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Editable Letter Identification/Sound Assessment for Preschoolers

June 25, 2012 by Sarah Punkoney, MAT

If your preschooler is learning her letter names and letter sounds, you may be wondering where her skills are. An editable letter identification assessment is what you need to understand exactly what your preschooler is capable of. And there’s a bonus, too!   As many of my readers already know, I own and operate a preschool out…

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Filed Under: Development, Literacy, Preschool Planning, Social / Emotional Development Tagged With: Letter Identification and Sounds, skills assessments

Cooking With Kids and What They Gain From It

June 22, 2012 by Sarah Punkoney, MAT

William loves to help me cook, but I have to be honest, sometimes I don’t.  It typically takes much longer than usual, often makes a huge mess, and it is sometimes very distracting having a little one help.  One time William had me so busy we forgot the oil in muffins, which as it turns…

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Filed Under: Play Tagged With: Cooking, Indoor Play

Number Matching

June 13, 2012 by Sarah Punkoney, MAT

Every households has a deck of number cards, right?  Maybe not a traditional deck of poker cards, but some card game with large numbers printed on colorful cards, like Phase Ten or Uno. These decks of cards make great items to add to your teaching toolbox.  They much more durable than paper print outs and…

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Filed Under: Mathematics, Number Sense Tagged With: Number Identification and Counting

ABC Letter Stack Game

June 11, 2012 by Sarah Punkoney, MAT

Here’s a simple letter identification game that is sure to be a tumbling success! Play again and again to practice letters and fine motor skills. One of the many advantages of being the daughter of a cabinet maker is my ongoing access to wood craft supplies. It’s like I have my own private manufacturer because my…

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Filed Under: alphabetic principle, Development, Games, Literacy, Motor Skills Tagged With: alphabet activities, Fine Motor, fine motor activities, Letter Identification and Sounds

Treasure Rocks

June 8, 2012 by Sarah Punkoney, MAT

The typical day at our house includes outdoor play after nap time…and outdoor play after dinner time…and, well, outdoor play in the mornings after breakfast, and just about anywhere in between all of the _____ (fill in the blank) times.  My kiddies always want to play outside.  In fact, I’m fairly convinced that my kids…

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Filed Under: Play Tagged With: Process Art and Crafts

Stacking Fruit Loops and How It Develops Fine Motor Skills

June 1, 2012 by Sarah Punkoney, MAT

The term “fine motor skills” seems sometimes to be used lightly without much thought to its actual meaning. Fine motor skills involve the small muscle control in the fingers, hands, and wrists. Development begins in infancy, when a baby grasps for her mother’s finger, clutches a toy, passes a stuffed animal from one hand to…

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Filed Under: Development, Motor Skills Tagged With: Fine Motor

Clanking Can Wind Chimes

May 29, 2012 by Sarah Punkoney, MAT

For about nine months I have been saving up food cans.  Not for any particular reason except that on occasion I’ll go through a phase where I keep things like cans just in case I see a project that requires them.  I also keep tissue boxes, cardboard tubes, fancy cookie cans with lids and plastic…

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Filed Under: Play Tagged With: Process Art and Crafts

Pretend Play and How It Creates Critical Thinkers

May 18, 2012 by Sarah Punkoney, MAT

One of my favorite things as a parent is to listen to my toddler jabber while he plays independently.  I love hearing the dialogue that takes place between him and his toys, I love listening to conflicts and resolution, and I love watching the way he manipulates his play space to meet the needs of…

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Filed Under: Cognitive Development, Play, Play Research, Pretend Play Tagged With: Pretend Play

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