Toddlers were very busy with spiders this month. We listened to the story by Eric Carle, made our own class spider web, threw spiders at a web, color matched spiders, stacked spiders, and did a web craft. There’s a Spider on the Floor by Raffi was a favorite song this month as well!
Focused on the letter G, the toddlers got to experience putting a penny into the gum ball machine. We all guessed what color would come out! We then created our own gum ball machine craft using colored circle stickers as gum balls.
F is for Fall and H is for Haunted House! Lots of fine motor skills used to create letter crafts this month!
Whoo Whoo knows about owls and triangles? Oliver the owl puppet came out to say Whoo Whoo! Five Little Owls, a triangle owl craft, building triangles, matching triangles, sorting by color, games, and more helped the toddlers learn about owls and triangles!
The Studio Toddler class has really gotten into a rhythm in our classroom. Our toddlers are anticipating our daily schedule and following routines well. They’ve also been practicing sitting and doing crafts at our tables. This usually involves following directions, which is a skill we practice all year long in the toddler class! Check out some of the crafts we’ve been making so far below.
C is for Cat:
My 5 Senses Craft:
D is for Donut:
Preschool Prep is working hard on not only recognizing our letters we have introduced, but learning how to build them. In Preschool Prep, we won’t start forming letters using a writing utensil (ie: pencil, marker, crayon) just yet, but we use other materials that help us learn how letters are formed. Playdough is a favorite sensory item to use to manipulate it into letters. Check out the photos below of how our little learners are starting their letter formation using playdough.
We have also been doing a lot of counting practice in our small groups. Being able to use items to count out loud is great practice of one to one correspondence. We will be continuing our practice of one to one correspondence throughout the year, but we have had a great introduction to this with some of our small group activities. We counted people into houses, and counted our fingerprints in another activity.
While learning about the letter Ee this week, we read the beloved picture book Elmer. After we finished reading the book, we practiced our scissor skills and created our very own Elmer the elephant.
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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