Big Energy-Little Learners...Can I do it all?

Bible To help understand The Prodigal Son  The Dragons and I acted out the story.  We did this a couple times switching roles.  Little Dragon enjoyed the role play because he got to wear his spider man robe and be 'dad'. We used stuffed animals and play food as props. (I was busy playing too so there are no pictures) The felt board was another way The Dragons re told the story. Alphabet Inside this weeks folder were small pictures of letter p animals and items.  The Dragons painted these then added them to their letter 'p' for the alphabet wall. Using pink and purple markers (both start with p and purple is our week color) The Dragons practiced writing the letter p in their alphabet journal. The Dragons finished their week folder. Pigs Pigs as the main theme we had a lot of fun with them.  Me being a pig lover we have many stuffed pigs in the house and they came in handy this week. Little Dragons favori...

Hello all! I read a recent study I found while browsing blogs about kids learning through play.  I always knew it was important but did not know it was as important as it is. After reading the blog/study I decided that I am going to allow more play activities.  The activities will still be themed with the letter we are studying but I am going to provide more options. I noticed today that the kids like to mix and match the different things provided. Instead of choosing just Legos or play dough they chose both. Stations:  Reading station- This station is still getting a ton of attention!  I think it is because I moved it into the corner behind the table so the kids feel very secure being back there.  They may also feel like they are hiding.  Sensory/play station- As I was talking about above I wanted to give more options.  I set out Legos, the play dough we made Saturday, trucks, some animals, and the tops of the egg cartons we cut of for the...