HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Painting with trains to close off our “Transportation” theme this past Friday…
We started our adventure in reading today! We discovered that all of the letter sounds that the children worked so hard to master during preschool, when put together, make words! After reading the book, The Alphabet Tree by Leo Lionni, we began to build simple words in the -at family…C-A-T, H-A-T, B-A-T, R-A-T, then we sounded each of them out. The children then worked independently on building their own -at family word and an illustration (good writers always illustrate their work with a picture that matches!) For a fun way to practice sounding out words…visit Starfall and use their “Word Machine.” This is a website that you will need to purchase a membership for a minimal fee. This site is worth every penny. You will be able to use it through first and second grade. A fun, interactive way to practice essential skills. LET’S HAVE FUN LEARNING!
Letters by themselves are just letters
But when they are grouped together...Presto! It's a word!
Miss Sarah taught us all about the Desert Habitat of the Sahara Desert to close out our travels this month. We compared the rain fall totals of the Sahara with that of Cincinnati…what a difference!!!
We get around 42 inches of rain a year!
Then we traveled out to the sandbox to see if we could create waves and dunes in the sand by blowing air through straws. The wind in the desert creates massive sandstorms that can reshape the entire landscape and block out the sun for days! We had to control our breath and reshape our sand just like in the desert.
Wednesday was a special day with a special treat.
Happy Birthday Miss Sarah!!!
Everyone entered the room in surprise to find all kinds of new toys! With the start of October our theme has changed to Spiders and Halloween. Here are a few pictures of some toddlers digging into the sensory tub.
Making art also helps children develop eye-hand coordination. As children decide how to make parts fit together into a whole, where to place objects, and what details to include, they learn to coordinate what they see with the movements of their hands and fingers. This eye-hand coordination is essential for many activities, including forming letters and spacing words in formal writing.
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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