Happy Valentine’s Day 2019!
We had such a terrific time at our 2019 Valentine’s Day parties. The toddlers were so excited to celebrate with their families. Ms. Joanie played her guitar, we had snacks, passed out valentines, created crafts, explored the sensory bins and had lots of fun!
The toddlers are focusing on the letter P this week. We discussed foods, animals, and colors that start with the letter P. We love that pizza starts with P so we turned our room into a pizzeria. I read the story Secret Pizza Party then we each made our own pizza using fine motor skills to add sauce, mozzarella, and pepperoni. The toddlers sang a pizza song and added paper cheese and pepperoni to a P for our letter craft while we waited for pizzas to cook. A yummy lesson!
Ms. Joanie is such a fun part of the Creative Tots family. She comes once a week with her engaging attitude and happy disposition. Ms. Joanie often plays her guitar, drum, shaker eggs, or bells. The children think it is hilarious when Elmo makes a guest visit. The children listen intently as Joanie teaches the parts of her guitar, breathing exercises, and music terms. The toddlers love to join in singing classics like “Wheels on the Bus” and “Twinkle Twinkle” but Ms. Joanie is always teaching us a new song. Ms. Joanie will join us for the Valentine’s parties in February so families will get to witness her infectious joy.
We are enjoying the wonders of winter and the color white through sensory experiences. Sensory activities facilitate exploration and naturally encourage children to use scientific processes while they play, create, investigate and explore.
Shaving cream on the tables provided an interesting textured sensory activity. It also provides an empty canvas to practice drawing shapes, letters, and lines.
Our sensory bin and discovery tubs provided different textures and items to sort and pour.
Maurice Sendak’s Chicken Soup with Rice provided an activity to use all of our senses including taste! We read the book, danced to the video with song by Carole King, and tasted chicken soup with rice!
Our pretend veterinary office has provided fun interaction and vocabulary. The children love to pretend to take care of and feed the animals.
We create centers for sorting, exploring and sharing. The month of January has been packed full of fun center exploration.
The Studio Toddler class helped to make white play-dough that we will be using throughout the month of January for various activities.
We practiced following directions and taking turns to help mix the ingredients together. We also talked about what other things in our world are white. Not surprisingly, snow was the most popular answer 🙂
We decided to celebrate our last day of school before the break in our pajamas! On Friday, the toddlers got a turn to go down the slide in the preschool room, went on a candy cane hunt, had popcorn snack while watching a short holiday film, and finished the day with a dance party!
Using different tools to do art projects is something we love to do in our classroom! Our little learners got to jingle and shake a box to paint their Christmas tree our color of the month—green! We also sang “Jingle Bells” while we were shaking 🙂
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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