Bringing nature inside does not and hopefully is not a daunting task. Children are naturally curious about nature and how things work.
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Benefits of Sensory Play
If you follow my Instagram account or like us on Facebook (I post most Instagram pictures there), you would see that I LOVE sensory play! I think it is so important for children to get their hands dirty while they are playing and research shows there are so many benefits of sensory play with children….
Why I Don’t Like Weekly Themes
In this post I am going to be pretty honest. If you teach with themes, that doesn’t make you a crappy teacher. It is one way to teach. I however, teach differently. Now, I will get right to the chase; I don’t like weekly themes. Reasons I Don’t Teach with Weekly Themes: My center isn’t…
DIY Snow Ice Cream!
Before I start talking about the snow ice cream I have to say I had been feeling a bit under the weather this past week. Boo. My head hurt so much that I couldn’t look at screens, so I didn’t get a post written for my usual Saturday morning posting. With my sister’s Birthday celebrations…
Child-Led Play
There are many ways for children to learn through play. My favorite way to see them learning through play is child-led play. Child-led play is just as is sounds: play that is child-led. That doesn’t mean that children run the show, but they do have an equal say in everything that goes on. Child-led play…
