Activities – Fun learning activities for daycare centers

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Homemade Gift Ideas for Your Daycare Kids

November 18, 2011

Tweet Tweet With the holidays approaching, daycare owners are trying to figure out what, if anything, to give their daycare kids and parents. We asked the OwnADaycare on Facebook members, “what are some homemade gift ideas for Christmas for the children in your daycare”? Our members who are also daycare owners responded to provide their best [...]

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Arts and Craft Ideas for Very Young Children in Multi-age Daycare

October 12, 2011

Tweet Tweet Many daycare providers care for groups of multi-age children.  It can be challenging to provide arts and craft activities (creative arts activities) for multi-age groups. We asked our OwnADaycare Facebook fans who are daycare owners if they provide arts and crafts activities for young children between 16 months and 20 months of age [...]

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Fine Motor Preschool Activity: Paint with a Cotton Swab

August 10, 2011

Tweet Tweet When developing curriculum, daycare providers must include age-appropriate activities for young children that develop fine motor skills. This cotton swab painting  activity will support an fine arts unit as well as promote visual motor coordination, bilateral coordination, and hand strength. Fine motor skills are actions that involve the small movement of hands, wrists, [...]

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Daycare or Preschool Physical Activity: What Time Is It, Mister Fox?

May 23, 2011

Tweet Tweet Motor skills are actions that control how muscles move the body. Gross motor skills are those that control the large muscles of the body which are used to walk, run, crawl, sit, jump, and other large muscle activities. Preschool teachers and daycare providers can enhance gross motor skill development through effective lesson plans [...]

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Mother’s Day Preschool Craft: Flower Place Mat

May 4, 2011

Tweet Tweet Early learning goals for toddlers include creative development. “The creative arts, including music, movement, dramatic play, puppetry, painting, sculpture, and drawing, are a crucial part of early childhood. Not only do the arts allow children to express themselves, but creative activity can enhance development of children’s skills in literacy, science, math, social studies, [...]

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Spring Daycare Activity: Bird Nest Craft

April 11, 2011

Tweet Tweet Early learning goals for toddlers include creative development. “The creative arts, including music, movement, dramatic play, puppetry, painting, sculpture, and drawing, are a crucial part of early childhood. Not only do the arts allow children to express themselves, but creative activity can enhance development of children’s skills in literacy, science, math, social studies, [...]

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Easter Bunny Hop: Physical Motor Lesson Plan

April 4, 2011

Tweet Tweet Motor skills are actions that control how muscles move the body. Gross motor skills are those that control the large muscles of the body which are used to walk, run, crawl, sit, jump, and other large muscle activities. Preschool teachers and daycare providers can enhance gross motor skill development through effective lesson plans [...]

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Family Night Activities for Day Care

April 1, 2011

Tweet Tweet Holding a family night is a way to engage parents in the educational progress of their children. Family nights also gives parents a chance to spend time with the daycare provider in a relaxed setting. family night is especially important when you’re just starting a daycare because it allows clients to meet other [...]

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Homemade Daycare Art Supply Recipes

March 30, 2011

Tweet Tweet Art supplies for home daycare businesses can be expensive. However you can save some money by making simple craft materials. These are the craft materials that children in your home daycare use over and over in creative arts activities or free play. Here are some recipes for play dough, face paint, silly putty, [...]

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Spring Creative Arts Activity: Eggshell Tulip Craft

March 28, 2011

Tweet Tweet Children’s creativity blossoms through rich experience in the arts. According to Play Projects and preschool Standards by Gera Jacobs and Kathy Krowley, “Through the arts, children learn to express themselves and discover that they can represent their thoughts and ideas through many different media. The arts help children develop the concept that one [...]

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