How to Make Play dough
kk20152020-03-23T11:39:26-04:00Here is an easy recipe to make play dough at home. If you want you can add a little food coloring. Have fun!
Encouraging Creativity
kk20152020-11-30T20:01:05-05:00Why is getting messy and creating those lovely works of art that you can't quite give a name to important? One of the strengths of our country has always been being creative and resourceful. As we move more and more towards testing and product based projects and worksheet education in young children's programs we are [...]
Children Learn Through Play
kk20152020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00Did You Know…· When children identify and recognize shapes they are practicing simple geometry, an important early math skill!· When children squeeze playdough they are developing the fine motor skills they will need for writing!· When you read nursery rhymes to your child you are helping him or her with their ability to sound out [...]
Learning through Play
kk20152020-11-30T20:01:07-05:00Did you know… Play is one of the most important ways children learn?In the popular Exchange book, Play: A Beginnings Workshop Book, Betty Jones, in her article "The Play's the Thing: Styles of Playfulness", notes the many ways children learn through play...to make appropriate choices among many possibilities.to use their imagination, to improvise, to think [...]