tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27062611626917816722024-03-13T19:14:52.582-07:00Kindergarten & Preschool for Parents & TeachersA blog for parents and teachers of preschoolers and kindergartners to help with school readiness and success. Tips on how children learn through play, child development, parenting, and special education with many activities, free educational resources and reviews of children's books.Susan Casehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09108692712611674153noreply@blogger.comBlogger105125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706261162691781672.post-19529537610265187572017-02-14T14:03:00.001-08:002017-10-04T19:54:07.761-07:00How Children Can Help Heal America<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Having worked with children for many years, I can verify that young children do not notice or care <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ab<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">out</span></span> skin color, religion<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, </span>cultural <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">differences or disabilities</span>.<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> They</span> are naturally humble, <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">curious</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">, and full of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">love.</span></span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Young c</span>hildren forgive easily, usually find the good in all, and just want to have fun. Here are some characteristics that children naturally know:</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmYm03N3EcRprfAhElOePvwBey-_HhTbsAgq83PTt3-9ga2ZJ9a_9-4dCAU6bvnN3lVKLaZWUh1XTqBO-IqBkygP6hGDPc3JsnV-OAsI2eO4xMn7ZU48OiA7Qumuohfmlf-8kZbwxdJQ/s1600/Sarah+%2526+Tiffany.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmYm03N3EcRprfAhElOePvwBey-_HhTbsAgq83PTt3-9ga2ZJ9a_9-4dCAU6bvnN3lVKLaZWUh1XTqBO-IqBkygP6hGDPc3JsnV-OAsI2eO4xMn7ZU48OiA7Qumuohfmlf-8kZbwxdJQ/s200/Sarah+%2526+Tiffany.jpg" width="133" /></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">* Humans are more alike than different<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.<br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br />* Friends listen and help each other<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>* It's easy to forgive and <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"let it go."</span><br /><br />* There is joy in the journey.</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><br />* If I am a friend to others, I'll <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">have</span> friends.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">CHILDREN POSSES THE FOLLOWING ATTRIBUTES:</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>C - </b><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">C<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">URIOSITY</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> about the world around them<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> - <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">including</span> d<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ifferent <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">C</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ULTURES</span>.</span></span><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">COURAGE brings rewards. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">CREATIVITY brings happiness.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">H</span></span></b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> - H<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">UMBLENESS</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span> H<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">UGS</span> can H<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ELP</span>.<span style="color: blue;"><b> </b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>I</b><span style="color: black;"> - I<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">NNOCENCE</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. I</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">NTEREST</span> in <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">everything.</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">L <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">- </span></span></span></span></b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">L<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">OVE</span>. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">LISTEN, LEARN. LAUGH</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">D</span></span></b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> - D<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">REAM.</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">DO it.<b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">R</span></span></b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"> - R<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ESPECT o<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">thers</span>.</span> READ. R<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">IGHT</span> will triump<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">h.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b> </b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>E</b></span></span> - <span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">E<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">SCA<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">PE from technology<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> - take a break <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">and play outside</span>.<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span>EXPLORE. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">E</span>XPERIMENT. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">EXPERIENCE. EXPRES<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">S <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">yourself - kindly</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><b> </b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>N</b><span style="color: black;"> - NATURE - <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Enjoy the natural beauty in our world</span>. