Sensory Play

Young children learn with all of their senses by touching, tasting, smelling, seeing and hearing. Sensory play contributes to brain development increasing all areas of learning. Children increase fine motor development as they manipulate the tools. When children...

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Lines and Kandinsky

Pre-k Circles Kandinsky's CirclesLearning about artists opens children up to thinking about how others live. They learned about Kandinsky's life as a young boy while reading the story "The Noisy Paintbox".  We talked about how much he...

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Pre- Writing

Pre-Writing and Fine Motor Skills Before young children learn to write they need to increase the muscles in their hands, fingers, and wrists in order to gain the strength needed for holding a pencil. In our classroom the children are practicing these skills...

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