Showing posts with label Preschool Projects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Preschool Projects. Show all posts
Monday, June 4, 2012
Summer Reading
Don't forget to sign your kids up for the summer reading program at your favorite library!
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Preschool Project: Giving
This the season for charitable giving, but how to teach that to a preschooler can be difficult. Here is what we did this year.
My son's preschool collected personal care items one week and food the next. For the personal care items he and I sat down to make a shopping list, I explained we needed to list "things we used to take care of our bodies." Our finished list was: soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, and band aids. I would have never thought of this last items myself, but certainly it is something the charities could use. By every word on the list I drew an icon so that at the store my son could "read" the list and check off the items as we put them in the cart. For most items we purchased both a kid and adult version (i.e. children's and adults' toothbrushes).
For food we had less of a process. My husband and son had one cart for charity and I had another for our own family. We had coupons for $7 off $30 so we divided and loaded each cart with $30 worth of food. (some of which went to the school's drive and some of which went to my husband's work drive). We tried to get high protein items as those seemed to be in greater need.
Finally we got a name off the giving tree at our parish. We chose a 4-year-old boy so that our son could help choose a gift for a boy like himself.
All items went into a bin I kept in a corner of the kitchen. When my son went to school each day he went to the bin and loaded his backpack with the items being collected and once at school he unloaded his items into the box in his classroom. We spread it out over several days so that he could do the work himself. We wrapped the gift from the giving tree together and he took it to church and put it under the tree there.
Now, do I think my son learned a great lesson in giving.... probably not. But he did practice the act. And like anything else practice makes perfect.
My son's preschool collected personal care items one week and food the next. For the personal care items he and I sat down to make a shopping list, I explained we needed to list "things we used to take care of our bodies." Our finished list was: soap, shampoo, toothbrushes, and band aids. I would have never thought of this last items myself, but certainly it is something the charities could use. By every word on the list I drew an icon so that at the store my son could "read" the list and check off the items as we put them in the cart. For most items we purchased both a kid and adult version (i.e. children's and adults' toothbrushes).
For food we had less of a process. My husband and son had one cart for charity and I had another for our own family. We had coupons for $7 off $30 so we divided and loaded each cart with $30 worth of food. (some of which went to the school's drive and some of which went to my husband's work drive). We tried to get high protein items as those seemed to be in greater need.
Finally we got a name off the giving tree at our parish. We chose a 4-year-old boy so that our son could help choose a gift for a boy like himself.
All items went into a bin I kept in a corner of the kitchen. When my son went to school each day he went to the bin and loaded his backpack with the items being collected and once at school he unloaded his items into the box in his classroom. We spread it out over several days so that he could do the work himself. We wrapped the gift from the giving tree together and he took it to church and put it under the tree there.
Now, do I think my son learned a great lesson in giving.... probably not. But he did practice the act. And like anything else practice makes perfect.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Preshool Projects: cereal bird feeder
What a fun and easy project.
Materials needed:
---O cereal
---ribbon
Directions:
1. string cereal on ribbon,
2. tie in circle,
3. hang on tree (make sure you hang on a branch with one under for the bird to perch on).
note: I tried twine and string first, but they did not make it through the cereal as well. It worked much better with a thin ribbon with a taped end.
Great workout for those little fingers, not messy (especially if you have a dog to eat up any dropped cereal), no expensive materials, and no worries about the little ones putting the materials in their mouths. My boys loved it.
Materials needed:
---O cereal
---ribbon
Directions:
1. string cereal on ribbon,
2. tie in circle,
3. hang on tree (make sure you hang on a branch with one under for the bird to perch on).
note: I tried twine and string first, but they did not make it through the cereal as well. It worked much better with a thin ribbon with a taped end.
Great workout for those little fingers, not messy (especially if you have a dog to eat up any dropped cereal), no expensive materials, and no worries about the little ones putting the materials in their mouths. My boys loved it.
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