5 Skills Children Build From Putting Together Jigsaw Puzzles

Posted on August 31st, 2010 in *Early Elementary, *Preschool, *Upper Elementary, Fine Motor, Math and Matching, Shapes

My 4 year old and 3 year old girls love puzzles especially 100 + pieces princess puzzles. They are such good friends working on puzzles together and in addition to keeping them occupied it is great to know that they are building important educational skills.

Hand-Eye Coordination
Memory
Fine motor skills
Learn to look at details/ problem solve
Matching

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Block Building Activity

Posted on June 18th, 2010 in *Early Elementary, *Preschool, *Toddler, Shapes

Here is a fun play activity for your child. Build simple objects with blocks and have your child copy what you built. For toddlers start with stacking two or three blocks on top of each other and as your child is able to copy very simple designs gradually move onto more complicated designs that require [...]

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Going On A Rhyme Hunt

Posted on June 24th, 2009 in *Preschool, Literacy

Teaching your children to understand how to rhyme is one of the best ways to prepare your preschooler to learn how to read. Remember to explain that for a word to rhyme the last sound has to sound the same.
Choose a variety of different objects around your house/classroom and walk around with your child/ren pointing [...]

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