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e off and now she s practically an expert okay i exaggerate but she knows a lot about them that leads me to 8 teachable moments i would never in a million years thought to teach her about the saxophone but a random outing sparked her curiosity i had a choice let it die down or run with it watch your child listen to questions and think about how you can show them something that they are really interested in 9 and i almost forgot gross motor skills and games what kind of large movement can you have them do walk like an elephant spin like a planet think think think okay so now that you ve been overloaded i m going to post on tuesday an example of what i mean we studied bears this week another random teachable moment i ran with and i ll give you a step by step plan of what we did during our bear unit in the meantime what topics or questions do you have are there specific activities you want to see covered on this site let us know we are here to help do you want more specific topic ideas do you want more book recommendations gross motor how tos what needs do you have right now posted by raegan at 12 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels themed unit tips tuesday june 29 2010 library day it s hot here sooooo hot 95 degrees for the past few days humidity above 80 with very little rain heat index around 100 110 is it hot at your house i don t know about you but there is only so much outside time i can take with merely a kiddie pool to relieve us to help beat the heat without being holed up inside we ve instituted library day after my daughters am nap we head off if you don t utilize the library in your city county often chances are you are missing out on a grading scale our library is probably a c maybe a c so it s not as though we have this fabulous resource that would leave you green with jealousy even if you live in the country which is how our part of the city would be described the library is still a great tool the pros tons of books that you and your kids likely haven t read free membership low fees if you keep track of the books free is a pretty low fee right books you don t have to pay for the possibility of good computer programs you can supervise but don t have to purchase a play area possibly ours has a table set up with bins of blocks usually a separated children s area free videos dvds a c did i mention it s hot outside the possibility of online shopping for your books or online renewal exposure to lots of new books genres and authors the cons and solutions you need to keep track of your books forgetting just that one can end up being an expensive slip of the memory my solution keep all library books in one location separate from other books we have a special library book bin i keep the printout list given in the bucket with the of books circled at the top that way it s easy to check to make sure all the books are there not a great selection of books my solution keep digging i usually check out about 2 3 duds each week but what is a dud to me someone else may love people donate books to the library weekly so keep looking you never know that retired school teacher with a copy of every caldecott book may have just donated this week noisy kids in a quiet library i ve been there you can hear my daughter s squeaky voice all the way across the library even people in the restroom knew my daughter was looking for a fancy nancy book my solution practice if they don t have to use a quiet voice anywhere else why should we expect them to all of a sudden know how to use one in the library we practice quiet voices in the car and if she doesn t listen it s also important to note if the voice level is simply forgetting you know just being a kid or disobedience to what you ve asked them to do if it s forgetting i remind her if it s disobedience we pack up and leave not checking out any books but how you handle it is your decision you are the mom i will say that i ve found that how i react to her behavior usually determines the tone and behavior of the next library trip if i let her slide with being loud she ll probably be loud again next time more than one child to watch makes a trip difficult this was the challenge for me too sometimes it can be hard to look for books and watch your kids at the same time you can t exactly handcuff them to the stroller to keep them from pulling off every book they see on the shelves with that in mind i have to have a game plan for trip out of the house where will they sit what are the possible behavior issues how will i handle them what tips reminders can i give them before we even get in the library is it close to nap or a mealtime here s how i handle it with a 3 year old and a 1 year old i use the double stroller my 3 year old is allowed to walk provided she holds onto the stroller until i give her instructions to do otherwise before we go in i talk with both girls about using quiet voices and keeping their hands to themselves we practice this at home we do a practice run of using quiet voices and what it sounds like i have snacks packed in the bag because at 1 year it s rare to find a time of the day that isn t close to a nap or snack meal i give myself a time limit ex we will stay for 30 minutes if it s your first time have a goal of checking out one book yup just one it ll make it less stressful for you if my 3 year old abuses the privilege of walking or cannot control her hands she has to sit in the stroller or in a chair for a while if you have aisles you have to go up and down you can sit your child on the floor and give them a book or 2 to look at while you look too or you can pull out a book and involve your child in the decision making process of choosing a few books okay younger kids my 1 year old sits in the stroller with a book or toy while i choose a book then when i ve chosen a few she can walk around holding the stroller then i give them a few minutes to play with blocks at the table we clean up together if she gets antsy especially due to being hungry i plop her in the stroller and give her a small non messy snack on the tray the biggest tip i can give don t give up after one hectic tear jerking experience at the library i ve had parents tell me that the library is just too stressful in my mind and perhaps i m off base the solution is to minimize stress well other than eliminating visits entirely so instead of rarely going try going weekly sound crazy the library is a safe place to practice some of the skills you ve been working on at home with your child you don t really want to see if they ll stay with you while you walk through a crowded mall and i don t really like to practice a skill when i m grocery shopping that s multi tasking at it s best or worst in some cases keep practicing at the library remember you can always leave but most importantly for us practice at home teach the the skill ahead of time quiet voices control over hands waiting patiently respect for others sharing sitting and reading when asked to and listening to specific verbal commands are a few skills to practice don t feel like you have to tackle everything at once either as my husband says we re just trying to give them tools in their tool belts if you don t give them the necessary tools ahead of time it s hard to expect them to pull out the right tool when needed yes even a 1 year old have fun let the stress free outings begin posted by raegan at 12 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels practical life skills tips tried and true friday june 25 2010 it s all about perspective it s been a little while since i ve been able to post blame it on my crashed and possibly soon to crash again so i ve been warned computer for those of you that don t know let me tell you a little about my background i taught kindergarten and first grade for years and i am certified to teach pre k through 6th grade my goal as a teacher was to make learning fun and challenge my students in any and every way possible while instilling a love for learning as a stay at home mom my craft and learning bins overflow cottonballs pompoms pipecleaners texture cards glue every kind of marker paint drawing utensil known to man string ribbon rope and tons of homemade games my bins literally runeth over as do the learning ideas that pop in my head but guess what yes i ll say it i have a child that despises crafts read a story yay pretend play whoopee have mommy pretend to be a dwarf from snow white for the 800th time today bliss glue melt into a weepy puddle even look at a letter of the alphabet chin quivering dispair i had in my head before she was born all the wonderful things we d enjoy crafting together and well i m still hoping i m thinking hey i ll teach her early on in life what she needs to know way before she needs to know it reading by kindergarten of course pre school probably never did i think learning activities would be the equivalent to plucking out her nose hairs one by one why do i mention this because sometimes as parents we need to remember that it s about perspective she just turned 3 this month and hasn t read war and peace yet it ll be okay i felt so ill today this entire week that we haven t touched our learning activities no harm it looks like a tornado wrecked my house fine but i spent some quality time getting to know the heart of my girls sometimes as a parent i need to put activities and all the learning activities on hold long enough to learn about my little ones and i need to remember that she s still learning even when she gets to make her own peanut butter and jelly sandwich that s when it hit me today as she loaded her pb j with an obscene amount of jelly exclaiming it s just like daddy s sandwich so true she hears me when she pretends not to she watches when i think she s not and she s learning about her world by watching us so if today you are feeling guilty about not having homemade games galore that the kid up the street knows more letters than your kiddo or that you skipped learning time today for no real reason at all or your child aches to get away from your activity that you spent all night cutting out don t worry it s a process sometimes we just need to change our perspective posted by raegan at 12 00 am 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels about us tips 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 april 26 2010 painting tip my children love to paint being the ocd mother that i am painting day causes me more stress than about any other activity we ever do i used to put a little bit of each color of paint on a paper plate a couple of months ago i had the idea to use some empty baby food containers this made painting much cleaner it also made it so the children could pass 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