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whoa look at all this laundry let s have a racing game do you see anything that belongs to you in this pile c nodding m in a hurried voice when i count to three i want you to grab something that belongs to you and run to your room and throw it in a pile on your bed c okay i m so fast m one two three she grabs a piece runs it to her bed while she s running i m continuing to sort the other things she runs back sorts through to locate something of hers and repeats this was a fun way for her to sort follow directions and burn off a little energy and i got my laundry sorted without any pile disruption for the younger toddler you can give them a piece that you found and have them run it to the desired location my 15 month old had a great time with this too yay for lots of giggling sorting laundry and tired kiddos posted by raegan at 12 00 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels chores practical life skills rainy day thursday may 27 2010 free art cars i like to do one free art project each week free meaning that there is no goal or purposeful end product just my son creating art however he wants to when he s older this will be chosen by him but for now i just choose a different way of making art each time for him so he can try different mediums and materials out yesterday we used matchbox cars to paint with he is in a car phase right now so i thought this would be fun i just squirted paint onto the paper and he rolled the cars around through the paint to make his picture since he s becoming more opinionated lately he also got to choose the colors we did this in the basement where the floor wouldn t be ruined by a stray paint covered car rolling across it after painting be sure to rinse the cars right away and it makes for an easy clean up posted by amanda at 1 39 pm 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art cars preschooler toddler wednesday may 26 2010 brightly beaming resources in a discussion in a yahoo group i run blog reader kristy shared that she uses ideas from brightly beaming resources i have heard of them but haven t ever studied their website in depth so i went and checked it out it has great simple ideas something i thought would be of particular interest is their curriculum for babies and for pre toddlers those are two ages that are hard to really do learning activities with they have simple ideas to help enhance what you are doing every day they have a baby curriculum that starts at three months there are two lessons per month but each lesson has lots of ideas they also have what they call the toddler curriculum for age one this is also simple and had two lessons per month they have ideas for what book to read what scripture to study nursery rhyme to focus on how to teach concepts during every day activities classical music foreign language sign language exercise and arts and crafts with the older toddler they do also have ideas for ages 2 11 see this page for links to these ideas and this is all free hopefully you can find this resource helpful to you thank you kristy for pointing it out posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baby child homeschool pre toddler preschool preschooler toddler tuesday may 25 2010 roll the dice for those of you that have a child or children that aren t big fans of sitting down and learning something new don t be discouraged my daughter is one of those at least at this stage in her life if she can have some creative freedom she ll tolerate it if i can sing it she ll like it but if it involves food she s all over it begging for it ask her to count and you may hear 1 2 3 4 5 16 20 19 100 voice trailing off somehow ending the sentence with a forward roll ask her to count jellybeans a perfect and precise demonstration so about once a week we use food to practice a skill i have a number of different kinds of dice any will do though i do love dice with the physical numbers on them instead of the dots for young counters it helps to either move the item they are counting physically that helps prevent the double and triple counting you know when there are 5 jellybeans but somehow they counted 14 it gets a little confusing for kids even through kindergarten to try to count a group of items without forgetting which ones they ve already counted anyways i have a poster board that has circles on it or you can put down a piece of construction paper and draw circles around the piles once they ve counted them materials dice candy cracker something yummy activity roll the dice say the number out loud and practice counting the candy once the correct number has been counted put them in a pile and draw a circle around them repeat you can write the number in the circle if you want easy activity little preparation and once they get the hang of it and learn a few numbers they can do it independently yay posted by raegan at 12 14 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels counting math monday may 24 2010 paper plate numbers this is a simple fun activity to learn and count numbers i got this idea out of the toddler s busy book on page 196 age range two and up some children between 18 24 months might be able to use this even once this activity is too simple for your child you could use the plates for addition activities supplies paper plates markers stickers prep decide how many numbers you want to do you need two plates for each number i did six so i had 12 plates on half of the plates write the number on the plate along with the correct number of stickers so on three you would write the number 3 possibly spell out three and put three stickers on the other half of the plates put only stickers i had mine match each other so on my plate three i have winnie the pooh stickers on each number three plate if you are wanting to do this for an older child preschooler age or knows numbers well you could do different stickers you could also do just the number on one plate with no stickers and stickers on the other plate activity spread the plates out have your child find matches exactly how you go about this will depend on your child s familiarity with numbers you might say find the number two plate and have your child find it and then ask your child to find the match you might point to one plate tell your child what number it is count the stickers and ask your child to find the match you might point to the plate and ask your child what number it is that s right that is the number four can you find the other number four plate there are many possibilities i vary it based on age and ability no matter what the age and ability though i have the child count the stickers on the plate posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels math preschooler toddler wednesday may 19 2010 activities for teaching reading skills reading i am always talking about reading and how important i think it is to teach reading skills you can do more than only read books each day though i think that is a crucial part here are some ideas from the book on becoming preschool wise puzzles puzzles help your child see how one part fits into the whole picture page 122 puzzles for preschoolers sequencing cards these help children develop a sense of the beginning middle and end of a story page 122 sequencing cards alphabet introduce the