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Category Archives: Communication
Waiting for the Bus
Several of the children in my care take the school bus to school and normally the bus stops to pick-up and drop off the children directly in front of my house. Due to some major road work in the area … Continue reading
Favorite Fingerplay
We have circle time every morning. In other posts like Telling Stories and Show & Tell I’ve covered some additional aspects of our circle time but we regularly do a calendar activity followed by poems. I designed a calendar template … Continue reading
The Waiting Game
I don’t schedule ‘sit and wait’ times but occasionally the children are required to wait – usually because they were too fast for me. For example, they clean-up their toys, wash their hands and sit down for lunch while I … Continue reading
Show & Tell
I discourage the children from bringing toys from home to play with here. We already have a wide variety of toys and equipment for the children to use and because we have a mixed age group I have to ensure … Continue reading
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Tagged ECE, Emergent Curriculum, Schedules, Social Skills
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Visitors
Yesterday we had a visitor. The competency based assessment program through which I earned my ECE II classification requires participants to tour and observe several other childcare facilities. Now that I have completed the program I have the opportunity to … Continue reading
I Spy
I spy is a popular activity for the preschoolers that I currently have in care. The school-age children are not as enamoured. You see, it is not that the school-age children do not like the game – but rather, they … Continue reading
New Beginnings
As we welcome in the New Year many people choose to make resolutions to change certain aspects of their life. For some ‘Out with the Old and In With the New’ is an exhilarating experience and they embrace the opportunity … Continue reading
A Child’s Story
It has only been two weeks since our storytelling venture began and I think we are off to a great start. We don’t have a specific order for who tells the story each day because I understand that sometimes you … Continue reading
Telling Stories
We have a daily circle time in our regular schedule. During circle time we have a calendar activity and discuss upcoming special events. There is also time for the children to share any information about their own adventures with their … Continue reading
Schedules & Conversations
Today was one of those days — I called it ‘busy’. Parents asked what we did that was so exciting but I couldn’t really answer that because we didn’t really do anything. According to the dictionary ‘busy’ means ‘full of … Continue reading