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">NURTURE<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> your relationships. NEVER <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">give up.</span></span></span></span><b> </b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Young c</span>hildren are nonjudgmental<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. We adults know that attitudes are learned - not inherited. </span></span>My daughter, who has special needs, and I enjoy many of the same books. I was reading <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">her</span> book, <i>125 True Stories <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">of</span> Amazing Animals<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">,</span></i> when I noticed the phot<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">o below.</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">animals</span> can <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">rescu<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">e</span></span> and even raise another species, then can't we <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">have empathy and compassion for our <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">own kind</span>?</span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I like</span> this quote<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">: </span></span><i>"What I am suggesting and asking is that we turn from the negativism that so permeates our society and look for the remarkable good in the land and times in which we live, that we speak of one another's virtues more than we speak of one another's faults, that optimism replace pessimism. Let our faith replace our fears."</i> <a href="https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-gordon-b-hinckley/chapter-3-cultivating-an-attitude-of-happiness-and-a-spirit-of-optimism?lang=eng">Gordon B. Hinkley<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">:</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Cultivate a Attitude of Happiness and a Spirit of Optimism.</span></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"If we love, forgive and pray, we can work together." </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">How can your children stay on a routine and retain what they learned in school AND be excited about it?</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>Here are some simple ideas for<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>a Super Successful Summer:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkOZmUDD0RmYI_0X3DgUHU8I8qzr6anYsSxcrktTMlC6dylr_wGFV7iTVfEce2WVhZfMa7y2G3IZ34b6ggTWoOOkV-5NHw1uzIOqOhiSquhNo9AiUM3ea-fAbcBqco6TMJJJVhVoGxxw/s1600/Rules.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAkOZmUDD0RmYI_0X3DgUHU8I8qzr6anYsSxcrktTMlC6dylr_wGFV7iTVfEce2WVhZfMa7y2G3IZ34b6ggTWoOOkV-5NHw1uzIOqOhiSquhNo9AiUM3ea-fAbcBqco6TMJJJVhVoGxxw/s320/Rules.jpeg" width="320" /></a>1. <b><span style="color: red;">RULES:</span></b> KISS (Keep It Simple Silly). Work with your children to decide on rules and have them sign the <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">contrac</span>t. For example<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> - <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">E</span></span>very Day<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">:</span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">An <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">h</span>our of <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">physical</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">p</span>lay</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Be Kin<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d</span> </span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">2. <b><span style="color: red;">READ: </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Every day read - books, ipads, magazines, rules of games.</span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"> Relevancy leads to reading. Play <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Scavenger</span> Hunt Games. Take trips to the library. Let your child see your love and enjoyment of reading.</span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">4. <b><span style="color: red;">aRITHIMETIC</span></b>: Play Games. <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2011/11/pattern-naturally.html">Make Math Fun and Relevant!</a> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Patterns and math concepts are everywhere leading to better reading and thinking skills</span>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">5.<span style="color: red;"><b> RESPECT</b><span style="color: black;">: Children who learn to respect others will be much happier and more successful in life.</span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">6. <b><span style="color: red;">RESPONSIBILITY </span></b><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Teach <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">r</span>esponsibility at an early age to help them (and you) through further years of development. </span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Have a chore binder book or sticker chart. Use symbols beside words if your child <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">isn't</span> reading yet.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">7. <span style="color: red;"><b>REWARDS</b></span>: <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Children love a <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/07/caught-being-good-readforgood-with.html">marble rewards jar</a> - which teaches math as well as learning to earn <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">something they want</span></span>. Ask your child what they would like to earn. You may be humbled by their answer. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When my daughter was in</span> kindergarten, she told her teacher that her favorite thing to do with her mom was to play with <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">the </span>dollhouse. