Nurturing creative young minds and wiggly bodies
1
Feb
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In this week’s lesson, Snow and Ice, your child can learn:
When the weather turns cold, rain changes to snow.
Sometimes snow is wet and sloppy, sometimes it is dry and powdery.
We like to play in snow, making snow angels or [...]
30
Jan
Sometime before he starts kindergarten, your young child should learn how to write his name. There are some steps he needs to master before he can write legibly, and some activities you can provide to help him along the way.
The young child can recognize words before he can physically write them. His eyesight [...]
Tags: early childhood, early writing, name recognition, penmanship, Preschool, reading
28
Dec
Fingernails can be a window to what’s going on deep inside you! Pale, whitish nail beds may be a symptom of anemia. White nails may indicate liver disease, while red nail beds may indicate heart disease. So what do short, chewed off nails mean?
Some children develop the habit of chewing on their [...]
Tags: early childhood, fingernails, Health, nail biter, nail biting, nail biting in children, Preschool
12
Dec
This week, you and your child will learn about preparing our hearts and home for Christmas, in the season we call Advent. Your child can learn:
Christmas is Jesus’ birthday!
Each week we light a new candle on the advent wreathe, as we count down the days until Christmas.
There are many things we can do to get [...]
Tags: Advent, children, Christmas, Christmas crafts, Christmas preschool activities, creativity, Early Childhood Education, family, preparing children for Christmas, Preschool, preschool activities
21
Nov
This week you and your child will celebrate Thanksgiving!
Your child can learn:
Thanksgiving is a time to be thankful. Today many people celebrate it by eating a big dinner with friends and family.
Many families eat turkey, vegetables, and pumpkin pie.
Many years ago, the Pilgrims at Plymouth and the Wampanoag Indians celebrated a thanksgiving [...]
Tags: American Indians, Early Childhood Education, lesson plans, Pilgrims, preschool activities, Thanksgiving, turkey
19
Nov
Drop in to any parenting website, chat room, or pick up a magazine aimed toward parents of young children, and I can almost guarantee that you will find at least one discussion – and probably many more than one – on the fussy eater. It’s almost an epidemic! Many young children between the [...]
Tags: building family, dinner time, finicky eater, fussy eater, meal time battles, Preschoolers, table talk, toddlers
13
Nov
Young children not only CAN help you clean up around the house, often times they even WANT to help! They love to be with us, and imitate us. A two or three year old doesn’t know that spending time with you wiping down the table or sorting silverware is supposed to be “work” [...]
Tags: children, Early Childhood Education, housework, mommy's helper, parenting, preschool activities, training children
24
Oct
This week, Squirrels and Woodland Animals, your child may learn:
A woods or forest is an area with lots of trees and bushes. It often has small rivers of water or a pond.
Animals who live in the woods are called woodland animals.
The most common woodland animals are rabbits, skunks, squirrels, deer, foxes, raccoons, opossums, chipmunks, turtles, [...]
Tags: children's books, creativity, Early Childhood Education, encouraging creativity, lessons, Preschool, preschool activities, Preschoolers, squirrels
