Our PreSchool Blog

We had a fun week at toddler summer camp – Down on the Farm.  We sang songs, read farm stories, played games, did crafts, ate special snacks, and played outside!  Yeehaw!

My cute chick craft.

Parachute fun!

Kona ice on Wednesday was a big hit!

We also had pink piggies (marshmallows) in the mud (chocolate pudding).

Our study of gardens and flowers aligned nicely with our handmade Mother’s Day Cards.  The toddlers used stickers and drawn stems for the inside of the card while a sweet fingerprint bouquet was on the front.  We also created flowers using the bottom of a bottle and stickers.

We moved onto our focus on water and the ocean using sensory tubs and crafts.

Summer Sweets:  making muffins, creating popsicles, and ice cream match!

Summer!!!

This year we opted to recognize each child on their “special day”.  Many of these days landed close to their birthday – others were in the middle of the year just to celebrate each child.  An All About Me sheet was filled out and read to the class while the special day child sat in Ms. Kristen’s chair.  We were often able to read a favorite book or sing a favorite song according to the sheet.  Some of the children shared their favorite treat with our class.

The toddlers shape study this month is the oval.  We have done lots of oval egg crafts and activities this month.  We have decorated an egg with washi tape, done an egg jelly bean match, and then of course an egg hunt!

Bunnies hop into our spring curriculum as well.  A ride on the big slide is fun for all!

Our discovery bins, sensory bin, and home living center focused on the garden and its bounty.  The bbq grill and veggies made for fun pretend “grill outs”.

Fine motor skills:  lacing flowers!

Working on one more page of our color book.  We are putting the pages together for an end of year keepsake.

Everyone loves a playdate, but the kids want to have them more than parents like to host them. Let us play host this summer . . . that means no mess, no noise, no cleanup and no negotiations about who gets to come over. We have decided that summertime at Creative Tots should be more about what the kids want. The kids want to play.  The kids want to see their friends. The kids have spoken and we have listened. They think that anything to do with “camp” might just be a little too much like school. Let your kids explore they way they are built to explore . . . through playing in the summertime with their friends. 

Creative Tots Playdate Registration Forms

“S” is for “Skittles”! We built our letter “S” with skittles to use as a new item to practice our pre-writing skills. They all did a great job and got to eat a couple of the non-handled skittles 😊

We worked on fine motor skills by beading the different colors of the rainbow onto pipe cleaners to make a rainbow bracelet!

Our focus of transportation has been fun this month in the toddler room!

R is for Road

Lacing and sorting with all types of transportation manipulatives help toddlers work on their fine motor skills.

We had discussion of all different types of transportation and watched a video of hot air balloons taking flight.  This inspired a hot air balloon craft.  Our centers have included all types of transportation manipulatives including sailboats with shape locking sails.

We had fun with a name building choo choo train.  We discussed letters and colors and worked on name recognition.

We had fun with a paint sensory experience using the truck wheels to make tracks with the paint.

Dobber paints and stickers on transportation sheets help toddlers with one to one correspondence, color recognition, and fine motor skills.

Sorting by color, shape and size are objectives in the toddler room.

Our toddler class took a pretend flight on Creative Tots airlines.  We practiced buckling our seat belts and staying seated during the “flight”.  The flight attendants passed out a special snack to enjoy while looking out the windows at the ground below.

Happy Valentine’s Day 2019!