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">9. <b><span style="color: red;">RELEASE<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">STRESS<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> - <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">INCREASE STRENGTH:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">C</span>hildren need to <b><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-to-basics-play-outside.html">play outside</a></b>. When I grew up, we did not have mobile phones, ipads, computers or even color television. My parents had five children and we were encouraged to play outside most of the time. Through outdoor play, I learned:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Develop fine and large muscles</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Use my imagination to develop new games using whatever we had (rocks, marbles, balls, cans, sticks, chalk)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Connect with my neighbors experiencing a sense of belonging</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Once again, I witnessed a parent yelling at their child at the store - then their anger escalating to a child being spanked. Believe me, spanking does not work. It may temporarily stop a child's behavior - but it leaves emotional scars, humiliation and anger. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The <a href="http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2013/10/16/peds.2013-1227.full.pdf+html">Pediatrics</a> journal published a study</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> that showed children who are spanked by their parents are at greater risk for later problems in both behavior and vocabulary. The <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-read-spanking-and-child-outcomes-study-20160428-htmlstory.html">Journal of Family Psychology</a> published findings after 50 years of research was analyzed: "</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-spanking-effects-study-balancing-0428-20160428-column.html">A new study</a> on spanking, considered the most complete analysis to date on
the topic, finds the more children are spanked, the more likely they are
to defy their parents, exhibit anti-social behaviors and experience
mental health and cognitive problems." </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Observe children and anticipate problems before they escalate</b>. Young children need to be supervised. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Ignore misbehavior if appropriate. </b>Perhaps an unhappy look from you is all that is necessary.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Warn children of transitions</b> such as the end of play time or going to another location.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Concentrate on shaping positive behavior</b>. Compliment and use lavish praise when children have good behavior and actions. </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Use your voice, hands, facial expressions, and actions as tools to maintain control and to prevent problems.</b> When things are going well, your voice can be soft, natural, and casual. When you sense a need for more control, your voice can be firm and say, “Take it easy now. Slow down.”</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Help children use words instead of force</b>: “<i>Tell</i> her what you want.” “<i>Think</i> about what you are doing.” “<i>Be careful</i>. We don’t want anyone to get hurt.”</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Limit time children spend in front of electronic gadgets</b>. Real back-and-forth communication and interaction is necessary for growth in vocabulary, expression, comprehension, and social skills. Pre-approve electronic games checking for violence, disrespectful attitudes, or words and actions that you do not want your child to imitate.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Structure the environment to support appropriate behavior.</b> Young children need action. They need time for hard physical play to release stress, learn social skills, develop motor skills, and to just be a kid. Children learn from using blocks, paint, crayons, scissors, glue, Playdough, water, sand, puzzles, swings, and natural outdoor materials. Young children need activities that are just right for their age. The goal is for children to accomplish what <i>they</i> can do. Hands-on discovery, using the five senses, enhances the joy and meaning of learning <i>and</i> extends the learning time.<b> </b></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Treat children with unconditional love</b>. It is the behavior that is unacceptable—the child is loved no matter what has happened.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <b>Allow children to experience logical consequences</b>. Consequences should be established before problems occur. Be firm and stick with the plan. They will become better prepared to make the right choices when you are not around. </span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Children learn by their actions, including responsibility. Consequences do not need to be dehumanizing, demeaning, humiliating, or full of nagging and scolding. Three questions to ask when delivering a consequence are:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">“No means <i>no</i>. I don’t argue with children. I’m the adult.”</span> The more this is repeated, the better it works. I used this phrase often as a teacher and can tell you it works. You can use empathy, but stick to your plan. Perhaps the child is mature enough to understand the reasons why you have said <i>no</i> such as weather, money, time, or health concerns. Regardless, they need to know that you mean what you say. If your child has opportunities for many fun, educational, interesting, and engaging activities, they will have fewer behavior problems. Remember this phrase too: Every day, tell your child that you love them and you will hear the most precious words in the world, “I wuv you too, Mom.”</span></span><b><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">© 2012 by Susan Case</div>Susan Casehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09108692712611674153noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2706261162691781672.post-89586728518980173882015-07-19T08:28:00.001-07:002015-09-04T13:45:24.195-07:00Why Winning - and Losing - is So Important for Children<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBy21CJBDnaz95o4ZAUzMs6bqmd7VvJfRHYAaeUjF3jcHxx3uDfgRu3FdbAmaACGK5EJpPhTtc0PBy30Wezfk9trxWqKh-1INAzkzPU8OZop0O80Qkvx1Wi5-BDnnZIA_hNbjRSY0BTI/s1600/winning+is+important.