daycare activities

Letter X Alphabet Recognition Activity for Preschoolers

December 22, 2011

Tweet Tweet Preschool teachers and daycare providers can help children learn to recognize and write the letter X through fun activities that support clear learning objectives. Learning Objectives The students will identify the letter X The students make and recognize the X sound The students will learn to trace and write upper and lower case X’s. [...]

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Creative Arts Lesson Plan -Thanksgiving Vegetable Cornucopia Prints

November 15, 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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Elephant Preschool Lesson Plan

October 31, 2011

Tweet Tweet Present this simple preschool lesson plan that is all about elephants. Children love zoo animals and will enjoy learning about elephants through fun elephant facts, a field trip, an elephant craft, an elephant song and finger play, and preschool picture books about elephants. This lesson plan goes well with a zoo theme or safari theme. [...]

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Kitten Preschool Lesson Plan

September 22, 2011

Tweet Tweet Present this simple preschool lesson plan that is all about kittens. Children love animals and will enjoy learning about kittens through kitten facts, a kitten  craft, a kitten finger play, and preschool picture books about kittens. This lesson plan goes well with a theme about pets or animals. Kitten and Cat Facts for [...]

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Rhyming Games for Daycare and Preschool

September 19, 2011

Tweet Tweet Children can learn to rhyme before entering kindergarten. As you teach children in your daycare center to learn to rhyme you also help them build their vocabulary and improve their phonics skills. Children will be more inclined to learn how to rhyme when they are engaged in stimulating and memorable activities. Play rhyming [...]

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The Importance of Learning through Play in Daycare Part 2

September 8, 2011

Tweet Tweet Children learn through both direct and indirect play. Child day care providers can take advantage of opportunities for social and emotional learning through play activities. In Part 2 of our interview with expert, Meghan McGinley Crowe, executive director of literacy for Little Sprouts, Inc., Crowe explains the importance of learning through play. OwnADaycare: How [...]

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The Importance of Learning Through Play in Daycare Part 1

September 7, 2011

Tweet Tweet Children learn through both direct and indirect play. Child day care providers can take advantage of opportunities for social and emotional learning through play activities. In our interview with expert, Meghan McGinley Crowe, executive director of literacy for Little Sprouts, Inc., Crowe explains the importance of learning through play. OwnADaycare: What is the importance [...]

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Grasshopper Preschool Lesson Plan

August 17, 2011

Tweet Tweet Present this simple preschool lesson plan that is all about grasshoppers. Children love animals and will enjoy learning about grasshoppers through fun grasshopper facts, a grasshopper  craft, a grasshopper song, and preschool picture books about grasshoppers. This lesson plan goes well with a theme about bugs. Grasshopper Facts: There are 18,000 kinds of grasshoppers. Grasshoppers [...]

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Frogs Preschool Lesson Plan

August 12, 2011

Tweet Tweet Present this simple preschool lesson plan that is all about frogs. Children love animals and will enjoy learning about frogs through fun frog facts, a math activity, a  frog craft, a frog rhyme, and preschool picture books about frogs. This lesson plan goes well with a theme about amphibians. Frog Facts: A frog is an [...]

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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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