Recent Posts Tagged With 'preschool learning'

• Strong National Museum of Play Video – Sarah and Sesame Street

  Posted on Sunday June 28th, 2009 at 20:13 in preschool, preschool fun, preschool learning, preschool field trips, preschool trips, strong national museum of play, rochester museum, children’s museums, preschool museums

  This short video clip is from our trip to the Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, NY. It doesn’t have any sound, but is still kind of cute.They have a Sesame Street exhibit and lots of mini-activities inside. One is where your child can ...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: A Fun Preschool Activity

  Posted on Sunday August 3rd, 2008 at 19:03 in homeschool preschool, preparing your child for preschool, preschool fun, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, preschool games, preparing for kindergarten, preparing for pre-k

  Hat DayDo you have a lot of hats in your home? You may. If so, gather all of the hats in your home, including baseball caps, sun hats, rain hats, cowboy hats, or whatever else you may have. Next, have your family sit down and try each hat on. You...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Teaching Them About Money – Part 4

  Posted on Tuesday July 8th, 2008 at 10:18 in preparing for preschool, preschool learning, kindergarten curriculum, preparing for kindergarten, preschool lesson plans, preparing for pre-k, preschool money, preschool educating

  Another great way to teach your child about money is by taking them shopping with you. If you pay for cash and if there isn’t a long line behind you, let your child pay the cashier.This is an important lesson to teach your child. The first time m...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Teaching Them About Money – Part 3

  Posted on Monday July 7th, 2008 at 10:13 in preparing for preschool, preschool learning, kindergarten curriculum, preparing for kindergarten, preschool lesson plans, preparing for pre-k, preschool money, preschool educating

  In my last post, I outlined how giving your child a small amount of money (like .50 cents) for doing a small task can teach them about how money is earned. The next step involves teaching your child about how money is saved. This can be done with t...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Teaching Them About Money – Part 2

  Posted on Sunday July 6th, 2008 at 10:10 in preparing for preschool, preschool learning, kindergarten curriculum, preparing for kindergarten, preschool lesson plans, preparing for pre-k, preschool money, preschool educating

  In addition to showing your child money, it is important to teach them valuable lessons about it. You can start with how money is earned. Many parents like giving their preschoolers a weekly allowance. Even if you don’t want to do so, reward you...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Teaching Them About Money – Part 1

  Posted on Thursday July 3rd, 2008 at 23:08 in preparing for preschool, preschool learning, kindergarten curriculum, preparing for kindergarten, preschool lesson plans, preparing for pre-k, preschool money, preschool educating

  If you are interested in preparing your child for preschool or kindergarten at home, one lesson that you will want to teach your child is about money. The good news is all of the options that you have for doing so. For starters, show your child mon...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Teaching Your Child Their Address and Phone Number

  Posted on Tuesday July 1st, 2008 at 20:57 in homeschool preschool, preschool education, preparing your child for preschool, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, preparing for kindergarten, preparing for pre-k

  This is definitely something that we should have started doing before, but since my daughter is preparing for pre-k this coming year, I thought it was important to really step up the process of getting her to remember her address.In the past few week...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Related Article

  Posted on Saturday June 14th, 2008 at 13:32 in homeschool preschool, preparing your child for preschool, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, preschool signs, preparing for kindergarten, preschool tools, preschool supplies

  Here is a related article that I wrote. It is titled “Homeschool Preschool: Using Educational Signs to Your Advantage.”...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Fun Preschool Craft Project / Activity

  Posted on Friday June 13th, 2008 at 13:28 in preparing your child for preschool, preschool fun, preschool crafts, preschool craft projects, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, preparing for kindergarten, easy crafts for kids

  An important part of preparing your child for preschool or kindergarten involves encouraging creativity. One way that you can do so is with the use of beads. Making a bracelet or necklace with your child is a fun preschool activity. It is also one...

• A Trip to the Zoo

  Posted on Monday May 26th, 2008 at 21:06 in homeschool preschool, preschool activities, preparing your child for preschool, preschool fun, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, preschool field trip, preparing for kindergarten

  Yesterday, we took a trip to the zoo. It was a lot of fun. It made for a long day and my daughter was so tired for the ride home, but still more than worth it. Since we have made a lot of trips to the zoo, my daughter is very familiar with all of ...

