“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!
Each month, the afternoon preschool class focuses on a specific habitat for their science unit. February we learned about the African Savannah! While we learned about many animals, we had a whole day dedicated to the giraffe!
We started with an art craft- giraffe hats!
For literacy, we got our bodies moving with a Giraffe Letter Recognition Hop!
For Music and movement/ indoor recess, the kids participated in some African Animal Yoga!
We learned that the giraffe has a purple tongue! We tried to make our tongues purple by eating some purple candies!
African animal water play was out for the children during our independent center time.
We strengthened our hands and fine motor skills by making giraffe colored bracelets, cutting play dough and painting with Q-tips!
For math, we measured all different sizes of toy giraffes with unifix cubes
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.
Morning preschool had a perfectly pleasant week learning about the letter Pp. We wrapped up the week preparing for our Valentines party with our parents!!💕
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!
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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