Exploring Vertical Space
High, Middle & Low For this activity tell your child to put their hands on their shoulders and then raise their arms overhead and say, “This is your high space.” … Read More
All About Me Book
This Is Me! For this activity, have your child describe themselves on paper, then bind the pages together in a book. A few page suggestions include the following: “This is… Read More
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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More