Go nature hunting with children and let them search for various objects in nature.. Make them collect as much natural objects as they can. With their collection children will be making nature people with the items they have collected. Apart from this, they will be learning a lot about their own family and parts of their face.
Just imagine a line down the centre of the body. Crossing the midline is a child's ability to reach across the middle of the body with arms and legs crossing over the opposite side. The following article provides information on Why Crossing The Midline Is Important, Activities To Improve A Child's Ability in Crossing The Midline and more.
The Stages Of Play Posters have 6 different types of play that were developed by Mildred Parten. She discovered that children of different ages actually played together differently and they were capable of different levels or categories of social play. These posters are great to be displayed within the room environment.
Mandala is an ancient art that originated in India and now is being used more in Tibet. They have of course gained popularity over a period of time and now they are being incorporated in various ways. So why not we also give it a try with our tiny tots. It’s a very complicated art form that involves a lot of intricacies but here we will be making it simple with objects collected in nature.
The Germs Counting Mats encourages children to recognise number 1 to 10 between the hands and count and match the correct number of germs to the hands. This is a great way for children to recognise and learn numbers and for one-to-one correspondence. This can be used in a variety of ways including with playdough where children can make their own germs to add, laminated and used for drawing and so much more!
Letterland is a system for teaching children basic literacy skills on how to read, how to write and how to spell using a story-based approach. The following article provides information on What Is Letterland, How It Works, Examples, Free Resources and more!
The Finger Play Posters have words and actions of popular action songs that can be used with children during group time. These are great to display around the room. Fingerplays and action rhymes offer a multisensory approach to learning, engaging multiple senses – visual, auditory, touch and movement. They build language and speech skills, gross and fine motor skills, coordination, body awareness, rhythmic proficiency, social skills and auditory discrimination.
Children will simply use the items collected from nature to weave. This particular activity is applicable to the elder age group of kids as it involves a little complexity. The pre-schoolers, can be involved in the weaving part alone.
The Shape Of The Week enables Educators to choose a shape for children to learn for the week. Using the Shape Of The Week posters Educators can implement a variety of experiences that will assist children in learning shapes. This can also be used during circle time.
In early childhood settings, one of the most popular experiences that a child enjoys is painting. As soon as the painting area is set up, there always seems to be a “charge” for the smocks and arguing about who is having the first turn. Painting is inviting, simple and engaging for a child and supports their overall learning and development. The following article provides a list on the different types of materials and items children can paint with.
This is a very simple and easy nature activity for children. Get children out on a leaf hunt to collect a variety of different leaves. Using leaves children will be making a cute little leaf man using their creativity. At the same time, it has a lot of learning involved too. Children will also learn about the trees, different types of leaves and more!
