Lapbooking - A Surefire Way to Make Learning Fun
When I first heard about lapbooking, I thought it would be time-consuming and overwhelming, but it has quickly become one of my family's favorite learning tools. Lapbooks are file folders that contain homemade mini books about subjects your children are studying. They are fun for children of any age level and learning style, but are especially appealing to visual and hands-on learners. Lap books help children break information into bite sized pieces that they can easily understand and remember. They give older children an opportunity to strengthen research skills and express creativity. Once completed, these projects can be used for review or shown to family members. Because they are[..]
Five Senses - Preschool Activities
The five senses are exciting to learn about because we use them every day. Here are two activities per sense to help you introduce your child to their five awesome senses. Sight Flashcards are a great way for your preschooler to utilize their sight. You can make your own flashcards using cardstock paper, markers and crayons. Draw pictures of animals, objects and general people (ex: a dog, a table and a mailman or baby). Hold up each card and ask your child to name the animal, object or person. Another way to play with our sight sense is the popular "I Spy" series books. Your preschooler will love helping you hunt for the listed items within the books' pages. A well known verbal variation[..]
Preschool Cooking Recipes
Looking for great preschool cooking recipes? There are some great recipes out there that preschoolers are sure to like. Finding great recipes is important and you'll want options that kids will actually eat. There are plenty of recipes that are not only healthy and tasty for preschool meals, but some recipes are easy enough that you may be able to get preschoolers involved in the preparation as well. Here are a few great preschool cooking recipes that you may want to try out with your preschoolers. Tasty Chicken Quesadillas One great recipe to try out for your preschoolers is tasty chicken quesadillas. All you'll need is some cooked chicken all diced up, some salsa, corn kernels, flour[..]
Preschool Bulletin Boards
Preschool bulletin boards are a great teaching tool as well as decoration for the classroom. They can be used to teach the children about holidays, seasons, a particular subject, shapes, colors, or just for fun. An interactive bulletin board is especially effective as it can be used for weeks on end to get across a particular objective. For example, if you are learning about different animals, try making a bulletin board that is sectioned off into several different habitats. (Examples might be desert, ocean, forest, barnyard, etc.) Have the children place each animal in the correct habitat. You could even have different animal tracks to match the footprint each animal makes and see if[..]