore the sense of taste. Your young child can learn:
We have taste buds on our tongues that tell us how things taste
Each food has a particular taste
Some foods taste sweet, or salty, or sour, or bitter. Some foods combine these tastes.
We may add spices and seasonings to [...]
Tags: activities, five senses, learning activities, Preschool, stick-a-licks, taste, teeth, toddlers
This week you and your child will focus on Sight, one of the five senses. Young children can learn:
we see with our eyes.
We learn things by seeing with our eyes.
We need light to help us see.
When it is very dark, we cannot see.
Some people need glasses to to help them see better.
We need [...]
Tags: children, creativity, Early Childhood Education, encouraging creativity, lessons
