April 22nd is Earth Day. Earth Day is a good day to introduce young children to reduce, reuse, and recycle! Set up a Recycling Sorting Area. Set up different bins labeled: Paper, Plastic, Metal, and Glass. Allow children to sort and put recyclable items in the appropriate bins. Ahead of time, you can ask parents …
Here are some fun play-dough recipes using common Easter candies. Marshmallow Peeps Play-Dough (original recipe found here): Ingredients: Package of Peeps 1/2 cup Corn starch 1 teaspoon Oil 1 teaspoon Water Directions: Melt 8 Peeps in the microwave for 45 seconds with 1 teaspoon of water. Add 1 teaspoon oil after they are melted Stir to …
Spring is just around the corner. Here are some ways to celebrate the first day of spring in your child care program: Make Homemade Bubbles and go outside to blow bubbles or play bubble catch (one child blows bubbles and other child tries to catch them with hands or a butterfly net). Create a gardening …
Here are some ideas for National Nutrition Month: Fruit Painting – Cut various fruits (apples, oranges, pears, etc.) in half and dip them into paint to make fruit prints. Paint with Vegetables – Provide celery stalks, broccoli florets, asparagus, carrot sticks, and more. Let children use the vegetables in place of paint brushes. Food Sorting …
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Mardi Gras can be fun to celebrate with preschoolers. Typically thought of as an adult theme, there is a lot of history and culture that are the center of Mardi Gras festivities. Mardi Gras is French for “Fat Tuesday,” reflecting the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season. Festivities …
Conversation Hearts can be used for many things that encourage learning in an early childhood environment! Try these Conversation Heart activities for added learning during February: Give each child a box of conversation hearts and have them sort them by color. After sorting, have the children create a pattern using what colors they prefer. Use …
Here are some ideas for National Children’s Dental Health Month: Try painting with toothbrushes instead of paintbrushes. Give each child a tooth-shaped paper cut-out and have them do string painting using dental floss. Cut the bottoms off of large plastic soda bottles and turn them upside down (they look like teeth). Staple several together, and …
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Here are some ideas for Groundhog Day Activities with preschoolers. The day before, create a graph about children’s guesses – Will the Groundhog see his shadow or not? Get a Ground Cookie Cutter and make Groundhog Cookies…or use the cookie cutter to dip in paint and make Groundhog prints. Add flashlights to the …
Here are some ideas for National Puzzle Day on January 29: Photo Puzzles. Take photographs of each child, cut into puzzle pieces and give pieces to another child. Have them guess who they have then put together the puzzle. Try one of these websites to make puzzles: Custom Jigsaw Puzzle Maker Jigsaw Explorer Go on …
Here are some ideas for National Opposite Day on January 25: Have children wear summer clothes. Or ask children to wear clothes inside out and backward. Eat dinner foods for breakfast. Eat breakfast foods for lunch. Play Simon Says, but have children perform opposite tasks of what is suggested (ie. Simon Says Shake your hands …
