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Summer is fast approaching and with restrictions lifting, we are all ready to get out and enjoy some family adventures! Keeping those...
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4lisdunn
- May 15, 2021
- 2 min
Teaching Math to Young Children- Rote learning vs. Meaningful Learning
When your child starts the preschool years suddenly there is pressure to teach the fundamentals; numbers, counting, shapes, patterns and...
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4lisdunn
- May 8, 2021
- 1 min
Foster Care Month- How you can make a Difference for a Foster Child
May is Foster Care month. For those families who are able to foster children: Thank you. Not everyone can take on the responsibility of...
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4lisdunn
- May 3, 2021
- 1 min
READING is a Superpower: Children's Book Week is May 3-9th!
Celebrate with your children this week Children's Book Week, May 3rd-9th. Take the pledge and connect with your child with books this...
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4lisdunn
- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
Connecting with your Child in Conflicts using the TEACH Method
You tell your child that it is time to get ready for nap and she collapses on the floor and cries, "I don't want to go to nap!!" Your...
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4lisdunn
- Apr 24, 2021
- 1 min
Teaching Emotional Regulation- Calming (cozy) Corner
The pandemic and changes has put a lot of new stresses and strains on our kiddos. Here is a tip on how to help your children navigate...
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4lisdunn
- Apr 17, 2021
- 1 min
Easy Washable Window Paint from Kitchen Ingredients
Easy washable window paint for a fun outdoor activity 2 parts dish soap and 1 part cornstarch Few drops of food coloring Color holds well...
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4lisdunn
- Apr 10, 2021
- 1 min
Outdoor Paint/Car Wash Activity
We did this in between rain spells. Enjoy! If you don't have paint at home here is a recipe using food coloring:...
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4lisdunn
- Apr 3, 2021
- 1 min
Easter Science Experiment
Happy Easter!! Here is our science activity to celebrate! All you need: Plastic eggs Food Dye Baking soda Vinegar Scoop Enjoy! :)
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4lisdunn
- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
Encouraging Self-regulation Skills through Play
Help your child with self-regulation through this fun activity.
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4lisdunn
- Mar 19, 2021
- 1 min
Sick of Baby Shark?--Get them moving with this fun interactive song
You can finally take a break from Baby Shark with this fun interactive song! This one is a blast. It is a great way to get kids following...
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4lisdunn
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
Environmental Print...A Road to Reading for Preschoolers
From the time that we awake in the morning, we are exposed to environmental print. It is on our cereal boxes and milk cartons. When we...
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4lisdunn
- Feb 26, 2021
- 1 min
Outdoor Movement Activity
Let's get moving this week! :) For more movement activities, join Matt on MWF for Matt's rocking workout on Zoom! Another awesome way to...
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4lisdunn
- Feb 19, 2021
- 1 min
Learning Letters and Letter Sounds Through Movement!
Here is another simple movement activity for you this week! Tape paper to floor in letter shapes Have your child hop/skip/crawl the shape...
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4lisdunn
- Feb 12, 2021
- 1 min
Quiet Boxes- helping children transition
Have any of you heard of a quiet box? As a teacher during transition times to help easy children into learning or nap, I would use quiet...
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4lisdunn
- Feb 5, 2021
- 1 min
Building Fine Motor Skills Activity
Hello Friends! We did some work on fine motor skills yesterday by making some bracelets! If you don't have beads, Cheerios work just...
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Sensory Rock
- Aug 1, 2020
- 1 min
Language Stimulation in Infants
Contributed by Jean Thompson Speech Language Pathologist Aspire Speech and Learning Center Babies begin their social language development...
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Sensory Rock
- Jun 29, 2020
- 2 min
Why Reading to Your Preschooler is Important
Guest post from Lorraine Bukilica, M.A. Speech Pathologist Aspire Speech and Learning Center All parents want their children to do well...
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