We are glad to introduce a new member to our expert panel – Shannon Perry … our Fitness Expert! Our experts will provide guest blog posts on specific topics, and help to answer questions that are submitted to us. Shannon Perry is the Soccer Shots Connecticut Director. Shannon is a former collegiate and professional player with 10 years experience working with children of all ages. Soccer Shots is
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We are continuing to read “Literacy Beginnings” (Fountas & Pinnell) for the Book Study Blog Party. Let’s dive into chapter 4 – An Organized, Engaging Environment! I loved this chapter because it gave some great examples of ways to setup your early learning classroom. It’s always nice to be able to see how other teachers setup their classroom, and this chapter had some photos
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Our summer camp is in full swing, and today we traveled back in time to the Wild West! Here are some of the fun ideas the preschoolers did today: 1. Big cowboy painting – Children did a collaborative painting of a cowboy/cowgirl. Tomorrow, they’ll use it to play pin the mustache on the cowboy! 2. Old time photos- Have the children dress up in
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My 13 year old daughter loves to pretend she is a preschool teacher to her younger sister and cousins. It definitely helps that she’s seen me teach and has helped out at our school! This summer, she is using our unfinished basement as her preschool area, complete with different learning centers and a daily schedule. The younger kids LOVE it, and I think she
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I am a big fan of planning crafts, games and activities that tie in with children’s books. I think it’s a great way to extend learning for young children, and there are so many great children’s books out there that just lend themselves to some wonderful projects! Saturday 25 June is Eric Carle’s birthday – and Kate at “The Amazing Child” is having an
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In our post about Father’s Day gifts preschoolers can make, I really liked the idea of having kids put together a Wordle as a Father’s Day gift (as was featured at Pre-K pages). But as my daughter and I were putting together her teachers gifts for the end of the school year, I was thinking how a Wordle would make a lovely teacher gift as well! So I
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According to answers.com, large numbers of women in the United States began to work outside the home as early as the 1840’s. Today in 2011 it’s extremely common for women to balance work and a home. The reasons for a woman to work outside of the home vary: financial necessity, passion for their career, the want to challenge their minds…whatever the reason, let’s face
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I’m not sure why, but the old fashioned term “Day Care” drives me crazy. I think because the title doesn’t even refer to the child is one reason. In more recent years our industry has made attempts to use terms such as Child Care and Early Childhood Education. But still I cringe when I receive a phone call from a distributor looking to sell
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As a Director of a child care program, it is bittersweet when the end of the school year rolls around. My heart is always happy for our students who have completed a year of school and I am proud of those students who are ready to move on to the next step in their educational careers… but at the same time I am
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Last week I put together a post about favorite preschool teacher gifts and mentioned having the children putting together a scrapbook. I really liked the idea of each child making a page to put into a class album for the teacher. Turns out, my niece’s 1st grade class was doing exactly that – and I had to share the adorable pages! Their teacher is going to
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