I was interested to add dreams to anxieties and fears in my training.  I researched to understand, learn and be informed about dreams.  I know when I was a child, I would have dreams like ghosts where in my life…

Looking at Phobias Robbin Koenig said from the last part: "anxiety is something that I have often seen in my early childhood classroom.  Separation anxiety is the first one that I observe at the beginning of the school year.  I…

Recognizing Signs of Anxiety: Even though childhood fears change with age, they will still include the fear of strangers, heights, darkness, animals, blood, insects and being left alone. Usually, an unpleasant experience can lead to a fear such as a cat…

Introduction to Anxieties and Fears: We as teachers and parents try hard to teach our children to be fearful and cautious of specific dangers like fire, touching the hot stove or crossing the road.  These kind of things are ways…

9.  Story Time is designed to help children develop an appreciation and enjoyment of literature through music, while reading activities enhance children's vocabulary and comprehension skills and also expands their knowledge base.  I have always enjoyed doing:    I’VE GOT…

8.  Block Play Activities with Music allows children's experiences to grow with many different concept ideas such as shape and size, discrimination, colors, space, number skills, balance, organization, and classification.  It also promotes cooperative play skills, problem solving and creativity.…

7.  5 Senses   Young children learn through their 5 senses; therefore, providing hands-on experience allows children to touch, see, smell, taste, and hear become important to develop.  It takes an intricate interchange between brain and the five senses.  Although babies…

6.  Science Activities offer children many hands on opportunities for observation, exploration, investigation, making predictions and experimentation and in using Science Songs with animals, earth, environment, nature, food and nutrition, healthy habits, and the human body.      Check out…

4.  Dramatic Play Activities help children express themselves, practice life skills, improve social skills, increase self-esteem, build vocabulary and solve problems.  Dramatic play is also a whole lot of fun!  Other benefits of play in the classroom include:  Physical: increase…