Nurturing creative young minds and wiggly bodies
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
23
Sep
This week F is for Fall, you and your child may enjoy the changing of the seasons. Your child can learn:
fall is the season after summer. Autumn is another word for fall.
Daylight hours become shorter. Nighttime hours become longer.
The weather becomes cooler. It may be time to put away shorts and [...]
Tags: early childhood, fall activites, lessons, preschool activities, squirrels
30
Jul
GORP is a great snack to keep on hand. I like to keep a jelly-jar of it in my car glove box for those emergency moments, when my stomach (or my granddaughter’s stomach) is growling, and I can’t get back home in time to fix a snack. Because the recipe is flexible, you [...]
Tags: early childhood, girl scout snacks, GORP, raisins and peanuts, recipes
18
Apr
There is a lot of emphasis these days on teaching young children to read. Many preschools and day care centers focus on worksheets that supposedly “teach” letter and sound recognition. Some children are actually flunking kindergarten! When I was five years old, kindergarten was not something flunk-able. We did calendar activities, [...]
Tags: benefits of early reading, early childhood, early reading, education, Preschool
15
Apr
The Lesson Plansfor this week you will be teaching your child about color, and specifically, to recognize the color red. It it not uncommon for two year olds to mix up their colors. If your child is three or more, and you’ve been teaching him about colors, and he is still making mistakes, you [...]
Tags: colors, creativity, early childhood, education, lessons, red
14
Apr
A big part of this blog is the lesson plans I provide. My degree is in Early Childhood Education, and I have many years of experience working with preschoolers. When I decided to homeschool my own children, I was suddenly writting lesson plans and teaching four different ages. If only I had saved copies of [...]
Tags: early childhood, education, homeschool, lessons, Preschool, Schedules, toddlers
8
Apr
An essay about our lack of respect for childhood, while many treat pets like children.
Tags: children, creativity, early childhood, family, Preschool
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