counting pegs
The children have been practicing their counting with these wonderful counting peg boards. This activity is great for practicing number recognition and one to one correspondence. We also talked about the color of each peg. The kids were using their fine motor skills all morning long as they practiced their counting!
balloon dipping and the letter "Bb"
Thursday morning we used balloons for an art project to reinforce our letter of the week! The kids were able to dip balloons into purple and yellow paint to make balloon prints on their papers! As they pushed the balloon onto the paper we made the letter B sound.
teaching letters with balloon prints
how many cookies in the cookie jar?
Today at our manipulative table, we set out cookie jars with the numbers 1-5 on them. The kids had fun putting the corresponding number of cookies in each jar. Here is Eve putting five cookies into her cookie jar and counting each one as she put them in! The cookies also had a certain number of chocolate chips on them which was good practice for counting.
Today the kids have loved playing with the birthday cakes and candles! Putting the candles into the cake is a wonderful way for the children to practice their fine motor skills. Each cake has a different number on the front of it which is great for counting how many candles go on each cake. We had a lot of birthday candles blown out today!
Today the children were introduced to the letter “B” on Dorthy’s fish bowl! We then brought out the special letter “B” bag and sang a song about things that start with the letter “B”. The children’s favorite part was watching Miss Sarah blow up a Balloon and then letting it go!
name recognition using our farm theme this week
This afternoon during group time we created a graph about farm animals. After reading a story about the farm and talking about the different sounds farm animals make, it was time to talk about our favorite animals! Each child had a turn to come up to the board and put their name under their favorite animal. What a joy it was for them to put their special person up on the board! After the graph was finished, we counted how many children liked each animal. Using their name recognition people is a wonderful way for them to start recognizing their names as well!
learning about "life on the farm" this week
getting ready to round up the cattle
more about the farm later this week
how fun is this!
This morning the sensory table was full of slimy pumpkin seeds and a big old pumpkin! The kids loved looking inside of the pumpkin and some were even brave enough to stick their hand inside to feel around! It was sure a slimy mess!
This afternoon during group time, we used our friend Mr. Scarecrow to talk about shapes! The kids each had a turn to come up to the scarecrow and choose a shape from his clothes. We talked about the color and shape that each child was holding.
discussing shapes and colors with mr. scarecrow
This month we are focusing on learning the color orange. Today at the morning table we set out orange play dough. To add some fun to this activity, we added a few special drops of orange extract to our play dough to make it smell like oranges! The kids loved to use the eye dropper and were amazed by the smell of their play dough!
olfactory cues and the smell of oranges
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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