Colorful fine motor play in preschool
The children have been exploring this wonderful color matching game…. Here’s another fine motor game you can try with your students! The game board was colored with markers
The key to coming up with great ideas for math in early childhood is to focus on mathematical thinking. What will get your child to using math in play? Whether your child is sorting different sizes or colors of flowers into vases or graphing a set of bottle caps, your child is building the skills to think and learn about mathematical concepts.
Here are some ways we encourage mathematical thinking...
We made pepperoni pizza in preschool
Today the children made pepperoni and sausage pizzas. This is part of our ongoing theme for healthy eating. We have made fruit pizzas, cheese pizzas, veggie pizzas, and today was
G is for gumdrops in pre-kindergarten
Yesterday, I shared with you how the children enjoyed making AB patterns with gumdrops for the letter “Gg” week in pre-kindergarten. Another activity the pre-kindergarten children loved was making gumdrop
Patterning with gumdrops in pre-kindergarten!
I have to say out of all the things I have observed the children do over the past several months, Gumdrop Day was one of the most successful and fun
Crunchy leaf science and math in preschool
The trees in my back yard are all starting to change colors. I live in the middle of the woods so finding an ample supply of fall leaves is not
Counting ten red apples for preschool math
Sometimes, coming up with a math component in your preschool lesson plans can seem rather daunting but there are many tools you can use for helping design fun and inviting
G is for gumball counting in preschool
The children spent time doing a little counting as they played with play dough… There are many ways to reinforce counting with young children but some of the best ideas
Counting ladybug dots in preschool
The children played a simple lady bug game today… The children matched the number of dots to the number of dots on the lady bug. Everyone had a turn giving
Folding paper in preschool
Folding paper is a great way to help young children work on those fine motor skills as well as a way to give children guides for processes like writing, sorting,
Tools to promote fine motor skills in preschool
This may just look like an empty blue ice tray but if you stop and think about how it can be used to promote fine motor skills or sorting skills,
Using lids to play with a purpose in preschool
I have been collecting small lids from milk jugs and juice jugs. I don’t really have a lot but I keep the ones I have saved in a small plastic
Ribbon painting in preschool
One of the things I love most is to build an entire day around music or even build an entire day around one single preschool song. When I write songs,
What you can do with lids in preschool
I am fixing this so please check back – the links do work but I have to update pictures! Here are a few wonderful ideas posted on what you can