Category: <span>Winter</span>

Me: What is sorting? Avery: Matching First we dumped the leaves Then we talked about what colors we have. Next we sorted! Who needs worksheets? And later the leaves we used for hair decoration.

Today is national cat day. So of course we made cat art – process over product! There’s a book called Splat The Cat that fits these masterpieces purrrrfect! Figuring out how to use non conventional tools for art can be tricky.

Today the girls enjoyed being together. I think they missed each other last week. This morning we read “Stumpkin” the story of a pumpkin with no stem. He was not chosen at Halloween. This story allowed us to talk about what it feels like to be left out. We also practiced the live language of […]

Some times the things that we do to continue to learn are so simple. I asked the girls to look around their home yesterday and see how many trees they have in their yard. We charted them and then compared and use the terms more and less. As I’ve stated before, the term less is […]

Today we spent a little time at the table using our pincer grip. We made beautiful fall trees. We also worked on a little self correcting name puzzle. This is a great way to teach letters in a child’s name.

This month Early Childhood Solutions is focusing on understanding the five love languages of children better. As I work through the concepts in the book and do activities that are related I am learning so much about your children. The last two days I have done small activities that have focused on physical touch. It’s […]

Today we did our monthly self portraits. We also tried peeling apples to make homemade applesauce. And well. You know I teach numbers by gaining interest in the calendar with numbers and letters. Today is national homemade cookie day. We had a large C on the calendar. I am not great at recipes that had […]

Today the girls were excited to find the colored water in the mud kitchen. There was so much laughter , concentration and large motor skill work as they figured out how to press the dispenser on the top. There was also lots of play in the dirt pit. We also did a little “math” as […]

Today we took another walk looking for item of nature. It was a beautiful day for a walk. The items we collected were glued on a poster board crown. I present the nature queens.

We were able to get our intended learning opportunities in today before I headed out to be at one of my grandkids grandparents day celebration. The first thing we did was sort colored. beads. Traditional preschools might have bears and bowls for sorting or have children coloring and drawing lines. Our learning opportunities for sorting […]