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…
On Facebook, yeswelearnbydoing.com, we looked at the first two kinds: Circle-Time and Gross Motor Activities. The third kind is FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES: The Fine Motor Activities help improve those small muscle development and eye hand coordination. Some common items used…
BLACKBOARD ACTIVITIES 1. XYZ - This activity is remarkable, as it teaches the beginning stages of reading left to right plus it converts a body sounds to a symbol. This means that two parts of the brain are used. The…
Young children learn through their 5 senses; therefore, providing hands-on experience allows children to touch, see, smell, taste, and hear become important. When designing learning environments, teachers should focus on objects and materials they can provide for the children to…
Webster’s Dictionary says: “having or showing the capacity for endurance; bearing annoyance, hardship, and pain and without complaint, anger, or the like. Do children have this kind of patience? Can they have endurance? Do they bear annoyance and do it…
Attending a seminar of children's behavior, it made sense what the trainer said: When children react with aggression towards what was seemingly a simple request the underlying principle may be one of frustration. If tasks they could accomplish yesterday can't…
After hearing different consultants talk about Speech and Language, there is a difference! I never thought of it like this! 1. Language is made up of socially shared rules like the following: What words mean (e.g., when a child sees the…
Despite the high tech entertainment consoles of today, the fact remains that real time sports are an integral part of growing up. So, to motivate children to breath some fresh air, here are a few ideas from simple hula-hoop games…
Citizenship becomes our final core ethical value. This concept shows how we ought to behave as part of a community. Here is where the "good citizen" knows the laws, obeys them and understands the issues of the day. Here is where…
CARING is our fifth ethical core value. Caring is the heart of ethics and helps you decide what is right or wrong. However, is it possible to be truly ethical and not have a genuine concern for others?…