One of the supplemental materials that I suggest making and using with the 3 and 4 Year Curricula are the Tactile Letters and Numbers. The tactile letters and numbers (also called sandpaper or textured) are key to the 3 Year Curriculum. Because many 3-year-olds do not have the fine motor skills for handwriting activities, I emphasize ...
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16+ Learning Activities with Easter Eggs
They sell them for pennies. And if you attend just one Easter Egg hunt you come home with 25+ of them. Plastic Easter eggs. A waste or fabulous teaching tools? Easter eggs can bring fun to almost any learning objective any time of the year. Here are some ideas to help get you started. Math - Basic hide and seek. Then have the child ...
New Idea for the Apple Tree Posters
I love hearing from you! People just like you send me suggestions, notify me of errors or broken links, or simply say "Hello!". It is through these emails that I can make the ABCJesusLovesMe Preschool Curriculum better! Teresa emailed me with an idea on improving the Apple Tree Posters used in 2 Year Curriculum. I am so excited to ...
Making Learning Part of the Day
Pin It Have you check out the ABCJLM Facebook Group lately? If not, you are missing out on a lot of wisdom! "Tina" shared some fabulous ways to incorporate the objectives of the ABCJLM Curriculum into a day with her grandson. I wanted to share her ideas because the suggestions are so simple yet so profound. Below are some of her main points. I ...
Fishing Game
My kids have enjoyed going "fishing" in our living room. Catching each fish becomes a educational game. What's great about this activity is that they don't even realize that they are learning!!! This game is easy to make and can be created as simple or as detailed as you want. To Make: Fishing Pole: A dowel rod, string, and ...
Making Your Own Play Dough
There is just something about play dough that begs most children and adults to roll it over and over in their hands. Beyond the educational value when making shapes, letters, numbers and the imaginative play, play dough is excellent for fine motor skills. Plus, it is super easy and inexpensive to make at home! We like the texture of homemade ...
An Example Schedule and So Much Wisdom
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Review and Free Trial: K-5 Learning
Even though first grade ended, I knew learning would need to continue throughout the summer months for Bubs. Nervous about keeping him at grade level, I should have known God would supply. This time it came in the form of a website - K5Learning.com. Each morning, Sweet Pea and Bubs logged in to work on reading and math. ...
How to Write a Lesson Plan for Preschoolers
Below is one of the newest questions being asked/answered on the ABCJesusLovesMe.com Facebook Group page. I love how so many of you have stepped in to help our sister and I wanted to share some thoughts as well for everyone to read. I have a 3 year old who is ready to start learning more. Here is the problem...I can not write a lesson ...
How To Picture Walk Through a Book
source Even before their precious bundle of joy is born, parents are told the importance of reading to their child. Most professionals agree that children should be read to at least 15 minutes a day. But is there a certain way to read to a child? One academic term that you will hear floating around is "Picture Walk." But what is it? Why ...