Family History Quiet Book: Ice Cream
We have a Christmas tradition at our house that we go out to get Ice Cream on Christmas Eve. So, I thought this would be an appropriate (keeping with my family traditions) quit book page to publish on...
View ArticleItaly Preschool Plan
Arrival Activity: Make Pasta and Play Dough Circle Activities: Welcome Song (Singing the same song every time gives it consistency) Introduce Italy Phone sounds Read more here
View ArticleChina: Stringing “Pearls”
One of the things I loved in China were all the pearls. I enjoyed watching people quickly string them, and it was fun for me to select the pearls for my necklaces. I thought the kids would have fun...
View ArticleFamily History Quiet Book: Gumball Machine
I have been making a Quiet Book to teach about Ancestors. So, after the basic family history stuff I wanted to do a page for each great grandparent. I chose to represent them with either something...
View ArticleChina: Dragon Dancing
One of my favorite things to watch in Chinese parades or shows is the dragon dance. I love watching the coordination with the people under the dragon. I also love the beautiful dragons they create....
View ArticleChina: Tangrams
One of the other critical thinking skills I thought they would enjoy was creating Tangrams. I didn't think they were ready to look at a picture and create the same thing, but they were able to take...
View ArticleFamily History Quiet Book: Gardening
This was a fun page to do for an ancestor who loves to garden. I made the carrots out of felt and ribbon. Then, I sewed button holes large enough for the carrots to fit through in the "dirt" (brown …...
View ArticleChina: Using Chopsticks
Chopsticks are such a part of Chinese culture that i wanted the kids to learn how to use them. I remembered eating with them at restaurants when I was young, when the waitor/waitress had done a "kid...
View ArticleChina: Playing with yo yo’s
I wanted to expose the kids to toys and games from other countries, so I purchased some Chinese yo yo's. They loved them, and had fun learning about them. Towards the end of the play time the boys...
View ArticleFamily History Quiet Book: House and Home
We have a grandmother who loves her family and creating a beautiful environment inside and outside of her home. So, we created this home page for her. I saw a post on Imagine our Life that had flowers...
View ArticleChina: Copy your name in Chinese
One thing we have been doing each week with the kids was work on writing and tracing. We have been teaching them to trace their own name. They are getting much better, and several of the kids are now...
View ArticleChina: Potstickers as a snack
There are hundreds of things we could have had for a snack when we were talking about China. However, this happens to be one of my daughter's all time favorite foods, so I went with it. Of course,...
View ArticleFamily History Quiet Book: Finished pages
My family History Quiet Book is FINALLY finished! Here they are with links to the finished pages in order of how I completed them (Not necessarily how I posted them): Who do I look like? …...
View ArticleChina Preschool Plan
Arrival Activity: Stringing "pearls" Circle Activities: Welcome Song (Singing the same song every time gives Read more here
View ArticleTradition: 50 cents
A number of years ago, we were living in a small home. The home had a small dining room off the kitchen, the only place where the family could eat together. One year the carpet in the home was Read …...
View ArticleGuest Blog with book and activity idea: Abigail
Our sister, Joella is a children's librarian. So, we often ask her for ideas of good books to read and activities to do with kids. She came up with this darling activity after reading the book, Read...
View ArticleIdeas to practice writing names with preschool children
We have been working with the kids on how to write their own name. Here are some ideas that have been helpful to us: Use Big pens: Sometimes a variety of Read more here
View ArticleUSA: First day of school
On the first day of our preschool, we took pictures as each of them entered. I love how happy and excited they were to learn. Read more here
View ArticleUSA: Flag
I wanted to teach about the United States as the first country so they could learn about something they were familiar with before we moved onto something they knew nothing about. One of the first...
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