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Did you ever have an imaginary friend as a child? Was your friend a constant companion or did you create a new friend for every day of the week? We’ve seen the whole spectrum at our house. When our oldest was 4 years old, she had a complete description of her husband-to-be. The details will…
Raise your hands if you have emotional kids! I think that everyone’s hands should be up right now. Mine would both be up, but it would be really hard to type if they were… I have four lovely, intelligent, extremely emotional daughters. From the oldest (teenager!) to the youngest (sweet, tantrum-throwing preschooler) we have such…
One of the first tools we use for counting are our fingers. They are with us all the time, easily accessible and help us master one to one correspondence. Let’s be honest, even as adults, we often catch ourselves using our fingers to solve math problems during everyday activities. In fact, brain researchers have found…
Friendship for children is something that is exciting and difficult at the same time. Most kids love playing with others but some can have trouble sharing. Some kids are naturally kind and others have trouble. Some kids can stand up for themselves and others with no issues while others find that awkward. Some kids are…
Does your child have a special book that she begs to read every day? Or fifty times a day? My five-year-old does! She loves our Muddle & Match books! She can flip through the pages creating a new character over and over again. It’s almost as good as watching crazy YouTube videos for her. Ok,…
What does it mean to have asthma? How do healthy lungs function compared to sick lungs? These are the questions my 8-year-old wanted to investigate today. This STEM Respiratory System Investigation was a great discovery of what can stop our lungs from working properly. We compared lungs with asthma to healthy lungs and talked about…
If you’re happy and you know it clap you hands!! Or in the case of these super fun body gross motor dice… twist your hips, bend your elbow or shake your head! My preschooler loved this fun gross motor game and it was a great way to get her moving on a cold winter day!…
After we played with the interactive book for a while, we played with our newest memory game. Using the same sentences as in the interactive book, we worked on some matching. Depending on the skill level of your child you can use all the cards or just a few at a time. With Shiloh, I…
This week the #TeachECE team is sharing activities for “All About Me”. What a great set of activities we have for you! If you are new to #TeachECE, every week a great team of bloggers shares a set of themed activities that range from special needs to gifted preschoolers, math to literacy, science to sensory!…
I cannot tell you how excited I am to share this activity with you. My daughter just loved it! Teaching responsibility for preschoolers is super fun with this free leveled interactive book and memory game. Shiloh had so much fun with the book that we read it a few times the first day. Hubby was…
This week the TeachECE team is talking about ‘friends’. How to make them, how to treat them and so much more! So to go along with that, I’m sharing this free friends play dough printable with you. It’s great to use when you are talking to kids about being a good friend because they can…