Today the children worked on their fine motor skills by putting rainbow pasta into empty water bottles. The children had fun filling up their bottles then dumping out the pasta to start all over.
Check out our small groups from today!
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In this group we practiced our matching skills while incorporating the colors (in order) of the rainbow. As an extension, we counted how many animals were on each color. We pretended like we were at a pet shop and had to organize the animals by color.
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In this group, the children practiced their number recognition by rolling a die then standing on the paper with the corresponding number on it. At the end, they counted how many children were on each number.
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In this group, the children painted with sponges to make “S” is for “sponge painting” for our alphabet book (which is SO CLOSE to being finished!!!). They used their fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination to create their textured painting.
My stocking.
Straw.
Spoons.
Snail.
Sun.
Sun.
Snake.
Slide.
Sock Monkey.
We want to thank everyone for such an amazing turn out for our annual art show! The children worked so hard on their creations and were so excited to share them with you!
We continued working on learning about the difference between 2D and 3D shapes during out math study this week. The children have also been brushing up on their 2D shape recognition as well as working on recognizing the 3D shapes: sphere, cube, cone, pyramid, rectangular prism, triangular prism, and cylinder. We’ve been singing a shape name game song during group time each day to help us remember all of these new shapes. CLICK on the first picture below to link to the video we’ve been using. It’s a FUN way to continue the practice at home.
We have been working hard to continue to build our fine motor muscles to help us on our way to becoming strong writers! Simple wrist exercises for kids can improve your child’s fine motor skills and have a positive effect on handwriting. Wrist strengthening activities are easy to do at home with children from preschool through early elementary.
Click on the picture below for website with a variety of simple activities to do at home. No special supplies needed!
The exercises and activities are to improve your child’s wrist extension and wrist stability.
Wrist extension means that the wrist is bent slightly upwards, which leads to better control of the finger muscles.
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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