This month in preschool we are focusing on the letters Aa, Bb, Cc. Today during small groups we played Alphabet Coverup to practice our letters. Each preschooler has a Alphabet Coverup game board in their homework folder. This is a great tool for all kinds of learning fun. This morning, I wrote A, a, B, b, C, c on the board. This is an easy way to practice letter recognition and letter sounds. Have fun with your preschooler practicing letters!
We were so excited to see Ms Joanie today for the first time this year! She brought along some of her instruments and a new song about the ocean. What a perfect way to start our study of the Great Barrier Reef!
Children who grow up hearing music, singing songs, and moving to the beat are enjoying what experts call “a rich sensory environment.” That’s just a fancy way of saying they’re exposed to a wide variety of tastes, smells, textures, colors, and sounds. And researchers believe this forges more pathways between the cells in their brains.
Musical experiences are an important way to help create these pathways, also called neural connections. And while listening to music is certainly key to creating them, it’s when children actively participate in music that they make the strongest connections.
Research shows that kids who are actively involved in music (who play it or sing it regularly):
Our class is traveling to the Great Barrier Reef this month as we visit Australia during our country studies. After learning about the difference between an octopus and a squid, we dove straight into our small math groups today and worked on number recognition and one to one correspondence.
There are many benefits to incorporating yoga into our children’s lives. Yoga for young children develops body awareness, language, good listening skills, cooperation and powers of observation. It teaches pre-kindergarten children about nature, their environment and inspires their imaginations. They learn by playing, singing, moving and imitating. Looking at the smiling faces below, it’s clear that FUN may be reason we love it!
More from the toddler room!!! 🙂 We had fun fingerprint painting and playing with play dough. 🙂
{Miss Sarah}
Today we did fingerprint painting with Ms. Diana. We also explored the various centers to work on developing our cognitive and physical skills and aspects. We played outside on the slide and playground to continue to work on developing our gross motor skills. During group time, we read the Eric Carle book “From Head to Toe” to kick off our theme for this month: “All About Me.”
{Miss Sarah}
The Early 3’s class did so so soooo well today! I was very excited with how well the children sat at group time and listened. We practiced our line up procedure and quiet signal responses. During small group time, one group learned about our transportation center and how to clean up. Another small group learned about the restroom and how to wash hands. The other group worked on their fine motor skills with paper ripping. I taught them how to pinch the paper and pull to make it rip. We sang our ABC’s and our “We Like to Come to School” song. There is also a new routine we are working on with the children when they enter the classroom. They will be working on name recognition throughout the school year, so one of the ways to help them learn is by finding their name and matching it to the magnetic person with their face on it each day. (See photo below)
{Miss Sarah} 🙂
Lots of fun in the toddler room today!! 🙂 Check out the photos from our day ~ both morning and afternoon sessions.
The preschoolers are doing a very impressive job at settling into the expectations of the preschool room environment. We have been discussing classroom rules and routines while learning why it is important to follow these rules. The preschoolers were able to explore the centers today and show off which rules they remembered to follow!
Always use a clip.
Always play safely.
Choose an activity and have fun!
Treat books and toys with respect.
Always tidy up. “The mess you make is the mess you clean up!”
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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