Every parent is familiar with the tyranny of a long distance drive with young children. The boredom causes their poor little attention spans to shrivel up to nothing and erupt in a cloud of complaints and pleas for some kind of distraction. Before long, the familiar refrain of “are we there yet?” starts erupting, raising [...]
Ready for some Parachute Game fun at Preschool? Once upon a time, parachutes were reserved merely as devices to help us jump out of aircraft and land safely on the ground. How dull! Thankfully, over the decades, creative minds have discovered many more fun ways to put these adaptable devices to use. Today, parachutes are [...]
The single most effective way to instil learning in children is to make it fun. Kids love games - and we can use games to drive developmental and educational outcomes in a wide range of areas. I am now sharing my 50 favorite games for preschoolers. Each one of these games has been tried and tested at the preschool [...]
We use mathematics every day of our lives. We use math when we read a recipe and measure out the ingredients, when we go shopping and when we garden. It is important to introduce numeracy concepts within the preschool years as we are forming essential lifelong skills. By providing learning experiences that are fun and [...]
Halloween is a tremendously fun time for children to dress up, make crafts and generally enjoy the spookiness and silliness of the occasion. By their nature, children love the absurd - and there’s a lot of crossover into the absurd on Halloween! Ghosts, goblins, Zombies, Werewolves and Vampires can always be relied upon to make [...]
