This morning in preschool we had lots of Halloween fun! We made a spider web from tape and threw cotton balls to see how many “bugs” our web could catch. This is a very easy activity to play in a door way at home. Good hand-eye coordination practice as well!
Fine motor, fine motor, fine motor! We put those little muscles to work while making a Halloween jack-o-lantern.
Hope everyone had a blast at the Harvest Festival on Friday! What a great turnout!
Enjoy Trick-or-Treating tonight!!
The Early 3’s had a SPOOKTACULAR time telling scary stories with the Halloween finger puppets today! This was a great way to work on oral story telling while still having fun for Halloween! The early 3’s made up stories about spooky flying bats and cackling witches. You can make up stories with your child using objects and toys you have at home!
The Toddlers had a spooktacular day at school! To celebrate Halloween, we sang “5 Little Pumpkins Sitting on a Gate”, read a spooky story, and made silly jack-o-lanterns. The boys and girls used their fine motor skills to add a face to their pumpkins. We hope that all of our Toddler friends have a fun and safe night trick-or-treating!!
The Early 3’s put their detective caps on today when they had to look at the letter H and figure out what was missing! When they figured it out, they used crayons to finish the letter. Good work detectives!
We have been working very hard on our writing in Early 3’s! Today we wrote with our fingers…in the shaving cream! We worked on making horizontal and vertical lines. These activities lead to the ability to form letters and numbers. Next time you take your preschooler to the park, show them how to make lines in the sand!
Today the Toddlers experimented with puzzles. The boys and girls did a great job matching the farm animals on the board. When working on puzzles, children use small motor skills to manipulate the pieces. Puzzles encourage concentration as well as improve hand-eye coordination. This activity also helps with cognitive development such as problem solving and logical reasoning.
Fine motor skills are an important part of development and school readiness. Today the Toddlers practiced tuning these skills by coloring with crayons. Scribbling is one of our fine motor objectives for this month. Children learn that they can express themselves through lines, shape, and squiggles. Allow time for coloring at home and see what your child can create!
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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