The fun part about gingerbreads are decorating them! Today, we traveled to our favorite nation, the imagination, and had a fun time pretending to decorate our gingerbreads. Using number recognition, the children pulled a number, then put their one-to-one correspondence skills to work by putting the corresponding number of buttons on the gingerbread. Working with the numbers four through nine really helped the children focus on their counting skills.
As a preschooler, numbers and matching are two skills they will become very familiar with. Today, we merged the two by having the children use number puzzles. Each child had puzzle pieces with numbers and had to match the number to corresponding pieces with pictures on it. The children enjoyed the challenge of the hunt and practiced those number recognition and counting skills.
Thanksgiving is just days away and we have already begun cooking in the Creative Tots kitchen! Today our little chefs whipped up a delicious pumpkin pie. As a chef, it is important to know what ingredients you are using, and how much to put in. Each child helped to measure, pour, stir, and even crack eggs as we made our pie filling. After pouring the filling into the pie crust, we popped it in the oven and enjoyed the sweet smell. Thanksgiving is a time to appreciate all of the good people and things in your life. We read a story about the first Thanksgiving, and discussed what we are thankful for and why. We hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Today we practiced the letter “M”!
“M” is for Mouse!
How many mice are in your Barn?
Sorting items is usually done by their obvious attributes: shape, and color. Today, Ms. Courtney challenged the children by suggesting different ways to sort squares, and then letting the class decide which way was best. The children came up with the first way: to sort them by color. After that was complete, suggestions were made, and they decided to sort by how many holes were in each square (very clever!).
Counting and number recognition are two very important mathematical foundations. Putting those together and practicing those skills brings a child’s thought process to the next level. For example, some of the older children were able to recognize the six dots on the die with out counting them, and then identify the number six on the paper and stamp it. These types of hands on activities are excellent practice to those children who are still working on building up their math skills.
Numbers one through five are the easiest for preschoolers to count because they are able to do those on their fingers. Once we move on to six, seven and eight, it gets a little trickier. Today, we focused on the numbers four, five, six and seven. Using barnyard animals and a pretend barn, we hunted for those numbers hidden in our barn. The children identified the number they found, then matched it with the corresponding animal on the paper.
To reinforce what we discussed at group time, we colored “1” Chicken today!
Starting our day with working on writing the letter F
Dry erase markers are great for practice!
Exploring the great outdoors before the torrential rain!
Climbing and sliding...
Pretending with ourselves and our friends
Working on counting and identifying numbers 0-5
Zero is often confused with the letter O!
Color-by-number is a fun and colorful way to identify numbers and follow simple directions
Enjoying pretend tacos while having a fiesta in the dramatic play taco stand!
Enjoying the centers
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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