Process Art in the Preschool Classroom
It’s that time of the year again: a Pinterest search for “Preschool Art” displays a multitude of cute crafts designed to please the adults in […]
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Reading Aloud to Your Child- The Many Benefits
Reading aloud to your toddler or preschooler can give them many advantages; expanding their vocabulary, insight on how to begin writing and reading themselves, knowledge […]
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The Nature of Creativity: Why Is Scribbling Important?
Early childhood educators appreciate that growth and development happen in stages. Our job is to cultivate growth through understanding the behaviors that characterize each stage, […]
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The Practical Life Area in our Classroom
Part of our day involves the preschool children doing their “work”. Maria Montessori called school activities work because she considered play to be the work […]
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Building blocks
Building with the tree blocks.
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Mat Man
At group time today, we introduced “Mat Man” to the children. We built him using teamwork, and sang his catchy song. Mat Man is from […]
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Thanksgiving
We acted out the story of the first thanksgiving today. It starts with one person playing the mean king (James) who unfairly collects money from […]
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Enjoying yoga
The cobra pose is a favorite! The children love our yoga corner.
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