In order to know how long we have to complete our project it was necessary to set a date for our puppet show. Some early childhood settings do calendar time every day. I certainly did in the past. It’s another useless rote teaching method that children 3-5 get nothing from . I mean, they can’t […]
There’s More Than One Way To Skin A Cat
Today I sat for bits and pieces with children playing at this center. I wanted to share with you how many different things can be ” taught ” with one simple material. When we first started playing and I hijacked Mila’s play this is what she was doing . ” Ms Debbie let’s do […]
Pumpkins and Acorns
If you follow me on social media you know that at 11:00 our day took a whirl with unexpected visitors but we did have a few good hours ! We have had these HUGE acorns for over a year and the children have hardly touched them. I took them out and placed several on the […]
Do Robots Have Noses ?
Our day started off a little chilly so we were inside most of the morning. Thankfully, we had a daddy here to help us and play. His help at the art center produced some pretty amazing pieces. At one point today Elliette drew a robot ? She said ” Ms Debbie, does a robot have […]
Seriation
From the Learning is Fun Website : Seriation Skills Seriation Skills can be defined as “the ability to arrange objects in order by size”. The development of seriation skills is a step-by-step developmental process. As children grow and develop, their ability to seriate will also develop. For instance, a very young child (two years old) […]
Stop , Think and Choose
Today is one of those days that people will look back to say ” I remember the day ( fill in the blank ) was elected President of the United States. ” I hope that everyone has done something wonderful today so the day is attached to a good memory. Either way we vote , […]
Math and Candy Corn
Today we used candy corn to practice a few math skills. First we counted the candy corn . Then we added three pumpkins and talked about patterns . Almost every child was able to set up an AB pattern. Pumpkin, corn, pumpkin, corn , pumpkin , corn. I was pleasantly surprised that most of […]
Finish Up Friday
Today we finished up our unit called ” I am Unique. ” We learned that many of us have different eyes, hair, names, and even skin. This is Pax and Ms Dallas working on a chart graphing hair color today. No one in our group had red hair but the older kids fondly remembered Canyon […]
Patterns
I am under the weather today so Ms Dallas and Mr Randy are in charge today. I think , from the sounds I have heard, that the kids had a great day. As I laid in my bedroom with the door open I could hear the laughter, the music and the conversations. Mind you […]