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The children loved playing games outside and winning medals for having FUN! Preschool children expanded their oral language vocabulary by learning “First, Second and Third” and “Gold, Silver and Bronze” . We looked at a world map and talked about our home countries. Children explored photos of different flags from each country. We played these games for gross motor development:
Herb Scented Play dough
We explored a variety of fresh garden herbs using all our senses. Ingredients:
Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl with a metal spoon. As soon as it is cool enough to touch, start kneading until it becomes soft and stretchy. Mix in the herbs. Add larger pieces of herbs for texture. Store in a zip lock bag at room temperature. Learning Links:
My Home Daycare, KAMS HOME CARE, turns 1 on Thursday June 30th,2016...today! To celebrate a great 1st year, the children painted a lemonade stand for the party. We had lemon tasting, lemon painting and yummy lemonade together. Thank you for trusting Kams Home Care :) We celebrate Canada Day on July 1st! Canada turns 149 years old! The children loved singing O Canada every morning with their flags this week! Be Proud, Sing Loud and Stay Safe this long weekend!
Storybook Focus: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle We had fun making healthy food choices through exploring this famous book. Children can be picky eaters so it’s important to offer healthy choices in a fun positive way! Here are some activities that happened:
The preschool children are often building castles with the wooden blocks and role playing which lead to many castle themed activities to inspire them to continue their interest.
Reading stories sparks your child’s imagination, stimulates curiosity and builds on oral language skills. The children had fun role playing this classic story of “The 3 Little Pigs” and participating in many creative activities together. Here are some activities that happened this month:
Have a Happy Easter and a lovely long weekend! Thank you. Miss. Kamilla The children are referring to the classroom Pictorial Schedule Daily. Young Children experience many transitions ( drop off, clean up time, getting dressed, lunch) in their day and these changes sometimes pose many challenges both cognitivly and emotionally. These challenges can be learning opportunities. We also have been focusing on Time in various fun ways.
This book and rhyme has always been a favourite of mine to read to children. Infants and toddlers have fun with the actions of the story while preschoolers love verbally re-enacting this dramatic book! During Music and Movement time daily, we have enjoyed acting out this book several times!!! Repetition is key!
Here are some activities that build on children’s skills and interest about snow!
Wishing everyone a Happy Safe Holiday and New Year!Kams Home Care has now been open for 6 months! Time flies when you are having fun. Thank you for checking my photos and activities!
Infant Toddler Key Developmental Indicator : Cognitive Development ( For full list visit www.Highscope.org) E. Cognitive Development 22. Exploring objects: Children explore objects with their hands, feet, mouth, eyes, ears, and nose. 23. Object permanence: Children discover object permanence. 24. Exploring same and different: Children explore and notice how things are the same or different. 25. Exploring more: Children experience "more." 26. One-to-one correspondence: Children experience one-to-one correspondence. 27. Number: Children experience the number of things. 28. Locating objects: Children explore and notice the location of objects. 29. Filling and emptying: Children fill and empty, put in and take out. 30. Taking apart and putting together: Children take things apart and fit them together. 31. Seeing from different viewpoints: Children observe people and things from various perspectives. 32. Anticipating events: Children anticipate familiar events. 33. Time intervals: Children notice the beginning and ending of time intervals. 34. Speed: Children experience "fast" and "slow." 35. Cause and effect: Children repeat an action to make something happen again, experience cause and effect. Children are driven to be independent and when they feel accomplishment it affects a child’s self-esteem in a positive way. Through daily experience and opportunities to practise these important skills, children will feel proud of their success when going outside! We continue go out outside daily in the Winter for fresh air and to play in the snow.
Getting Dressed for Winter involves: Gross motor: lifting arms and legs in specific coordinated motions and balancing to take off shoes and snow pants Fine motor: being able to use fingers to manipulate small objects (zippers, velcro, buttons, buckles, and laces) Cognitive: being able to understand the sequence of putting on clothing and to think about how seasons and temperature affect what should be worn We had fun building shapes, sorting shapes in the room, and creating a shape collage! Now, children are noticing shapes everywhere. Go on a Shape Hunt with your child at home! See what they will find... Expanding Oral Language and Social Skills through Dramatic Play Community Workers
Children enjoyed this hands on science activity and had the opportunity to make observations and predictions. Children had fun with water play and exploring what other toys in the room will float. Autumn is my favourite time of the year! We have been busy collecting leaves outside and noticing the different shapes, colours and lines. We took a closer look on the Light Table and read books about the changes in the leaves. Children enjoyed using clay to make their own Autumn Tree! Children enjoy Abc games that are hands on and involve sensory play. Make it fun! Inuksuk Project The traditional meaning of the Inuksuk is "Someone was here" or "You are on the right path." The Inuksuk forms a variety of purposes: as navigation , to mark a place of respect , or to indicate migration routes or places where fish can be found.
Apple Exploration
 KamsCare opened Summer 2015 and we have been busy learning through play! Keep checking my website for on-going posts about my activities and photos!
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