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Category: Curriculum

DOT MARKERS, NAMES, AND BEARS 🐻, OH MY!

As a self-proclaimed lover or bright colors, 🌈 I think these are BEAUTIFUL! 🤩 They’re also functional, educational, and reusable, so there is absolutely no reason not to do this activity. First, write your child’s name in dot markers and see if they can identify their name as well as identify or name the letters in it. They’ll enjoy matching colored bears to the corresponding colored letters in…

CREATIVE LETTER GAMES MAKE LEARNING THE ALPHABET A BREEZE! 💨

Cc is a new letter for us and since you all already know paper 📝 and pencil aren’t my thing, here you go. 😉 Make the desired letter using tape and place a cotton ball on one end, which you could refer to as “the starting line.” The goal is to blow 💨 the cotton ball all the way to the other end, or “the finish line” 🏁 using the straw. Can you…

SUNSHINE ☀️ ART – A GREAT AND SIMPLE OPEN-ENDED ACTIVITY FOR A WEATHER UNIT

Yesterday we started our weather unit with talking and learning about the sun. These 3-year-olds can now tell you that when it’s daytime ☀️ on one side of the Earth 🌎, it’s nighttime 🌙 on the other side. It’s never too early to teach science to small children. They may not grasp everything, and you may need to simplify it, but they are far more capable than most…

WIND PAINTING: A LESSON IN COMING UP WITH A PLAN B

So today we learned about “wind” to go along with this month’s weather unit. The materials and idea were simple, but it appears that the @melissaanddougtoys washable paint 🎨 we used may have been too thick. The adults in the room tried to use the straws to blow the paint, sequins, and flowers 🌸 across the paper to no avail. Finally, one of the children decided to use his straw as…

LEARNING LINKS: A MANIPULATIVE WITH ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES

If you have an infant, you have probably used similar links to hang their toys off of a stroller, for example. BUT, they can also be used for preschoolers. These 3-year-olds sorted these links by color and shape, made patterns with them, and used a large “pocket cube” to work on their turn-taking skills while playing a game whose goal was to have them complete a pattern…

STRINGING BEADS 💎 WITH PIPE CLEANERS VS. STRING – A DISCOVERY MADE FOR TODDLERS! 🙌🏻

It’s possible that I’m late to the party and that everyone else knew this but me. But, in case you didn’t, pipe cleaner necklaces and bracelets are all the rage in my house right about now. 💎 For months I have given B every thickness of string I could find and have added tape to the tip to help her lace it through the hole (this method helps…