…living, learning, and loving it!
Posted in school & teaching on Mar 1st, 2010
This is a great activity that kids love (and cleans up the desks and makes the room smell good!).
Spray a little bit of shaving cream on a table and spread it into a thin layer. Use your fingers and write in the cream. We practice making pre-writing strokes, writing our names, drawing shapes, writing [...]
Posted in school & teaching on Feb 17th, 2010
I purchased these foam letter and number puzzle sets at Walmart. It was a dollar for the letters and a dollar for the numbers. They are a fantastic and fun manipulative for my kiddos.
Mr. C works on an assessment – his task was to put the numbers zero-nine in order.
Some things we do:
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Posted in school & teaching on Feb 8th, 2010
Using a word processing program, print the outline of letters for the child. (I have a book full of letter activities which has an outline for every letter. That is what is shown in these pictures.) Here are some things that the child can do with those letters:
– color the letter
– glue pompoms, sequins, [...]
Posted in school & teaching on Jan 20th, 2010
Play Doh and clay are great for developing the finger/hand strength and coordination necessary to develop writing skills. Allow children free play time. Have them make “snakes” using the palms of their hands and also with their fingers. Roll little balls with the palm, between the thumb and a finger on the same hand, and [...]
Posted in frugal living, school & teaching on Jan 6th, 2010
I spend A LOT of time “playing.” You see, I teach kindergarten special education based on the idea that playing is learning. My kiddos are young and they still love to play! They also struggle to learn and find “learning activities” incredibly difficult; for many of my students, activities that seem to difficult induce extreme [...]