This one is from the Goodie Games series. In the next month or so, I am going to explore some early learning games that promote math skills on Manipulative Mondays, but for today, I thought we could take a look at this as a simple tool for sorting, classifying, and making patterns. There are several […]
Happy Provider Appreciation Day!!!! Since 1996, the Friday before Mother’s Day is Provider Appreciation Day. Today, the nation recognizes the amazing work that child care providers do each and every day for working families. Thank you!
How do you support parents so they can support their children? Last week I wrote about the concept of inclusion and ensuring that each member of the community feels welcome in your program. Inclusion is a great start. Making sure that parents and other family members feel like they can come in and participate, volunteer […]
Once your seedlings have started to sprout, it is important that children have a way to measure and document their growth. If each child has her/his own plant, then they will also need some sort of chart where they can record their observations over time. Click her( Inchworm chart )to see a sample of a […]
Have you seen this map from the Children’s Defense Fund? You can click on each state and a pop-up appears with statistics about children; including low birth percentages, mortality rates and the amount of money that is expended per child for education. These are presented as comparisons so you can see how the children in […]
The Green Fish Chronicles is a Blog written by a family child care provider for family home care providers, i.e., YOU! You are going to love this Blog. Misti, the Blogger, writes about various business-type issues that will be immediately applicable to your work. She explores curricular ideas, environments, day-to-day issues, and family connections. I […]
Demonstrate an understanding of location and ordinal position, using appropriate vocabulary. Benchmarks 9.B.ECa Show understanding of location and ordinal position 9.B.ECb Use appropriate vocabulary for identifying location and ordinal position. Example Performance Descriptors Respond appropriately to request to place an object somewhere in space in relation to other objects (i.e., put doll in front of […]
Most people who choose a career working with young children do so because they love young children. Spending each and every day with a population who makes us smile and laugh, who encourages us to play and get dirty, and who loves unequivocally and with total abandon, is at the heart of why we do […]
I took this picture at the Chicago Children’s Museum in the new Tinkering Lab. It is an incredible space filled with all sorts of materials that will stimulate children’s curiosity and creativity. Take a look at their website and a description of this magnificent new area of the museum. You should consider a field trip […]
You guessed it. This month’s theme is FLOWERS. There is so much mathematical exploration that we can investigate while studying flowers that I am tempted to make this a two-monther! At this time of the year, we are all itching to get outside. It feels like we’ve been cooped up inside for years, not months. […]