Book Making Activity
Make It. Write It. Read It. Having your young children create their own books is one of the best activities to encourage them to write. A variety of books can be made, including “peek-a-boo” books, pop-up books, shape books (cover is in the outline of a particular animal or other theme), accordion books (paper is… Read More
Self-Image Activity
Positive Self-Image A child’s social-emotional development is as important as his or her cognitive and physical development. Children are not born with these skills; rather, they take direct instruction and support to develop. Self-image is one of the most important factors that affects a child’s behaviors. It’s also cyclical, meaning that a child behaves in… Read More
A Fun Literacy Activity
Sounding Out Words Understanding how to segment words into their smaller parts (called phonemes) is an important pre-reading skill. For example, as part of the Ascend Curriculum, we have been practicing breaking up words like ‘cat’ into the /c/ and /at/ phonemes and then blending them back together. We have also worked on making new… Read More
Learning At Home For 1-2 Year Olds Part 4
Fine Motor Activity: Nailed It! Supplies: A Piece of Styrofoam, Golf Tees and a Plastic Hammer Directions: Set up your child with a piece of Styrofoam, a hand full of golf tees and the plastic hammer at a table. Have your child hammer each of the golf tees into the Styrofoam. Take this time to… Read More
A Fun Math Activity
Solving Math Problems with Pictures This month, as part of the Ascend Curriculum, we are exploring pictorial math problems. These types of problems require a different set of skills than typical math computation problems, because your child must apply math operations to real-world contexts. Try these activities at home to help your child will learn… Read More
Science Activity: Learning Your Body Parts
Body Parts Head to Toe Preschool children should be learning to identify and name all their major body parts. Try some of the following activities to support this science skill at home. Make a game out of naming various body parts and having your child point to them. Name both simple and a few more… Read More
Problem-Solving Activity
Managing Angry Feelings Through our Kind Child school culture, we have learned that friends work together to solve problems and that takes clear communication. Your child can begin to use words to express her feelings. We all feel anger from time to time. Unfortunately, children’s instinctive reaction to angry feelings can be to act out… Read More
Recreate A Family Vacation
Recreate a Family Vacation Families are so important to us at Cadence Education and we recognize that each family is special! It’s important to us that you share your family traditions, practices, and culture within your child’s classroom. When each child’s family background is celebrated, all the children learn to appreciate what makes each person… Read More
Storytelling Activity
Storytime and Dialogic Reading Our teachers use a method of storytelling called Dialogic Reading, in which storytime is more of an interactive conversation than just a passive experience for the child. Extensive research has shown that preschool children who have been read to using the Dialogic Reading method outperform their peers who experienced traditional storytime… Read More
Learning At Home For 1-2 Year Olds Part 3
Fine Motor Activity: Puffy Sticker Ocean Supplies: Puffy Stickers on a Plastic Backing, Blue Construction Paper and Any Other Items to Decorate Their “Ocean” Directions: Give your child a piece of blue construction paper and a sheet of the puffy stickers. Have your child remove the puffy sticker from the plastic backing and put it… Read More
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Toddler Activities
LEARNING AT HOME FOR 1-2 YEAR OLDS PT. 13July 17, 2020 - 4:00 am
Learning At Home For 1-2 Year Olds Pt. 12July 10, 2020 - 4:00 am
Learning At Home For 1-2 Year Olds Pt. 11July 3, 2020 - 4:00 am
Learning At Home For 1-2 Year Olds Pt. 10June 29, 2020 - 4:00 am
Learning At Home For 1-2 Year Olds Pt. 9June 22, 2020 - 6:00 am
Learning At Home For 1-2 Year Olds Pt. 8June 15, 2020 - 6:00 am
Learning At Home For 1-2 Year Olds Pt. 7June 8, 2020 - 6:00 am
