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y tell your child what you re doing or about to do mommy is putting on her coat then i will put on your coat so we can go to the store name things here s the kitty point would you like the ball hold the ball up read aloud even if you read college textbooks aloud as you nurse your baby or as your toddler plays in the bathtub it is language more traditional books like the snowy day board book are great too sing children often memorize songs naturally so songs are a fantastic tool for language introduction and show the beauty of words put to a tune tobias sings in the car along with me all the time i can t understand a word he s saying but it s awfully cute and he s having fun listen when your baby or child babbles at you in nonsense toddler language simple smile nod and exclaim oh really isn t that interesting hmmm in response this encourages the use of verbal words to get mom s attention and to communicate things name and describe feelings when your child is tired and cranky say you are tired because it s your nap time let s go in your room and read a book to settle down for sleep in the baby whisperer solves all your problems tracy hogg suggests that rather than ignore your child s cries or placate them quickly with false words of reassurance the shot won t hurt at all the dark isn t scary we should instead identify the emotion they are trying to convey if your baby is crying from hunger you would say something like oh you must be hungry it s hard to wait for food sometimes if your toddler is at the store with you and grumpy say i know you re grumpy and it s hard to behave when you re grumpy we ll be home soon and then we can play a game or watch a video avoid an accusatory tone or trying to play down the emotion whether it is valid or not your child is feeling it if you ignore it you miss a valuable opportunity to give your child the coping skills they need to manage the uncomfortable emotions that are bound to occur sometimes language is power if they can name their feeling and why they feel that way they have the power to manage that feeling so it doesn t overwhelm them resources montessori from the start by paula polk lillard and lynn lillard jessen the well trained mind a guide to classical education at home by susan wise bauer and jessie wise the baby whisperer solves all your problems by tracy hogg posted by amanda at 11 35 am 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baby child language preschooler reading toddler friday october 16 2009 matching and sorting i made matching and sorting cards for my 2 year old you can change the words to fit your needs when we did a unit on the ocean i made pictures of things you can find in the ocean again i laminated the cards with packing tape then we made an ocean scene using the cards and correctly placed the items seaweed on the bottom crabs on the bottom boat at the top fish swimming etc for young toddlers 12 18 months have them find animals can you find the dog where is the tiger locate animals by sounds which animal says meow which animal says moo find fruit where is the apple if your child knows colors ask them to locate pictures by color point to the red fruit for 2 match pairs of items put in piles sort put all farm animals together zoo animals ocean animals insects etc match animals and their coverings fur feather scales older more advanced play memory use dry erase marker to write the beginning sound letter ending sound letter or try to spell the word if you laminate with packing tape it will wipe off you can use dry erase or vis a vis markers discuss adjectives and verbs and try and think of as many as they can for each picture again a great way to use the 5 senses what would it smell like feel like sound like use the cards to make up a sentence for example ifthey have a bear and a fish the fuzzy brown bear tries to capture the slippery fish for dinner more difficult sorting mammals reptiles categories of food like meat grains and dairy herbivores omnivores and carnivores etc posted by raegan at 1 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels gradeschool science sorting toddler tried and true thursday october 15 2009 pouring materials 3 small cups 1 cereal bowl water lentils beans rice or cereal preparation fill the small cups halfway with the lentils or beans rice etc activity place the bowl in front of your child and pour one cup of lentils into it to demonstrate explain verbally as you do so hand your child a cup of lentils and help him pour it into the bowl give the 3rd cup and allow your child to try to pour it himself repeat as many times as you like repeat with water as well you should start with a small amount of water at first so it s not too heavy if your child is very young or uncoordinated you may want to only use 1 4th a cup of water my son is 15 months and he managed to pour half cups of water fairly accurately with just a little accidental spilling extension 1 discuss concepts of empty and full 2 use a smaller container to pour into or a larger container to pour out of like a pitcher you can even use a funnel 3 children 18 months and older can pour a half cup of water from a pitcher into their own cup as they get better at it fill the pitcher with more water than the cup can hold and they will have to learn to stop pouring before it spills over if when your child spills have him help you clean up when tobias spilled the water i handed him a dry washcloth and we mopped up the spill together he thinks this is tons of fun and it teaches him to be responsible for his own activities and messes skills fine motor skills practical life skills resources used tot school blog montessori from the start by paula polk lillard and lynn lillard jessen posted by amanda at 6 38 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels math montessori sensory toddler wednesday october 14 2009 fall nature walk at preschool this week brayden s theme is fall he came home with this fun bracelet so i thought i would share it age range probably one and up i would think a one year old could find interest in putting this bracelet on and collecting things skills developed science exercise supplies masking tape baggie or basket or something to put things in place to walk prep dress child appropriately for the weather activity put masking tape around your child s wrist you want the tape backwards so that the sticky side is facing up you don t want the tape to stick to your child go for a walk and find things in nature for the lighter and smaller things have your child stick them to his nature bracelet for the heavier and larger items have your child put them in the baggie or basket or whatever you brought along take them home and talk about the items found for the older child you could look up the items he found and read about them photos posted by valerie plowman at 1 01 am 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels fall preschooler science themed unit toddler tuesday october 13 2009 being thankful fall and winter fun i saw this activity in the disney s family fun magazine november 2008 great investment by the way i m going to give credit where credit is due so thank you zeppo family from st charles missouri this family decided to keep a thankful box out all year throughout the year they write down things they are grateful for