Step-by-step: Your child’s daycare is closing. What to do next.
You’re a parent that worked through the COVID-19 crisis of 2020. (Sometimes with months or weeks of state mandated closures, needing to be flexible with work at home, or the struggle to find alternative childcare options.) Now, when the country is starting to reopen the rug is being pulled out again – Your daycare is closing its doors. It was inevitable. We all learned the… Read More
Musical Freeze Shapes
Stop When I Say Freeze! Draw different shapes/numbers/letters on the sidewalk. Play cheerful music and have your child run, jump, or skip from one drawing to another. When you stop the music, your child freezes on a drawing and have to identify it before moving on to another one when the music resumes. Age-appropriate Adaptations:… Read More
Watercolor Expressions
Get Ready to Express Yourself! Have your child draw pictures with special watercolor pencils, then brush clear water over their pictures to create instant blurry watercolor creations! Age-appropriate Adaptations: Two-year-olds—Two’s can color with the watercolor pencils and then paint with water over the top, if desired. Three-year-olds—Three’s can draw whatever they wish with the watercolor… Read More
Fast Fries
Do You Want Fries With That? Yellow sponges are cut into strips resembling French fries. Obtain a supply of cardboard fast food fry containers. The teacher then writes either numbers or simple math problems onto the inside of the French fry containers and the children use tongs (because the fries are hot!) to pick up… Read More
Let’s Do Dominoes
The Domino Effect Children are encouraged to count and pattern the dominoes using cards to guide them. They are also encouraged to experiment to see how the falling dominoes affect other dominoes, so this gets into physical science as well. Fine motor skills also come into play as the children carefully stand the dominoes up. … Read More
LEARNING AT HOME FOR 1-2 YEAR OLDS PT. 13
Fine Motor Activity: Open & Close Containers Supplies: A Variety of Containers and Lids Directions: Gather different variety size containers with lids, some easy open and some harder to open and let your child open and close the containers. Skills Learned:Develops fine motor skills. These skills can help your child increase muscle strength and coordination… Read More
Fruit Salad
Find That Fruit! Children can match the shapes and colors using Velcro to attach them. Language development should be encouraged by asking the children what shape the piece is, what color it is, what kind of fruit are they matching, etc. Age-appropriate Adaptations: Two-year-olds—Sit one-on-one with your child and promote language development by talking about… Read More
Learning At Home For 1-2 Year Olds Pt. 12
Fine Motor Activity: Poms and Whisk Supplies: Pom Poms (various colors) and Whisk Directions: Show your child how to put the pom poms in the whisk and shake it all around. Have your child repeat what you’ve done and away they go! Skills Learned: Beginnings to show interest and some control in manipulating art materials…. Read More
Cultural Understanding
Ready… Set… Explore! This month we are exploring citizenship in our Cultural Understanding portion of our Ascend curriculum, and are also exploring other countries and cultures. With the previous celebration of Independence Day on July 4th, this is a great time to explore other cultures and how they celebrate their countries of origin. It’s also a great… Read More
Sound It Out
In literacy this month, we are sounding out letters while utilizing our senses. By using the five senses, children will retain the knowledge of simple phonics and writing skills they’ve learned critical to school age learning, while having fun in the process. Using materials from the Handwriting Without Tears program utilized in our curriculum, the experience of… Read More
