Babies: Birth to One Year  Experts agree that even babies need an assortment of toys. Since infants respond to smell, taste, sound, touch and sight, properly selected toys provide a small baby with opportunities to learn about size, shape, sound, texture and how things work.  Choose toys that:  Have pieces that are […]
Easiest mess free sunny activity ever    Construction paper Few interestingly shaped items Sunshine Possibly rocks to stop the paper blowing away.    Gather supplies, head outside, arrange items on paper, and place rocks in each corner to hold it steady. Forget about it for an hour while the sun kisses the […]
Box-in-a-Box • Variety of boxes in different sizes, nesting one inside another • Toy or treat  1. Collect a variety of boxes that will nest one inside another. Try to get very large boxes and very small boxes, as well as everything in between. 2. Place a special toy or treat in the smallest box […]
Sharing is an important process of growing up that we continue to learn and fine-tune, even in our adult years! As humans we are naturally possessive and protective of our things. However, over time we learn the pleasure of giving. Â As a parent, you know that the ability to share a favorite toy, or […]
 Children practice their camera work with this snappy activity  a regular or digital camera oak tag paper glue sticks notepad and pen small labels several books that highlight such photographers as William Wegman, Ansel Adams, and Ann Geddes, or books of Tana Hoban’s and Ann Morris’s works variety of appropriate photographs from magazines […]
Help your child give someone the moon and the stars.  • translucent plastic (container lids, report covers) • different color construction paper • art materials: colored markers, tempera paint, tissue paper, glitter, glue • child safety scissors • hole punch and string or yarn Go outside with your child and point out what’s in the sky stars, clouds, the […]
1/4 cup flour 1 cup water 3 tbsp. powdered tempera paint 2 tbsp. water ½ tsp. liquid starch or liquid detergent Measure flour into saucepan. Slowly add 1 cup water until mixture is smooth. Heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens. Cool. Add 1/4 cup flour paste into small jar or plastic container. Add tempera paint […]
It is important for children who will be entering kindergarten to have some understanding of prepositions. So I use this learning technique before story time that they really love. Parents often comment that the children do it at home too! Understanding spatial relationships Learning prepositions Reinforcing concepts about print  At circle time when you […]
