Blocks and block play as discussed in the previous posting, block building for early childhood education is very varied and can be enjoyed at home or in a school environment. In the previous post we talked about stages of block play, presenting the blocks, rules of block play and clean up tips. In this post…
Block Building for Early Childhood Education
Block building is NOT just for early childhood, kindergartner and nursery classrooms. As you can see above, here are some old unit blocks that I still have in my home from when my children were little. As you can see they are quite old and well used. I had been an early childhood teacher for…
Preschool Activities Through Learning Centers: #1-The Dramatic Play Area
Preschool and kindergarten activities take place many times throughout the day. Circle time or teaching time as some preschool teachers call it, outdoor time, trips, extra activities like music and library etc. The preschool activities that I am going to address here are the ones that take place in the centers of a center based…
Basic Math Number Game for Kindergarten
This math number game got me really excited. I had created this dice game for my kindergarten and even nursery students many years ago. I had it in a handwritten form and I really wanted to share it with you online. However,, I knew that if I took picture of it it wouldn’t be so…
4 Pattern Activities for Your Kindergarten Math Curriculum
In the last post in this Math curriculum series I started out by explaining math for young children with 2 simple pattern activities to begin with. For this post I am going to elaborate even more and am include 4 pattern activities that you can do with kindergarten age children. The truth is nursery school…
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