How to Make Playdough Play Dough is a nice, quiet toy. It’s cheap, easy to make, and entertains children again and again. It’s also educational! It helps young children develop fine motor control (necessary for holding a pencil in school), eye-hand coordination, and stimulates the brain. Your child can let off some steam as he […]
Young Children Need to Scribble
Encouraging Young Children to be Creative Scribbling, or drawing, is an important developmental stage for children aged eighteen months to five years: it is a visual way for them to communicate and interact meaningfully with the adults in their lives, and it also helps children develop their coordination, creativity, and literacy skills. Children generally go […]
Beat the Heat: Preschool Lesson Plans for Late Summer
Free Summer Theme Preschool Lesson Plans It’s here, the “dog days” of summer – the time in late summer when the weather is hot and sticky and rainfall tends to be at an all-time low. Children may be growing cranky and bored; their parents may be counting down the days until the new school year […]