Humor is an important lives. As a form of intellectual play, it grows more sophisticated with age. The kind of humor children express depends, in part, on the level of […]
The Rewarding Ritual of Reading Aloud
Parents are children’s first and most influential teachers. Reading together is one of the earliest shared experiences of parents and children. When you read a story to a child, you […]
Legos and Playdough
Children are not born with fine motor control. The process does being early, when infants and toddlers reach for and grasp objects. But development and coordination of wrist and finger […]
Teaching What Love Is
Children are born without biases about other people of any race, culture, gender, or disability. We sometimes wonder if we can raise children without prejudices just by leaving well enough […]
Heggerty Update
We started learning a new skill this week so I thought it would be a good time to update what we are learning through our Heggerty phonemic awareness curriculum. We […]
Being Five is Hard
We have had a tough day. Being five is hard. Being five and a boy is especially hard. At five and six children’s emotions a little bit more tricky to […]
Science and Valentines
What does science and Valentines have in common ? Not a lot unless you make old school melted crayons First we took two cheap boxes of crayons and peeled all […]
Just Imagine
Today we read a new book that I have a called “Not a Stick.” This book really highlights the imagination that children have. They literally can turn a stick into […]
Self Portrait
Today we did our February self portraits. I’m always amazed at the progression The first pictures you see are from a boy who will be five in April. The second […]
Six More Weeks of Winter
Today we made smoothies for breakfast. The kids help me decide what needed to go in the blender. We watched a short clip of Punxsutawney Phil to find out that […]