Music has the capacity to: console us, to heal us, to inspire us. invites us to listen, to dance, to explore ourselves, to watch, and to participate. (I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again–Without it, I wouldn’t have…
Why Should We Spend Time Helping Preschoolers Discover Music? Here are a few important reasons: Dancing to music and making music helps release stress and energy. Music gives children a way to express their emotions. They're full of emotions they…
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.…
TOP 8 STRESSORS FOR CHILDREN: Stressed-out parents! Yes, PARENTS stressed can rub off on kids, even when you the parents think they are hiding this. Morning mania! A chaotic AM routine (or lack of routine) can kick kids’ stress into…
UN-GAMES: Back To Back Tag – A student is selected to be IT. A special player is selected to be the crowbar. A group of students are selected for the game. Whenever students stand back to back with another player,…
Firefighter - Make two goal lines about twenty feet apart. One child is selected as fire chief. Four groups of four are given a number like 1, 2, 3, and 4. The fire chief calls out a number. Each…
SCIENCE ACTIVITIES - These are ideas to help enhance the importance of science for the pre-schoolers! Biological Science: (Teachers create an activity from the list) Observing animals and plants Observing ant farms, spider webs, other animal homes Providing care for…
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO INTRODUCE EARLY LEARNERS TO SCIENCE? There are a variety of reasons; but one of the most important is that science provides a context for learning about our world. Other reasons why early exposure to science…
INTRODUCTION A young child starting preschool brings a sense of wonder and curiosity about the world. Whether watching snails in an aquarium, blowing bubbles, using a flashlight to make shadows or experimenting with objects to see what sinks or floats,…
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…