It’s the time of the year where more candy is in the house that you may wish. We don’t often use food in art projects at school because we want to encourage treating food respectfully. However, this art project idea stood out as way to use unwanted sugary candy. At TeachPreschool.org, Deborah offers step-by-step instructions to sort sort M&M’s candy and turn it into watercolor paints. This looks like a great project to do...
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Students at Winfield Children’s House were singing along to their favorite ukulele band, Dos Eckies, on Friday, March 7, 2013. The children from toddlers to Kindergarten were a wonderful audience at a concert given by Kris and Joel. Our preschool teacher, Kate, joined in on guitar for a few songs. Joel is a luthier who specializes in building ukuleles, so he brought a few models to show us how ukuleles can vary in shape and size. The...
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Screen-based learning is gaining a lot of attention as young people are growing up surrounded by their parents’ and increasingly their own personal media devices. Many software developers are creating educational apps and internet-based learning games. What does this mean for preschool math education? How can teachers and parents evaluate the merit of these programs?
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Our Adventure Play educator, Nancy Bower, offers a simple game that turns the backyard into an adventure for children.
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If your child enjoys exploring the jars and bottles on the spice rack, he or she may love making (and tasting) crunchy chickpeas…
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