My daycare children love Valentine’s Day. A special day all about showing the people we care about how much we love and appreciate them. In the days leading up to Valentine’s Day I like to do some themed based activities. Here are a few simple learning activities you can do in your home daycare as…
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Valentine’s Day Activities
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K5 Learning- Online Reading & Math Program Review
April 29, 2014 by
Many childcare providers offer a preschool learning program for their daycare children. Parents love it when their children enter school already familiar with some letters and numbers. A child who enters school knowing how to print his/her own name has been set up for success. Offering an academic program in your home daycare is a…
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Fall Leaves Poems -Two Videos
September 18, 2013 by
These simple poems will be a hit with your small children. Cut out some leaves from construction paper for both activities in the four colours mentioned below. For the first poem, ‘Leaves are Falling All Around’, you can scatter the leaves to the floor as you say the poem or hide them in the…
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Fall Leaves Finger Play Video
September 17, 2013 by
Watch the video to learn a fun fall time poem to help your preschoolers count backwards from five. You can make your own leaves from paper or felt or simply hold up five fingers and pretend they are leaves! Watch on YouTube Fall Leaves (Five) little leaves up in a tree, They’re as…
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Teach Shapes with a Creative GeoBoard
August 23, 2013 by
Geoboards are a great tool to teach shapes to preschoolers. They love to use elastics to make triangles and squares, rectangles and diamonds. I saw a unique post about a free form style geoboard on Pinterest. I had the opportunity to make use of some extra wood the other day and decided to try making…
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Two Simple Nature Games
August 19, 2013 by
We love to walk in the woods and play at our local park. Whenever you go out with a group of children there are times when you find yourself waiting. Some children find it effortless to wait for their friends while other children find it challenging to wait. Here are two simple games you can…
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Preschool Math Chalk Maze
July 26, 2013 by
I have a few children in my home daycare who LOVE mazes. We were playing with chalk outside and I decided to draw a maze for them. They grabbed some toy cars and had a great time driving their vehicles through the maze. Then my teacher brain took over and I thought, how can I…
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Christmas Tree Craft-Math Activity
December 12, 2012 by
As a daycare provider, I am always on the look out for new crafts that suit a variety of ages. We just finished a cute Christmas tree craft that worked well for toddlers all the way up to first graders. Plus, there was very little prep. I love to highlight new skills as we craft…
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Learn to Tell Time: Giant Floor Clock
November 27, 2012 by
What time is it? Time to have fun together as we practice the skill of telling the time on an analog clock! Children understand new concepts better when they have a chance to ‘feel’ the concept with their whole bodies. The passage of time can be felt in your body but learning how to decode…
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A Delightful Dozen- Egg Carton Math Game (Preschool-Gr.2)
November 22, 2012 by
How much is twelve? What numbers combined together make twelve? What is more than twelve? Less than twelve? A child has an easier time grasping a new mathematical concept if they have a direct experience with it. Here are a few games you can play with an empty egg carton to help your school age…
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