Nurturing creative young minds and wiggly bodies
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
30
May
A new week of activities is posted: Transportation Week. Young children are often fascinated by trucks, planes, trains, and automobiles. My granddaughter has even been on several dog sled rides, which she loves dearly. It’s the wrong season for that now, but not to take your child on a bus ride. [...]
Tags: lesson plans, school bus, train ride, transportation
11
May
May is “Older American’s Awareness” month. Did you know that? I just learned that May has been designated that since 1963! Wow. Guess it wasn’t advertised much, or else I’m just that clueless. I hope it’s not the later. Of course, in 1963 I was only five years old. Anyway, it seemed like this was [...]
Tags: Early Childhood Education, energetic, families, lesson plans, lessons, Preschool, spirited, themes, toddlers
4
May
This week you and your child will continue to learn about spring as you focus on May Flowers.
Your child can learn:
spring is a season of the year that comes after winter
there are many changes in nature in the spring
(if you live where there is any) ice and snow melt
days are longer
temperatures are warmer
the ground thaws [...]
Tags: Early Childhood Education, home school, homeschool, lesson plans, lessons, May, May Flowers, Preschool, Preschoolers, teaching child at home, themes, toddlers
10
Apr
“Put a young man in a workshop, his hands will work to the benefit of his brain, and he will become a philosopher while thinking himself only a craftsman.” John Jacques Rousseau.
It was an evening in early winter, 1982. We were renting in Dodgeville, while my husband attended Michigan Technological University in Houghton. [...]
Tags: construction, early childhood, education, home school, homeschool, lesson plans, Preschool, Preschoolers, toddlers, toys, wood, wood working
6
Apr
This Lesson Plan is appropriate for the week leading up to Palm Sunday, for Catholic or Protestant families. The songs include “Mary had a little lamb” and “Baa-baa Black Sheep”. The activities center on sheep, not bunnies. You and your child will learn:
Sheep are farm animals
Baby sheep are called lambs
Mommy sheep [...]
Tags: early childhood, Easter, education, lambs, lesson plans, Palm Sunday, Preschool, Preschoolers, rams, sheep, spring, themes, toddlers
8
Mar
This week you and your child will focus on sounds. You’ll want to collect pairs of little film canisters – the plastic container with a lid that holds 35mm film. These may be harder to find now, as so many people own digital cameras. If you can find any other kind of small [...]
Tags: early childhood, education, five senses, hearing, home school, homeschool, lesson plans, lessons, Preschool, Preschoolers, sound, themes, toddlers
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