child to the alphabet there is no shortage of activities available for this brayden and kaitlyn have each had a favorite alphabet book that they wore out alphabet books brayden s favorite was the alphabet book there is no shortage of alphabet books out there you can find them with a variety of items represented or specific to suite a special interest your child has you can also get magnetic alphabet letters one of our favorites is the leap frog magnetic alphabet you can also do alphabet posters and don t forget the letter of the day each week you can focus on a different letter practice writing it look for items around you that start with it focus on the sound of it make it a part of your day leap frog also has an excellent line of movies that teach the alphabet phonics and reading leap frog letter and word movies i recently wrote a post entirely on teaching the alphabet see also posts on this blog with ideas to enhance knowledge in knowing the alphabet and teaching letters establishing literacy skills great literature for children ideas for reading posted by valerie plowman at 10 07 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels literacy reading tuesday may 18 2010 save your containers you probably end up with tons of empty containers week to week right yogurt baby food sour cream ricotta ketchup bottles gallon jugs spice jars coffee creamer the list goes on and on don t throw them out unless you have to i have a large container to well contain my extra containers before you toss clean them and consider the uses all are fun and new dumping toys for the bathtub the ketchup bottles are really fun for squirting containers for water play or pouring my girls use them in their sandbox outside to dump build and make a nice mess stacking like blocks pom pom stuffing cut a hole in the lid my 15 month old loves this clothespin games smelly jars spice jars with colored sand for art i use them like glitter shakers too spice jars glue a shaped sponge on top it s much easier to sponge paint with grip something to grip parmesan cheese container pipe cleaner game store homemade playdough bathtub paint finger paint bubble solutions etc make musical instruments then the obvious like storage posted by raegan at 12 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels organization tips monday may 17 2010 kindergarten start off right that first day of school can be scary for mom and child i have compiled some tips for starting this adventure right here are some tips from the utah state office of education for a successful beginning for kindergarten go to orientation if your school doesn t have an orientation see if you can make an appointment to visit the school and meet the teacher before the first day of school talk about fun talk about the fun things your child will get to do at school including story time making new friends and recess good routine make sure you have a good routine of 10 12 hours of sleep at night and eating a healthy breakfast in the morning ask and tell teach your child the after school plan does he ride a bus home do you pick him up will you carpool tell him exactly where to go and what to do once you have explained it all have him explain it to you label label all outerwear independenct dresser have your child wear clothes that can be put on and taken off independently you know what your child can and can t handle alone have him wear shoes pants and jackets that he can handle on his own appropriate clothing make sure clothing is appropriate for sitting on carpets and playing outside reassurance item you can pack an item to send with your child to remind him of home a favorite stuffed animal a family picture or a note are some examples keep it simple don t overschedule time after school your child will likely be tired check the backpack there might be forms you need to fill out in the backpack celebrate celebrate the end of the first day but remember your child might be tired routine have a routine for after school this might include a snack playtime and some quiet time with a book ask questions ask your child about his day who did you play with what did you do today what stories did you read what did you play with what did you make as your child answers these questions you can ask follow up questions from kaboose com independence make sure your child can use the restroom independently as well as put his coat and shoes on indpendently talk about books as you read books to your child talk about it what was his favorite part what did he like when xyz i think this sounds like a good way to get your child used to answering questions about what happened get supplies go together to get supplies needed for the school year i remember last year brayden and i went shopping and bought a couple of shirts for his new year of preschool i remember doing that with my mom and it was a fun tradition for us from pbs org talk about it the night before talk about what will happen and review all plans like where to meet let your child talk about how he is feeling about this new adventure get up early make sure everyone who needs to be up is up with enough time to have a relaxing morning getting ready don t be anxious your child doesn t need to worry about you being worried and missing him keep your worries and sadness to yourself read books read books about going to school from me ask around ask other moms who have been there their tips on how to start of right it would be especially helpful to ask moms who have had children start in the same school your children will start in posted by valerie plowman at 12 05 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels child kindergarten wednesday may 12 2010 daily learning here are eight simple ideas for helping your child learn on a daily basis these ideas in bold come from the utah state department of education and the elaboration is my own allow independence allow your child to do things independently even when he takes longer than you would if you did it yourself i know yes i know it is hard to sit back and allow your child to do the things that you can easily and quickly do there are some tricks to doing this one is give yourself plenty of time you will not have the patience to let your child buckle herself into her carseat if you are running late try to manage your time to include independent time another is to busy yourself if you are like me you want to jump in and help straighten your child s room while he dresses himself read a book get yourself ready find things you can do to prevent yourself from interfering provide social experiences these experiences can be informal or formal ideas are playgroups preschools and trips to the park it is nice to play with mom and dad but children need to play with children for one as my state department points out sharing with an adult is different than sharing with a peer another also pointed out by my state department is that imaginations develop through role playing and pretending most adults just won t get into it like a child will and if you do there will likely be no clash of ideas as you decide who will be which role in your game of pretend pretend play has been consistently linked to cognitive intellectual language and social growth develop fine and gross motor skills daily play sports go to the park play tag pour stir use lacing...