• Another Preschool Blog

  Posted on Wednesday May 14th, 2008 at 09:34 in homeschool preschool, preschool activities, preschool fun, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, preschool games, preschool blog

  I can’t recall if I have posted this information before here or not, so I will do again. I run another blog that focuses on preschool activities. There is a large list of fun and educational preschool activities that you can do with your toddler ...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Language Development

  Posted on Sunday May 11th, 2008 at 23:20 in homeschool preschool, preschool curriculum, preparing your child for preschool, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, kindergarten curriculum, preparing for kindergarten

  If you have been reading my last few posts, you may know that I am going over the kindergarten curriculum for my local elementary school. I am doing so to help answer that question of “what should I be teaching my child at home.”Another section ...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Large Muscle Development

  Posted on Saturday May 10th, 2008 at 12:51 in homeschool preschool, preschool curriculum, preparing your child for preschool, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, kindergarten curriculum, preparing for kindergarten

  In my last post, I highlighted how small muscle development is a section on the curriculum for my local school’s kindergarten program. Large muscle development is another. If you are looking for ways to prepare your child for preschool or kinderg...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Small Muscle Development

  Posted on Friday May 9th, 2008 at 12:46 in homeschool preschool, preschool curriculum, preparing your child for preschool, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, kindergarten curriculum, preparing for kindergarten

  On the website for my local elementary school, they have a page that is devoted to what children will learn in kindergarten. This is known as their kindergarten curriculum. Listed on that website is small muscle development. At first glance, small...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Kindergarten Curriculum

  Posted on Thursday May 8th, 2008 at 21:43 in homeschool preschool, preschool curriculum, preparing your child for preschool, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, kindergarten curriculum, preparing for kindergarten

  A while ago, I was reviewing a few points that were highlighted on the kindergarten curriculum for my local school. I was doing so to showcase ways that you can not only prepare your child for preschool at home, but kindergarten as well. I plan to ...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Fun Activities with Wood Puzzles

  Posted on Thursday April 24th, 2008 at 11:22 in homeschool preschool, preparing your child for preschool, preschool fun, preschool learning, preschool toys, wood puzzles, wood jigsaw puzzles, kids puzzle toys, wood puzzle toys

  In my last post, I stated three reasons why wood puzzles are great for toddlers and preschoolers. Another reason is the other activities that you can do with them. In addition to simply just putting a puzzle together, there are other games that you...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: 3 Reasons Why You Should Buy Wood Puzzles for Your Child

  Posted on Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 at 20:29 in homeschool preschool, preparing your child for preschool, preschool fun, preschool learning, preschool toys, wood puzzles, wood jigsaw puzzles, kids puzzle toys, wood puzzle toys

  Are you looking for a fun, yet educational toy for your child to play with at home? If you are, you will want to examine wood puzzles. Although wood puzzles aren’t known as the best toys on earth, especially when compared some of the latest elect...

• Why We Love the Leapfrog Learning DVDs

  Posted on Thursday April 3rd, 2008 at 22:20 in leapfrog, preparing your child for preschool, preschool fun, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, leapfrog dvds, educational dvds, leapfrog preschool, preschool movies

  Are you a parent who is interested in educating your child at home? If you are, you may want to take the time to examine the LeapFrog Learning DVDs. All videos in this set are educational in more ways than most parents can imagine.For Christmas 200...

• St. Patrick’s Day Preschool Worksheets Added

  Posted on Wednesday March 5th, 2008 at 11:21 in preschool, homeschool preschool, preparing for preschool, free preschool worksheets, free preschool printables, preschool learning, preschool worksheets, st. patrick’s day preschool worksheets

  I have added a few more free preschool worksheets to my website, you can find them here. They are all St. Patrick’s Day preschool worksheets....

