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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 you will hear how many more days until xyz but that s a long time over and over each day your preschooler is starting to understand time which isn t always a good thing if your toddler is like mine she has no idea xyz is going to happen you want her to be able to enjoy the anticipation of something fun coming up anticipation is half the fun unless you have a preschooler asking you how much longer over and over the countdown chain is your answer to both issues it gives the preschooler something tangible to look at it also helps him more concretely understand time it gives the toddler a reminder that there is something to be excited about you can use the countdown chain for anything birthdays holidays start of school the next visit to grandma s whatever you want to countdown to last fall my mother in law made a countdown chain with brayden then 3 for halloween she made it in black and orange on the orange strips she wrote things like hug your mom and tell your dad you love him over the weekend brayden and i made a countdown chain for halloween and i decided to take that concept one step further age range my guess is that your child needs to be at least 18 months old to enjoy this kaitlyn was 18 months old last year for halloween and just didn t care even now at 2 5 she isn t terribly excited over it so don t feel bad if your child isn t as excited as you envisioned at 3 brayden liked it and at 4 he absolutely loves it skills developed colors sorting chores fine motor skills if you let your child create the chains you could also let your child cut out the strips of paper time concept supplies paper whatever colors you want pen scissors or some other tool for cutting stapler or glue prep cut pieces of paper one inch wide by about 6 inches long cut one strip of paper for each day there is until your main event what you are counting down to gather supplies activity sort your paper into colors i had brayden sort them decide on a category for each color of paper for an activity we did fun chores for red halloween activities for yellow loving acts for brown and we left green blank so we could decide something fun that day since we keep sundays for worship in our family i put green on each sunday have your child help you decide things to do for each piece of paper write the activity on the piece of paper arrange your papers in the order you want them in staple or glue your first piece of paper into a circle hook your second piece of paper through your first circle and staple or glue it closed continue making this chain until you are done each day have your child remove one chain perform the activity listed on the paper this is a great way for your child to count down to an activity you can channel the excited energy into chores photos papers sorted into color categories daily activities written out up close of daily activities first link done completed chain posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels chores colors counting fine motor skills holidays preschooler sorting toddler tried and true newer posts older posts home subscribe to comments atom linkwithin followers subscribe posts atom posts all comments atom all comments get email updates enter your email preview powered by feedblitz labels about us 7 alphabet 25 animals 8 apple 16 art 60 awards 4 babestotsandkids 1 baby 24 back to school 4 baking cooking 28 balls 1 bath 1 beach 2 beads 1 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