Hands-on activities in math are vital for young learners. Using hands-on activities in math helps children to take an active part in their learning. Using hands-on lessons in our K prep classroom allows our students to use a variety of senses which encompasses all different types of learning styles (and makes learning fun!!) Creating an environment where children get to explore and master skills is so vital. Introducing addition and subtraction into our classroom allows the kids to “play” with the concept and hear the vocabulary they will hear in a more formal way in Kindergarten and 1st grade building an early foundation for them to build on through the year.
The Preschoolers and Preschool Preppers have been apart of many fun, hands-on explorations this month! We opened up a pumpkin, made our own homemade applesauce and had some animals visit the classroom!
We have been learning all about the nocturnal animals of the forests. Today we learned that there are insects that are nocturnal, too! We learned about the characteristics that make an insect and insect (head, thorax, abdomen, 2 eyes, 6 legs, and antennae) and about a special insect that sings songs throughout the night forest. After reading The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle, we used play dough to make our own insects with all the parts!
The Children’s Museum center visited the K Prep class today to teach us all about dinosaurs! We learned to growl, claw and walk like a dinosaur! We Dug up fossils and identified what dinosaurs they came from. We learned about different kinds of dinosaurs, including what they looked like, what they ate and how they protected themselves. We had so much fun!!
We began reviewing our numbers 1-10 and one to one correspondence in our math groups today…hawaiian style.
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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