Prewriting skills are critical for students to become successful writers in the future. Here at Tots, we include a writing center within the classroom for the students to build the skills needed for future success. Some of the things that children will be learning while they visit the writing center are: letter formation skills, a sense of left-to-right, associations between letters and sounds, communication skills, self-expression, creativity, fine motor skills.
Children LOVE art, and while it is a fun and a memorable activity, children are learning many skills to help them prepare for future learning. Some of the things that they are learning while they are taking part in an art experience are pre-writing skills, planning skills, color and shape recognition, concepts of symmetry, sensory awareness, creativity and self-expression, a sense of accomplishment. But most of all…it is FUN!
Pumpkin starts with the letter P
The /p/ sound is made by pretending to spit out a seed
We are so /p/roud of our /p/umpkins!
Discovering Mexican symbols and traditions in our centers
Building and counting while working on fine motor
Music time with Miss Joanie!
Storytelling through music
Enjoying outside time
Playing and climbing
Outside time is always fun!
Cutting playdough is great fine motor practice.
Everyone enjoys using playdough!
With the new month comes new center activities.
Free choice centers
Free choice centers
Fall weather calls for outdoor excitement!
We are collecting gently used shoes this week to share with the Soles4Souls shoe foundation. These shoes will be distributed by the foundation all over the world to children and families who aren’t able to provide shoes for themselves or their families. This doesn’t cost you thing, just a trip to the back of your closet.
Program on Wheels Visited our classroom on Friday with a wonderful program, How Does Your Garden Grow? We learned about the parts of a plant and what plants need to grow. We planted our own bean seed too!
Plants need Sun to Grow...see our leaves?
After reading our reading group book, Zoo Animals, we created a new page for the book by adding our own text and illustration. We are all readers and writers!
Pre-Writing Skills
Dancing Raisins Science Experiment
Literature Combined with Music makes Learning Fun!
Using 4 specific shapes, we are able to create any letter of the alphabet
Manipulating these shapes helps us to make sense of the lines and curves involved in writing these letters
Our focus for this small group: F, E and D
Free choice centers
Outside time
Yoga time!
Yoga works muscles but is also relaxing
Free choice center time
Shapes & Color Bingo
Free choice center time
1:1 correspondence
Rolling the die and determining that each dot represents one marble
Using keys to create musical sounds & dancing to "The Freeze"
Music & Movement with Ms. Lori
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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