Finger Plays, Nursery Rhymes and songs may seen silly to some, but they are really great teaching tools for young children. By the way, college students use silly songs to help them memorize for tests. This post will share 3 more good reasons WHY early childhood educators teach rhyming songs and fingerplays to young children; […]
Learning experiences are enhanced when as many senses are incorporated in that lesson. This is especially true with young children who are learning basic concepts about the world around them. The use of Finger Plays involves a number of the senses. This post is a continuation of a previous post: Working in Early Childhood Development and […]
For the love of finger plays this post shares 10 links to dozens of the best fingerplays shared on Pinterest and 8 more reasons why great pre-school teachers use finger plays to teach in the class room. Those of us who teach kids finger plays understand the value of rhythm and rhyme in the learning […]
I know some folks would rather do things themselves to get things done quickly to avoid a kids making a mess. But, if you always do everything, when will they learn? If that is in your thinking, please allow me to give you 6 good reasons why kids need to learn how to “cook” , “clean”, […]
At times life can be like a box of puzzle pieces:puzzling! We have many choices when we are so mixed up the pieces don’t fit right. Whine and complain. Stay passive or silent. Blame someone else for the problem Wait for someone (enabler)to fix it for us Problem solve to do something different. In the […]
Learning to “write” is an exciting adventure for most children. If you are the parent of a 3 to 6 year old be FORE WARNED! Even very well supervised and best behaved child will practice every chance they get on anything and everything available; walls; dolls; legs and more… If they get a hankering to […]