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Why Winning and Losing is Important for Children in Sports" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBy21CJBDnaz95o4ZAUzMs6bqmd7VvJfRHYAaeUjF3jcHxx3uDfgRu3FdbAmaACGK5EJpPhTtc0PBy30Wezfk9trxWqKh-1INAzkzPU8OZop0O80Qkvx1Wi5-BDnnZIA_hNbjRSY0BTI/s320/winning+is+important.jpg" title="Why Winning - and Losing - is So Important for Children " width="270" /></a></div> <br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Why does that kid have a blue ribbon? Mine's yellow. I want blue!"</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"But you got a ribbon! You did great!" I answered.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"What's my ribbon for?"</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"It's because you participated in a sport."</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Did I win?"</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"No dear. But you participated."</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"What's par-<i>siss-y</i>-tate?"</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Of course, parents and teachers don't want any child to feel left out. And perhaps it is fine for all preschoolers and even kindergartners to get a ribbon or a trophy for participating. But what can children learn from losing - and from winning?</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A young girl asked team captain Abby Wambach, "What advice do you have for me?"</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wambach replied,"It was a long road to get here. Don't ever give up."</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do you think Wambach lost many games? Do you think it inspired her to work harder toward the goal of the United States winning the women's world's soccer title?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The <a href="http://nypost.com/2015/07/08/us-womens-soccer-team-earned-its-canyon-of-heroes-honor/">New York Post</a> stated: "Carli Lloyd scored a hat trick within the game’s first 16 minutes and won both the Silver Boot and Golden Ball. Lloyd said, "We didn’t come here to take second place.We came here to win it.... I think we all believed. We all knew it. We felt it and what a convincing win today to get it done.”</span></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisfzA4TUOYOojM8vUP8qTjSrHHgB785VdMAv_AvHGI_k9r9E-E6GhNQUN5ZYFWnzlKggxAlGTYtz3wDvSzMniBv2oKfYJYleCc-ZIWthHfLcvCYOxpAbUsmJv_nPkMpAhGb-qRq3M5l_w/s1600/sporting+children.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisfzA4TUOYOojM8vUP8qTjSrHHgB785VdMAv_AvHGI_k9r9E-E6GhNQUN5ZYFWnzlKggxAlGTYtz3wDvSzMniBv2oKfYJYleCc-ZIWthHfLcvCYOxpAbUsmJv_nPkMpAhGb-qRq3M5l_w/s400/sporting+children.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think it may be fine to give all children a ribbon or trophy when they are young - especially children with special needs. But inevitably they will notice that someone got a bigger trophy and wonder why their trophy was smaller - or their ribbon a different color. </span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Personally, I think it is encouraging to have WINNERS: First Place, Second Place and Third Place. I watched many Field Days at school and handed out many yellow ribbons. But I also noticed children with exceptional sports' abilities and yearned for them to be recognized and commended. They had reached their goal and deserved special recognition. It was through hard work and perseverance that they excelled.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was saddened to learn that some sports no longer keep score for younger children. "There are no winners and losers here," said a coach. That attitude is not allowing children to face REAL REALITY where there are rewards - and consequences. When we fail, we must learn to pick ourselves up, and try again, and again. This is how we learn coping skills, build confidence and face the realities and challenges of life.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The definition of a <i>game on <a href="https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?p=definition+of+game&ei=UTF-8&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001">Yahoo</a></i>:</span></span><br />
<div class="compTextList" id="yui_3_10_0_1_1436549826270_285"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1. a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or luck. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">2. a complete episode or period of play, typically ending in a definite result.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5JXVc4vLMm1nVgkPZYPORl5n6q6-suSZwXpd9seysgDsYtEn2AxkArVNMvizyiqMGpGaVKV9HrZfbVp8teTE1DBP_3p6qa45CAdYJyQ3optOkfCB0XUBAfsv9rGLCT_qbyEqBCoxQ3g/s1600/Fair+play.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5JXVc4vLMm1nVgkPZYPORl5n6q6-suSZwXpd9seysgDsYtEn2AxkArVNMvizyiqMGpGaVKV9HrZfbVp8teTE1DBP_3p6qa45CAdYJyQ3optOkfCB0XUBAfsv9rGLCT_qbyEqBCoxQ3g/s400/Fair+play.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">What do children learn from winning?</span></b></span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">An "I can do it!" attitude</span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How to think strategically </span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Athletic ability</span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Competence</span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Confidence</span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How to follow rules</span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How to excel and succeed</span></span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">What do children learn from losing?</span></b></span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Sportsmanship</span></span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">How to follow rules</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">How to work harder to reach goals</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Life has consequences and rewards</span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">How to handle challenges </span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">Courage </span></span></span></span></li>
