Children love mixing things together and observing the results. White paint is something I love to do art projects with little ones with because it is very conductive to mixing other things into it like gold or silver glitter. When the poster paint is still wet and runny in the tub, children love to take […]
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Winter Pretend Play Ideas
Last year, my class of preschoolers were so fascinated by the artic animals that we learned about from our icy sensory play time that we extended their interests into our pretend play area. I covered our play mat with a light blue sheet as our pretend cold ocean water and some white pillow cases on […]
A January Sensory Basket and Spontaneous Story Time
Young children love tactile hands-on learning and nothing stirs their imagination like a fun sensory basket. I like to save bits of this and that for preschool learning when taking down my Christmas decorations and clearing out holiday stuff. This year my sensory basket consisted of some shiny icicles off my Christmas tree, some cotton […]
January Sensory Play Ideas
When taking down my Christmas decorations in January, I save shiny bits of icicles for some fun frosty winter-themed sensory play. This year, my preschoolers said it reminded them of rain and they used it in their pretend play as rain. Another item that I like to save up over Christmas is the paper stuffing […]
Children’s Christmas Trees
It is such festive fun to have a small to medium-sized Christmas tree in a preschool classroom, one that children are free to decorate however they would like to. Not only does this help to inspire children’s creativity, but it communicates to children that their artwork, decorations, and contributions are treasured and valued. And, it […]
Story time fun reading “Frosty the Snowman” as retold by Annie North Bedford and illustrated by Terri Super
This Christmas, my preschoolers I spent many happy moments reading and re-reading the beautiful classic children’s story “Frosty the Snow Man”, as retold by Annie North Bedford, illustrated by Terri Super and published by Little Golden Books (1989). When little children connect with a wonderful story, they just love hearing it over and over again. […]
Paper Christmas Trees
This year I cut up some A3 sized card paper in the shape of Christmas trees and gave each of my preschoolers one of their own. They were invited to paint their tree green, and while paint can be a bit messy, painting is a very calming and relaxing activity for little ones. Some love […]
My Favourite Thing About Being With Children
Working with children over the last 29 years in-counting has brought me so much joy and enriched my life beyond anything words could describe. There are so many reasons why I truly love being with children. I love their ability to laugh and enjoy the silly things. I love their creativity and imagination. I love […]
An Tunnel-Play Idea as a Story-telling Extension
As active learners, young children enjoy stories in a richer and more meaningful way when they can engage with the story on many levels: active play, re-telling, sensory play, pretend play, and more.For any stories that include a tunnel or a cave, here is a one idea I’ve used again and again and the little […]
The Inspiration Behind The Little Dinosaurs’ Pick Pumpkins Story
Our next children’s story due to be published shortly, The Little Dinosaurs’ Pick Pumpkins, was inspired by children’s delight in bright orange pumpkins. Leila and I have dedicated our next loveable story to every young tractor enthusiast. We wanted the story to be funny and engaging for little ones, filled with tractors, wagons, pumpkins, and […]