I often tease my older brother about his "free range" raising children methods (in fact I made him that sign to display around his kid haven home) but really I secretly wish for a home where my kids can have the same freedom. My brother has built such a kid kingdom that my kids literally beg to go back to visit. But for now we are just dreaming of the day where we have a back yard so that my kids can be kids, without people in an apartment complex telling them what they can and can't do...sigh. But until then I have come up with ways to let them learn and be kids in nature. Summer is my favorite time of year and provides lot of time outside.( And we take advantage of it) This means that I transfer some of my preschool lessons into activities that we can do out and about. Parks, playgrounds, hiking trails are especially great places not only to learn and explore but to gain life skills such as taking turns and following rules. Here are some ideas of out to take learning outdoors: Make letters and shapes out of sticks Discover water properties with making boats Camera Nature Hike Nature Walk Scavenger hunt Leaf Rubbing Stick Art Painting Rocks or Rock pictures Tree Cookie Stacking Classifying Different Tracks, plants, or Insects etc. Shadow tracing Looking at the Stars Discover the property of Melting Painting with Leafs Cheap or old camera so if anything happens it isn't a frustrating loss. Does it sink or float? Brother actually lost his shoe during this activity and we learned that his shoe thankfully floated and made it back to the shore where I was able to rescue it. Free Scavenger Walk Printable!
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This is the time of year where I start to long for spring and those warm summer days. When I am sick of icy steps and melting shoes and little ice melt salt rocks all over in my car. Deep breathe, I admit I might be going a little crazy. But while it is here we might as well use it to learn right?
Activities: Melt a snowman-explore ways to melt a snowman Marshmallow painting-snow scene Paint on snow with water colors Put snow in the bath tub Build a snowman out of boxes Snowflake Weaving-see below for free printable Snowball fight with socks Snow globes with baby jars Letter S tracing with Staking Snow Men (see picture below) Snow Clay recipe from Growing a Jeweled Rose Snow Puff Paint from Shaving Gel and School Glue Recipe from bunny hops.com What slides on snow? Explore different things that will help you slide across snow
My kids are CRAZY about Wild Kratts and this was good addition into our snowflake exploration.
Reading Time: some of the books we used
Free Printable
Don't have snow? See below:
It the most magical time of year! And we are celebrating it how in different ways, in preschool as we count down to our Christmas Traditions.
I personally LOVE the Norway tradition of NO CLEANING on Christmas Eve (though I want to add no cooking to it) and wanted to make it the WHOLE month of December but no one else was down with that plan. So I asked family and friends about their unique traditions of celebrating this holiday season. Picked ones that could be included in our preschool time and ta DA! Here you have it!
List of Activities
Free Printable Letter to Santa
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Hello, I'm LindseyA wife to hubby pursing higher education, a mother to three energetic kids, obsessed with all things farmhouse vintage and believer that food always taste better when it is shared. Categories
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