Ribbons for Math Length Ribbon Activity-Place different lengths of ribbon on the table. Challenge the children to put in order the shortest piece of ribbon to the longest or vice-versa. This experience can be simpler by limiting the ribbons used…
SENSE of SMELL Have you ever wondered what you smell when you "smell the roses" in the springtime? What makes a smell is something that is too small to see with your eyeball alone. It is even too small to…
SENSE of SIGHT - How Your Eyes Work From the moment you wake up in the morning to the time you go to sleep at night, your eyes are acting like a video camera. Everything you look at is then…
SENSE of HEARING Like your other sense organs, your ears are extremely well designed. In fact, they serve two very important purposes. Do you know what they are? You were probably able to figure out that your ears help you…
TOUCHING Our sense of touch shows us the shape, size and "feel" of our world. We are kept SAFE by learning to avoid touching a burner or a flame, a sharp edge or point, very cold metal, ........ any other…
The teacher was introducing a unit on "The Five Senses." The dialogue with the teacher and the three-to-four year olds went like this: …
I HAD A SPECIAL NEEDS CHRISTMAS PROGRAM FOR PARENTS AND STAFF TO SEE. CATHY, A TALL, THIN SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD LIKED TO HUM "SILENT NIGHT," A GROUP OF 5-YEAR OLDS WITH A VARIETY OF SPECIAL NEEDS SANG MY LANGUAGE…
These 7 virtues are the most highly regarded values that contribute toward ethical decision-making and ethical decision-makers. Positive Mental Attitude-Mind – The mind is where our dominant thoughts are rehearsed. Our mental rehearsals contribute significantly to our character development. Since…
3 KINDS OF AWARENESS: Self-awareness is the most known type of awareness. This is the ability to understand and recognize your own thoughts, feelings, values, beliefs, and actions, and how they impact you, others and the children you work with daily.…
All children have behavior problems, some being harder to accept than others. Some of these behaviors can cause children to be aggressive, hostile and difficult to handle, which may emphasize their respective limitations. As you can imagine, behavior problems in…