Getting Creative Outside! – Preschool Thursdays with Marilyn Boyer
With the colder days behind us (hopefully) are you looking for ideas and activities for the kids to be able to enjoy the beautiful sunshine days? My preschoolers loved to play with playdough outside...
View ArticleHelping In The Kitchen – Mondays with Marilyn
Each week I chose a different child to plan a meal, help shop for meal and then help to cook the meal. It was a great way to teach them nutrition, wise shopping practices and the actual skills of...
View ArticleSummer Fun! – Mondays with Marilyn
Take your playdo outside this summer. My kids absolutely LOVED to play with playdo. We have lots of fun molds, plastic knives, and tools, farm animal molds and cake molds. We had a small round kids...
View ArticleFollow Their Dreams, Until… ~ Mondays with Marilyn
When you see an interest crop up in one of your children, find the resources needed for them to pursue it. Make it a part of their “curriculum” and let them pursue what sparks their interest. Maybe...
View ArticleDig, Dig, Dig It’s What We Like To Do! ~ Preschool Thursdays
Preschoolers LOVE to have their own little flower bed or even pot of flowers to put on the deck or porch. It’s a fun trip to the store to pick our petunias or impatiens, home to plant, and then the...
View ArticleOut of the Mouths of Babes – Preschool Thursdays
I’ve often thought I’d like to write a book of the cute things preschoolers say. They are so honest and often take life so literally. I made a practice of writing the “cutest” things in their baby...
View ArticleSpelling idea! ~ Tuesdays Teaching Tips
Give your child some playdo to spread flat. Then use rubber stamp letters to spell three or four letter words, leaving out the middle letters for them to find and press into the playdo. Ex. C_T, D_G,...
View ArticleThat Looks Delicious!!! ~ Tuesday Teaching Tips
Learn to think creatively when deciding how to keep your child’s interest for school. For instance, consider having your daughter begin her own recipe folder or box for handwriting this year. Instead...
View ArticleOh Your Mark, Get Set… Preschool Thursdays with Marilyn Boyer
This is the time of year I always prepared for my preschoolers “school” time. I would cut shapes out of construction paper and fill a container for the little ones to “glue” down onto construction...
View ArticleDon’t be afraid to think outside of the box ~ Mondays with Marilyn
If you find something in your curriculum that strikes the interest of one of your kids, expand upon it. Get a whole biography of some person mentioned in their history book, visit a veteran and learn...
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