Building our fine-motor skills through art and academics:
Building our fine-motor skills through art and academics:
Have you ever walked into our classroom and noticed colorful clothespins around the room? In Preschool Prep, children are introduced to the clip system, and they will take this skill with them into Preschool and K-Prep. When they want to play at a center, they look to see if there are any clips available in that center. If there is a clip for them, they can clip it on to the bottom of their shirt and begin playing. If there are no clips left, that means that the center is “full,” and they need to choose a different center. This system keeps our play-based learning organized and allows the children to experience everything that they can while playing at a center –without the chaos of having a large group of children being in the same center. Check out some of the children learning through play! (..and notice the clips on their shirts!)
As we learn the clips system, we are also working on our fine motor skills! Opening clothespins strengthens the muscles in their little fingers and prepares them for writing!
WELCOME TO PRESCHOOL PREP!!!
Check out some of the faces of this year’s Preschool Prep class! Looking forward to an exciting year of learning!
{Practicing lining up! They are learning quickly!}
They had fun trying out all of the new centers:
Thank you to everyone who made it out to help us kick off a new year!
Crickets in the classroom!!
We discussed the similarities and differences of grasshoppers and crickets. The children each had a chance to see a cricket up close… and hold it (if they wanted to).
The Kona Ice Truck stopped by Tots today to help us get ready for summer camp! We are now enrolling ages 2 to 6 years old for five weeks of summer fun. We hope to see you there! Download our summer camp brochure here.
Fine motor activity…Clothespins (“birds”) and pink pipe cleaners (“worms”)
“Jar of Fireflies” to go along with our story: “Sam and the Firefly.”
Making our own firefly shapes and swirls, while working on fine motor skills.
Bug cutting sheets to practice our scissor skills/safety.
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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