and drop them into the box on thanksgiving day they open the container and read the blessings out loud then they use the strips of paper to make a paper chain to hang on the christmas tree if you start now and each family member does one a day you ll have plenty for a paper chain for the tree we are starting this week materials needed oatmeal canister shoe box or some container to put the strips of paper in pen pencil strips of paper decorate your container cut a slot in the top to put the paper in once written on keep a stack of paper handy write one thing per family member each night we chose after dinner so we can sit and chat as a family i m sure we can come up with one blessing a night for my 2 year old i ll let her draw what she s thankful for during the day and she can share it with the family at night then i ll translate on the bottom of the paper i ll write new things that the baby can do too since i m sure she s thankful for things like new teeth and mobility posted by raegan at 1 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art fall themed unit tried and true monday october 12 2009 pompom fun this is by far one of my children s favorite activities to do i often have them do this activity at the kitchen table while i make dinner age range 12 months and up this is for toddlers and older you child just needs to be able to tell two different colors apart and be able to sort them she doesn t need to be able to say the name of the colors just recognize that they are different skills developed sorting colors supplies pompoms in various colors for the young toddler use no more than three containers to put the pom poms in one for each color and one to hold them all i just use tupperwear prep gather your pompoms gather your containers gather your children activity put the pompoms for your child to sort into a container all mixed together for younger toddlers put one pompom into each container for examle if you were doing red blue and yellow you would put on red into one container one blue into another and one yellow into another for older children you can let them start it out of you want have your child sort the remaining pompoms into the containers variation use pompoms the same color and have your child sort by size once your child is good at colors use shades of the same color light purple and dark purple photos here are the pompoms ready to be sorted for brayden and kaitlyn brayden working on his sorting kaitlyn working on her sorting i used to store the pompoms in a bag this wsa good for storage but it took a long time to sort everything out in the beginning now i keep them in little bags inside the big bag at the end of the activity everything is sorted so it is easy to keep the pompoms stored this way tips don t use too many pompoms when you first start this activity use just a few of each color add more as your child s attention span increases what i show here for brayden and kaitlyn would be too many to start out with at first credit i got this idea from the toddler s busy book see book review the toddler s busy book for more on this book posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels colors preschooler sorting toddler tried and true friday october 9 2009 fall texture sort now is the time you ll find lots of gourds at the grocery store for really low prices we purchased a bunch of them for around 50 cents a piece age ranges 1 with a lot of assistance 2 year olds more independently prep gather materials decide on the specific skill s to teach make picture word cards with a specific attribute bumpy orange etc optional materials needed gourds picture word cards optional activity gather a large group of gourds and pumpkins together we went to the store and i let my daughter choose them talk about how they feel bumpy smooth rough have ridges indention shape round oval flat colors brown orange yellow green size large small how heavy they feel etc show them the picture word card or give them a category let s find all the solid colored gourds let s find the striped gourds let s put all the striped gourds in one pile and solid colored ones in another use words like sort category attributes similar as this is a great way to build vocabulary it also helps for future test preparation when taking benchmark tests and sols the testing language is very specific so it s imperative that children know the terms used in the standards after they have sorted have them count the number of gourds in each pile identify which group has greater fewer or equal amounts of gourds again using greater and more interchangeably so both terms are understood this activity helps practice with specific standards here in virginia virginia standards of learning for kindergarten math k 15 the student will sort and classify objects according to attributes science k 2 students will investigate and understand that humans have senses that allow one to seek find take in and react or respond to information in order to learn about one s surroundings key concepts include five senses and corresponding sensing organs taste tongue touch skin smell nose hearing ears and sight eyes and sensory descriptors sweet sour bitter salty rough smooth hard soft cold warm hot loud soft high low bright dull k 4 the student will investigate and understand that the position motion and physical properties of an object can be described key concepts include colors red orange yellow green blue purple white and black shapes circle triangle square and rectangle and forms flexible stiff straight curved textures rough smooth and feel hard soft relative size and weight big little large small heavy light wide thin long short and position over under in out above below left right and speed fast slow posted by raegan at 1 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels colors fall gradeschool math preschooler science sorting themed unit toddler thursday october 8 2009 shape and colors soup sometimes i think the best learning experiences happen naturally as we play with our children of course a little guidance is needed to make sure these experiences happen fairly regularly the other day i was playing with the 3 year old i nanny for and came up with the idea to make color soup we then repeated the activity with shapes instead of colors materials different colored blocks or different shapes bowl pot spoon preparation write up a recipe for your soup listing the ingredients and then the steps for preparing it include pictures with the instructions and use different colored crayons if your child cannot recognize the color words activity show your child the recipe and tell them you are going to make pretend color or shape soup together read aloud the recipe or have your child help read it have your child find the correct color shape of blocks to put the correct ingredients in the bowl stir the ingredients pretend to eat skills practiced recognize shapes recognize colors pre reading reading follow directions sort objects posted by amanda at 6 55 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels math preschooler shapes toddler wednesday october 7 2009 countdown chain if your preschooler is like mine he just can t wait until xyz happens you might find yourself avoiding telling him about something exciting that is coming up because you know 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