On one side of the easel, we matched colored mittens.
We had music with Ms. Joanie today!
Ms. Joanie gave the toddlers jingle bells to play.
We’ve been working hard during the month of December on reviewing numbers 1-20 with a focus on number 12. The number twelve seems to be tricky for most of the students because it doesn’t fall into the basic “teen” rule. “Numbers in the teens, they start with a one.” We used the classroom clock as a reference for numbers 1-12 and watched a fun, interactive video that put our lesson to music. Music is a great way to help children learn, young AND old. If you’d like to watch the video with your child, click on the photo below.
We’ve been focusing on the sight word you, this week, during our guided reading groups. We built the sight word on each page to complete the sentences, read the text to identify any unknown words using the basic reading strategies we’ve been learning this year, and reread the text to practice fluency.
Strengthening fine motor muscles in the hands is essential for successful writing. Coloring small pictures with a focus on moving your hands/fingers slowly to stay inside the lines helps improve hand strength and dexterity of children. An easy way to encourage fine motor development at home or just about anywhere!
We could not go outside to play…so we brought outside… inside! 🙂
Christmas light color matching activity…
Paper plate wreaths….
Toddlers love to play – and at Tots we do tons of fun learning activities that teach important developmental skills every day. This month we are focused on developing the concept top, middle and bottom. Take a look at our decorated tree as the toddler’s worked on placing the star at the top, the ornaments in the middle, and the presents at the bottom.
Here’s a website of month-by-month tips that will help you maneuver the ins and outs of toddler growth and development.
http://www.whattoexpect.com/growth-and-child-development-tips.aspx#
The snow might have kept us from going outside, but that didn’t keep us from bringing the snow inside.
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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