With Spring right around the corner, and being just a bit too early to begin our next Toddler School Mini Unit on RAINBOWS. My fellow Oregonians know that it can be quite unpredictable this time of year! We can have storms and sunshine all in the same afternoon. We wake up in the morning and… Read More Rainbow Rice Sensory Bin & Literacy Lesson
We kick start our month of LOVE with a super fun {but prep-intensive} Discovery Box entitled: All the People I LOVE. This is a great way to work on family recognition and or course a little discovery learning. We managed to sneak in a little science {static electricity… totally counts} too! I first saw this… Read More February Discovery Box | All the People I LOVE for Valentine’s Day
I must confess I have clean kids. Let me rephrase… I have messy kids who know how to clean up when they’re done. In fact, Cash prefers cleaning as part of his play time. Cash also hates to clean up sometimes… because he’s two. But, he knows the importance of it, he has the… Read More Teaching Toddlers to be CLEAN {Part 1: Scaffolding}
Literacy Fun {Dinosaur Hats} Once upon a time I shared some strategies that I use within our Literacy Corner to shake things up a bit. One of those strategies involved wearing costumes! You can imagine my great joy, while walking through the Dollar Tree, shopping for Dinosaur Month supplies before we started… Read More Literacy Fun {Dinosaur Hats}
For today’s Literacy Lesson after lunch, we worked on reading comprehension. I built my lesson around the Kane Miller book, I’m a Dirty Dinosaur by Janeen Brian & Ann James. You can snag your own peppy book HERE. They have also just released I’m a Hungry Dinosaur! I can’t wait to get that one! Throughout the book, you… Read More A Toddler Reading Comprehension Lesson | I’m A Dirty Dinosaur
Boy did we get some serious ‘traction’ out of this Texture Walk! We started building our walk {or crawl} right after Christmas when I needed something to entertain the boys while cleaning up, un-decorating and deciding where to get next with Toddler School. If you’re looking for a fantastic Transition Lesson for between your Toddler School Units,… Read More Sensory Play & Gross Motor Fun | Texture Walk
Moving on to a new theme is tough. You get attached to your previous theme, they are attached to it and it becomes a part of your lifestyle because you really immerse yourself into it. Dinosaurs will forever run amok throughout our house… as will pirates. However, building a new theme can be even… Read More Toddler School {Transition Lessons & Assessment}
Some days, you just have to put the TV to sleep. Have you caught yourself allowing a little too much screen time after the holidays? We did. That awkward window of time between Christmas and New Year’s where you don’t even know what day it is snuck right up on us… I finally just had… Read More How to Give Your Television a Nap with a Book Nest
The Mess Mat has a lot of great benefits all by itself including a waterproof,spill proof and clean, designated space to be creative. It is an easy mom-system to implement and use. But one of the other great aspects about using this technique as your free-movement classroom is that kids learn to be structured… Read More Building Morning Routines with The Mess Mat
For Dinosaur Month we are focusing on Shapes and of course a few numbers. This activity is super easy and super entertaining for the little artist here! He loves to play in the window anyway, so when he came out from nap time and saw this he was super excited about it! What you Need: Gallon… Read More Window Painting {Numbers & Shapes}