Winter – Page 4 – Bright Beginnings Preschool

Building Confidence

Published on February 15, 2019 under Winter

Building confidence in young children is an amazing way for them to gain resilience . When I feel in control of who I am I feel powerful. When I am confident I feel I am…

Happy Valentines 2019

Published on February 14, 2019 under Winter

We read two of my favorite Valentines books today. "Froggy's First KISS" and "Dinofours Valentines Day ." Ask you little how Froggy's mom and teacher call his name. FFFFFRRRRRRROOOGGGYYYYYY! Ask them how he answers :…

Kindergarten Ready

Published on February 13, 2019 under Winter

Yesterday I spent three hours at Northside in transition conferences for my littles that receive speech services here. This is a wonderful day. It's a time I get to really introduce my kiddos to Northside…

Three More Days

Published on February 11, 2019 under Winter

Waiting is the hardest part for young children. They wait for meals. They wait for mom. They wait for the restroom. This week we are waiting on Valentines to get here. Randy and I arrived…

Self portraits

Published on February 7, 2019 under Winter

We do these once a month. It's amazing to see the progression

Those Nasty Disgusting Germs

Published on February 6, 2019 under Winter

Today we revisited a short story that has become a favorite during flu/ illness season. We wash our hands a lot. We teach the children how to wash hands but this study seems to resonate…

V is for Valentine

Published on February 5, 2019 under Winter

Today we broke open the Valentines prop box.

Let’s Go Outside

Published on February 4, 2019 under Winter

Kids love to play outside! And teachers love outdoor time, too. It's a relaxing, stress reducing, tension relieving part of the day, and the time when much development and learning take place. Physical development is…

Letter Learning

Published on January 31, 2019 under Winter

Learning the names of alphabet letters – like all early learning – is best done in the context of what is meaningful to young children. Many children first learn the initial letter of their own…

Little Signs

Published on January 29, 2019 under Winter

Throughout our day there are many signs that tell me we are getting closer to what most people mean when they speak about kindergarten readiness. There is sorting and pattern making taking place naturally There…