We counted dots on dice to decide how many leaves to put on our fall tree.
Today in the Early 3’s class, we made “H” is for “Hands.” We painted our hand prints over the letter “H” written in painter’s tape. I loved how they turned out!! We also practiced our scooping skills by scooping marbles out of rice and putting them into cups/bowls. We worked on identifying our letters by having children come up one at a time and point to the letter they were asked to find. {We definitely still need to work on our letter recognition.} For snack today, the children had to find their name (written on the butcher paper covering the table) and sit at the seat when they found their name. This was an activity to help them with their name recognition…and they absolutely loved it. Before they could get up from snack, they had to try tracing their names with a crayon of a different color other than the color it was written in. I was amazed by how many children could follow the letters in their name. During whole group, we talked about using our imagination and read the story, “It Looked Like Spilt Milk.” I passed around a colorful box and had the children shake it, then use their imaginations to guess what was inside. Needless to say, the children thoroughly enjoyed this activity!! Overall, a fantastic start to our week here at Creative Tots! See you on Wednesday!!
{Miss Sarah}
Cutting accurately with scissors is a skill we sometimes take for granted. Â Cutting requires the coordination of many skills including fine motor coordination, bilateral coordination, and eye-hand coordination. Like many other skills, scissor skills develop sequentially and require appropriate instruction and practice to develop fully. Â You will find scissor practice pages here that you can work on with your child at home.
Name Recognition is an important skill at the preschool age. Every morning students need to find their name on the cubbies to hang up their belongings. This daily exposure is key for developing and understanding of the letters and letter sounds within their names. This week we focused on names in a few different ways. Ms. Cally helped the preschoolers find the letters of their names on blocks and build each name together. They discussed each letter within their names and discovered letter sounds. You can make letter blocks out of legos with some masking tape and a marker. Another great way to practice name recognition is “letter hunting” in magazines. Once you have found and cut out each letter in your child’s name, glue them onto small pieces of paper. You can scramble the letters up and put them in order together. There are many ways to explore names at home!
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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