July 17th, 2008
I am amazed at how many educational websites will give parents and teachers ideas about teaching preschool children to safely cross the road by themselves!!!! Most children are simply not mature enough to cross the road by themselves before the age of 10, I would say 8 at the very youngest.
I believe that the most [...]
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June 10th, 2008
Obtain a variety of pictures from magazines or look online for clipart that can be matched to form rhyming pairs. For example, pictures of a ‘mouse’ and a ‘house’.
Tape or glue the pictures to squares of cardstock and use the cards to play a memory type game. For younger children have the pictures faced [...]
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April 16th, 2008
Spring is here and this is a wonderful way to spend some quality time outside with your children learning about birds.
String bits of food – such as bread, nuts, or popcorn on a thin string or thread. Space the food several inches apart and tack both ends of the string to a tree trunk [...]
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April 2nd, 2008
The weather is warming up and what better way to let your children show their creativity through colouring than to have them colour on the driveway or sidewalks. Spray your childrens artwork with water from a pump bottle to create a cool water design on the chalk art.
Materials: Coloured chalk and plastic pump bottles. Fill [...]
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