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Related Article

  Posted on Monday March 3rd, 2008 at 07:29 in educational toys, homeschool preschool, leapfrog, preparing your child for preschool, preschool fun, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, preschool toys

  Here is an article that I wrote on buying and owning a LeapFrog My First LeapPad. This article is great for parents who just bought the system for their children. The article is titled “A Guide to Buying and Owning a LeapFrog My First LeapPad Sys...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Related Article

  Posted on Tuesday January 29th, 2008 at 06:26 in homeschool preschool, preparing your child for preschool, preschool fun, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, preschool signs, preschool at home, educational signs

  Here is an article that I wrote on the use of educational signs. The article is titled “Homeschool Preschool: Using Educational Signs to Your Advantage.”...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: We Love the LeapFrog Learning DVDs

  Posted on Wednesday December 19th, 2007 at 19:11 in leapfrog, preschool education, preparing your child for preschool, preschool fun, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, learning dvds, leapfrog dvds

  I really have to say that I LOVE the LeapFrog Learning DVDs. If you do not own at least one of these DVDs, you may want to take the time to examine them.Last year for Christmas, I purchased the 4 pack set that they have. The DVDs included were the ...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: More Christmas Shopping with LeapFrog.com

  Posted on Wednesday December 12th, 2007 at 10:51 in leapfrog, preparing your child for preschool, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, preschool games, my first leappad books, christmas gift ideas.

  Okay, after making my last post, I ended up exploring the LeapFrog.com website a little bit more. If you have a LeapFrog My First LeapPad for your child, like the one pictured above, you will definitely want to checkout the LeapFrog.com website.They...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: MORE Free Christmas Preschool Worksheets Added

  Posted on Saturday December 8th, 2007 at 10:32 in preparing your child for preschool, preparing for preschool, free preschool worksheets, preschool learning, preschool worksheets, christmas preschool worksheets, free christmas preschool worksheets

  I finally got around to adding the colored print Christmas preschool worksheets on my website. You can find them here.As a reminder, black and white Christmas preschool worksheets were added the other day, you can find them here.Also, as a reminder,...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Free Christmas Preschool Worksheets

  Posted on Thursday December 6th, 2007 at 21:10 in preparing your child for preschool, preparing for preschool, free preschool worksheets, preschool learning, preschool worksheets, christmas preschool worksheets

  I just added some more preschool worksheets to my website. These are Christmas preschool worksheets.Right now, I only have black and white worksheets up, but I will get those in color up soon.Click Here for Free Christmas Preschool Worksheets...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: More Free Preschool Worksheet Information

  Posted on Tuesday September 18th, 2007 at 21:37 in preschool, preschool activities, preparing your child for preschool, preparing for preschool, free preschool worksheets, free preschool printables, preschool learning

  As posted the other day, I uploaded more free preschool worksheets to my Preparing Your Child for Preschool website. You can view these free preschool worksheets here.As a reminder, if you are looking to limit the money spent on preschool worksheets...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Free Preschool Worksheets

  Posted on Wednesday September 12th, 2007 at 17:05 in preschool, preschool education, preparing your child for preschool, preparing for preschool, free preschool worksheets, free preschool printables, preschool learning

  I updated my Free Preschool Worksheet section on my website. I haven’t added them all yet, but a few new free preschool worksheets are up. I have also changed the layout of that section. Preschool worksheets are now categorized and I have added f...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Benefits of Recording the Experience

  Posted on Friday August 17th, 2007 at 21:32 in preschool, preschooler, preschool education, preparing your child for preschool, preparing for preschool, preschool learning

  In my last post, I outlined how you may want to consider video taping or taking pictures of your child preparing for preschool at home. As nice as it is to hear that you should do so, you may be wondering exactly why you should. If that is the case,...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Documentation

  Posted on Wednesday August 15th, 2007 at 23:40 in preschool, preschooler, preschool education, preparing your child for preschool, preschool fun, preschool learning

  If you are working to prepare your child for preschool at home or homeschool preschool them, have you taken out the camera or the camcorder? If you have yet to do so, it is something that you may want to think about doing. Whether you and your chil...

• Preparing Your Child for Preschool: Related Preschool Workbook Article

  Posted on Monday August 13th, 2007 at 20:45 in preparing your child for preschool, preparing for preschool, preschool learning, preschool workbooks

  Speaking of preschool workbooks, if you are interested in buying preschool workbooks, you may want to take a look at this preschool workbook buying guide that I created. It outlines important points that you will want to take into consideration when...