Ice-breakers are valuable sessions for beginning training children to Raising awareness about social interactions. Doing simple games with social interaction goals like using balloons or musical chairs in creative ways which help share our day-to-day interactions and expectations about other…
Sports activities are usually a large part of leisure time for children. Typically, children join a sports team that interests them, like soccer, baseball, softball, basketball, flag football, or gymnastics. These sports activities not only teach children a skill, they…
Take time out and review Part II and then proceed to these ideas and activities: JOINING THE RIGHT AND LEFT BRAIN (AGES 4 TO 10) Provide the child with finger paint paper along with a variety of colors of finger…
*Childrens appear to be born with an innate understanding of basic laws of mathematics and science. Mathematics is everywhere! Game #1- Wear It Counts Game Several ways to do this: Teacher announces-“All who are wearing BUTTONS go to that side of…
LISTEN AND COUNT FOR COIN DROPS This is an activity to engage children to practice their listening and counting skills. Have a tin bucket and a few coins. Drop the coins one at a time in the bucket. Have the…
1. X Y Z 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…
These are activity ideas for toddlers from A to Z. A toddler learns through play. Play is a way to explore the environment and gain some kind of knowledge, whether it is social, physical, emotional, or intellectual. PLAY is good! …
Instruction: Children sit in a circle of chairs or on the floor with the teacher. The teacher starts the chant. The children listen first to the chant and then add their creativity and thoughts into the concept chants. At first, the children copy the…
THE BENEFITS OF PLAY Play allows children to use their creativity while it develops: Their imagination, Their dexterity, Their physical, Their cognitive and Their emotional strength Play is important to healthy brain development. It is through play that children at a very early age engage and interact in the world around them. Play is a…