The Toddlers are learning about air transportation this week. The children strengthened their fine motor skills by gripping the stampers and coloring the airplane.
The Toddlers are learning about air transportation this week. The children strengthened their fine motor skills by gripping the stampers and coloring the airplane.
Last week the Toddlers explored the theme of birds. During small groups, the children took turns matching shapes on eggs. They used their fine motor skills to put the eggs together and pull them apart. They also painted ovals (our shape of the month) with feathers!
This week the Toddlers have been learning about birds. During art, the children took turns making contact paper birds. They used their fine motor skills to add the tissue paper on sheet at a time!
Throughout the month of April, the Toddlers will be learning about things that fly. We will talk bugs, birds, airplanes, and rockets. All of our centers have been switched out to match our new theme! We even have a few bumble bees hanging from our ceiling. The boys and girls have enjoyed exploring their new room!
This week the Toddlers are learning about the letter “I” during group time. To further the lesson, the boys and girls painted with colored ice cubes! It was a fun and messy new way to paint!
The Toddlers are having a blast exploring at the sensory tub this month. It is filled with (Easter) grass, tongs, and lots of bugs! The boys and girls used their fine motor skills to pull out the insects hidden in the grass. They love to tell us about all of the different bugs they find!
This month the Toddlers are learning about things that fly. Last week during group time we read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert. During art, the children strengthened their fine motor skills by squeezing watercolor filled eyedroppers on paper towels. They enjoyed observing the colors mesh together and turn into new colors. The project was finished off with a clothespin with eyes. Out came a beautiful butterfly, just like the book!
During small groups, the children took turns placing bugs in a line from big to small. We also talked about the bugs and different characteristics the children observed. For example,colors, wings, spots, stripes, legs, etc.
The color of the month is purple. The children used water colors to paint grapes purple.
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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