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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Colors and Shapes, Family, Fathers' Day, Featured, Holiday crafts, Teaching Ideas
Daddy and Me Shape Collage
by Cheryl Villareal on Feb 18th, 2011
It's always fun to play with shapes! You can always come up with a random things just by putting them all together. For our theme on family, we decided to play with some shapes and make a picture with daddy! - This activity not only puts the children's imagination to a test, but it also gives us teachers the opportunity to start a small conversation with our students about their relationships with either their mom or dad. For older kids, yo...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Featured, Holiday crafts, Shared Blogs, Teaching Ideas, Valentines Day
Cool Valentines Day Activities for Kids
by Cheryl Villareal on Feb 13th, 2011
I wanted to share my own idea for Valentines day, however, the kids won't be doing it until the day itself. While thinking of ideas though, I came across so many wonderful ideas that I decided to share them with my readers! - Remember, Valentines day is not only for those with a man or woman in his life, but for everyone who loves and is being loved... either by a special someone, a family member or a friend! Happy Valentines Day everyone! ...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Colors and Shapes, Family, Featured, Teaching Ideas
Bib Necklace of Family Members
by Cheryl Villareal on Feb 11th, 2011
There are so many activities that come to mind when you think of FAMILIES, however, we try not to be too redundant else risk our students getting bored. - We wondered what activity we could do that would make the children more aware of the number of people in their families, as well as recognize the roles each one plays. We thought of several ideas, but none which really made us say, "This is it!"... until... - My co-teacher told me a...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Family, Featured, Teaching Ideas
Family Tree in Preschool
by Cheryl Villareal on Feb 7th, 2011
When learning about our families, the family tree is one lesson or activity that we just couldn't miss out on. A family tree making activity can be done for all ages, from preschool to high school. It is one activity that would simply differ in the process it is made. So for my toddler class, what's the best way for the kids to make it? - My partner and I were discussing how we were to let the children make their family trees. Should we ask...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Featured, Fruits and Vegetables, Skill development, Teaching Ideas
Paper Tearing Orange
by Cheryl Villareal on Jan 21st, 2011
Though not most people know it, paper tearing is actually an important skill toddlers need to learn. It is through this that they eventually learn to cut, write and draw. For our lesson on the color orange, we decided to let the kids try some paper tearing as well. We did not realize it immediately, but it turned out that several of our kids still did not know how to tear paper. Most of them still needed us to help them hold the paper as they ...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Featured, Fruits and Vegetables, Messy art, Teaching Ideas
Fruit and Vegetable Stamping
by Cheryl Villareal on Jan 18th, 2011
I don't think it's right to play with food and put it to waste. But if playing with it means the kids get to go through a unique learning experience, then I don't think it was wasted at all. After having our fun making fruit kebab and vegetable salads, it was time to use the leftover fruits and vegetables for some art! This stamping activity is so easy to do that you can just leave the kids to do it as they please! Be sure to select fruits ...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Colors and Shapes, Featured, Teaching Ideas
Face of Shapes
by Cheryl Villareal on Jan 12th, 2011
Playing around with shapes can be a lot of fun! Children are able to exercise their imagination skills and come up with a variety of pictures using nothing but basic shapes! Shapes can be useful and fun, but teachers have to be careful as to how complex the activity will be depending on the age of the kids. When my tutee was just 6 years old, she came home complaining that she had no idea what her math homework was about. Apparently, her teach...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Christmas, Family, Featured, Holiday crafts, Personalize, Teaching Ideas
Family Picture Ornament
by Cheryl Villareal on Dec 22nd, 2010
First of all, I'm really not sure what to call this! My partner and I saw an ornament via the internet where in they used a hanger and hung other stars below. We liked the idea but decided to try something else. So instead of a simple wrapped up hanger, we decided to make a frame using tinsel. *Note: This is a 2 to 3 day activity. Let the child do each part per day. It would be tiring to finish them all in just one day. - What you will n...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Christmas, Featured, Holiday crafts, Personalize, Teaching Ideas
Little Paper Plate Angels
by Cheryl Villareal on Dec 21st, 2010
Another great craft this holiday season would be to make Christmas angels! But why limit it to the holidays? You can do it all year round! It would even be a wonderful activity for the start of school! We wanted the toddlers to have their own personalized angels, but we wanted it to be different. So with the help of Adobe Photoshop, I made some funky looking faces for the kids by changing their hair color and making them look a little bit like...Read More » Tags
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Filed under: Arts and Crafts, Christmas, Featured, Holiday crafts, Messy art, Teaching Ideas
Nativity Toothbrush Painting
by Cheryl Villareal on Dec 19th, 2010
2 years ago, I had my practicum or on-the-job training at a nearby preschool. After several months of observing and training first hand, it was finally time to do my teaching demo. It was December so I was asked to teach something about the nativity. As for the art work, I was asked to teach the kids the colors black and white. The first thing that popped into mind was.... "How in the world can I teach black and white and incorporate it with t...Read More » Tags
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