Toddler and preschool science concepts include introduction to the scientific process and investigation of material properties or characteristics.
Finding ways to incorporate these ideas in your everyday routine can encourage an investigative and curious scientific spirit in your child.
Bathtime is an easy and simple way to include science everyday and makes for very easy clean up!
Many people set new year goals for themselves, but have you ever thought about the goals you set for your child and how to help meet the goal?
Is it to clean their toys? Or to be a better listener? Or maybe it’s to get them ready for school?
Or maybe on the flip side you want them to stop doing something rather than start doing something?
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A friend asked me what she can do this summer to get her three-year-old ready for school this fall.
It made me realize that this is probably a question on many moms minds – how do I get my kid ready for school?
Believe it or not, ice sensory play provides many opportunities for learning and is easy for busy parents.
Setting preschoolers up with their ice exploration challenge allows them to make predictions, explore the properties of water, and problem solve ways to use their tools to free their objects… all critical thinking skills!
It can be chipping away ice chunks to rescue animals or using warm water to melt ice and uncover letters! Ice sensory play keeps preschoolers engaged for long periods of time because it allows for open exploration.
Additionally, their use of tools to chip and melt builds small muscle hand strength needed for tasks such as writing and zipping and like most sensory play, preschool concepts and themes of interest are easily incorporated!
If summer is supposed to be fun, then you want to have SIMPLE easy ideas to keep kids busy that don’t add more work on you.
Let’s face it. Every day you already have so much work to do, so why add more?
A summer activity calendar can help outline ideas to keep kids busy.
We all want kids to play independently, and that’s why simple activities that bring in a variety of open-ended play with time to bond and connect will foster those skills.
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A lot of people want to make sure their child has the right start to be reading so they don’t get behind in school.
And as a result, some parents are forcing skills that get in the way of play.
But did you know that you can teach reading through a fun whole child approach.
Developing the whole child is an important factor because children don’t learn subject areas in isolation.
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They take a lot of time and patience to get into place.
And just when you think you have a routine in place – some kind of emergency happens! Someone’s sick, you need to go to the store at the last minute, or you have bored kids.
Of course every day is different. We have a lot on our plate and we want to be flexible, but do you know why consistent routines for kids are important?
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