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c.2005 - 2007 |
| Preschool DAZE |
| Fun Ideas! Tea Party Have your kids dress up and invite them to tea! Create small invitations for each of them. Use little dishes if available. Pour juice for the kids and have some special 'tea' treats- miniature cookies/cakes. Hand Print Lamb Materials: one sheet of colored construction paper (except really dark colors) , handful of cotton balls , white craft glue , black acrylic paint , one small wiggle eye , sharpie marker, crayon or pen , colored ribbon , and a paint brush Directions: Be sure to write the child's name, age and the year the project was created on the back of the construction paper. Paint the palm of your child's hand with black paint. Immediately press hand onto paper to create handprint. While paint is drying, wash off child's hand with soap and water. Glue cotton balls to the palm part of the handprint, overlapping the fingers slightly. Glue a wiggle eye onto the thumb. Use marker to draw on an ear. Tie ribbon into a bow and trim excess. Glue onto "neck" area. Use marker to write "Happy Easter" across the top of the project. Easy-To-Read Rain Gauge My rain gauge is outside my kitchen window & sometimes hard to read. When I empty it I put a couple of drops of food coloring in it, then when it rains it is much easier to read with the colored water. Questions to Ask about Your Environment - What range of activities do children need to experience in this space/time, and what is the range of choices and possibilities available? - To reduce children's stress, how can teachers offer the fewest transitions and the most interrupted time? - Different areas of a classroom have different powers of stimulation. How do children use each area? Where do they go? What area do not entice them? - Where do negative behaviours occur, and how does the environment contribute to these responses in the children? How can teachers change the environment to promote positive interaction? - What would make each area more beautiful and inviting? - What energy do you feel in the environment? What contributes to that energy? - How are local culture and the geographical location of the center reflected in the environment? - In what ways do you see the children, families, and teachers present in the environment? - What do you see if you change your perspective, viewing the room from floor level, child height, for a ladder? What is apparent that you do not see from adult height? - What connections to the environment do the children make? How can they be enriched, along with enriching relationships and attachment to place? . . .Keep asking yourself these questions. . . . |
| Curriculum Resources Art Dramatic Play Prop Boxes Fine Motor Games Language Math Music Outdoor Play Quiet Time Recipes Science/Sensory Fine Motor Themes MY BOOKS |
| Child Development Notes The 1 Year Old The 2 Year Old The 3 Year Old The 4 Year Old The 5 Year Old The 6 Year Old The 7 Year Old The 8 Year Old The 9 Year Old The Pre-Teen Child |
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| What wobbles when it flies? A Jelly-Copter!! What do you get if you cross a dog and a frog? A croaker spaniel |
| "There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's
going to be a butterfly." - Buckminster Fuller |