</ul><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">An attitude of "I can learn from this and do better next time."</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Steeler's linebacker, James Harrison, worked very hard to play professional football. He made his boys give their "participation" trophies back and <a href="http://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/races-sports/why-james-harrison-returned-his-kids-participation-trophy-20150818">here's why</a>: "</span><span style="font-size: small;">I'm not sorry for believing that everything in life should be earned," Harrison wrote, "and I'm not about to raise two boys to be men by making them believe that they are entitled to something just because they tried their best … cause sometimes your best is not enough, and that should drive you to want to do better … not cry and whine until somebody gives you something to shut you up and keep you happy." </span></span><br />
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<ol><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Don't Over Schedule</b>: Leave time for naps and rest. Be realistic about what your family can do.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Movement:</b> Physical activity is one of the simplest and most effective ways to reduce stress and ensure that your child gets a good night's sleep. Play outside when possible. Stop at rest stops and encourage the children to run around or play tag. Or roll around on the floor at the hotel and "roughhouse" ~ or play music and dance. Download some <a href="http://dariamusic.com/iTunes.php">fun children's songs</a> onto your phone before you travel.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Toys & Books</b>: Take some familiar and favorite things. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Music</b>: Calming music helps children relax. Dancing to fast music helps them release stored up energy.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Stay with your routine and diet</b> as much as possible.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Give warnings of transitions</b>. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Spend at least 15 minutes a day of one-on-one focused attention</b> on a child before guiding them into independent play. Sometimes relaxation is spelled t-i-m-e- w-i-t-h- a- p-a-r-e-n-t. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Communicate</b>. Children may feel frustrated but don't yet have the words to tell you. Be aware of visual clues and give your child words to use: "I'm tired. I'm hungry. I need to jump."</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Laughter</b>: Act goofy and find humor in situations, or start a tickle fight.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Massages</b>: Rub your child's back or feet while talking soothingly to them or listening to calming music.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Deep Breathing</b>: Say: "Breath in. Hold it (3 seconds). Breath out." Repeat this several times. While your child is holding their breath, say things like: "I'm so relaxed. I feel good. I'm having fun with my family."</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Blow bubbles</b> or blow up a balloon and toss it around. Offer a squeeze ball to tighten and relax muscles. Tell them to squeeze the ball hard, then drop it - or flex muscles, then relax them. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bedtime ritual</b>: Share books and cuddle time before they go to sleep. Have your child tell you what they did today, helping them remember the positive, happy adventures. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Gratitude Meditation</b>: Help your child express gratitude for all the things they have such as family, home, food, friends, toys, books. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was filled with joy as my four-year-old grandson read a book to me. His proud mother said, "It's impressive - but I wonder if he understands what he's reading." We both looked at each other and decided we needed to find out. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I searched on-line for Comprehensive Reading Questions - and was overwhelmed with the amount of questions you can ask a young reader. Reading needs to be a fun bonding experience - so I suggest the KISS approach:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Who?</span></b> Who was in this book?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>What?</b></span> What happened?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Where?</b></span> Where did this happen?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>How?</b></span> How was a problem solved?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>WHY?</b></span> Why did you like this book (or why not)?</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Children will eventually anticipate that questions will be asked - and they will learn to focus on content. Then you can increase comprehension questions. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is not necessary to ask all the suggested questions below. Just ask what you think is appropriate at the time. You may want to wait until the end of the book to ask anything - but asking a few questions before beginning a story, and during reading, may aid in comprehension, especially if the child knows that questions are going to be asked.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Questions to Ask BEFORE Reading:</span></b></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What do you think this book is about? </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What do you think will happen?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do you think this book is real or make believe?</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">Questions to Ask DURING Reading</span></b> - or just let it flow</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What do you think is going to happen next?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How do you think it is going to end?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How does the main character feel?</span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;">Questions to Ask AFTER Reading:</span></span></b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do you like this book? Why?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What happened?</span> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is your favorite part? Why?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Who was your favorite character? What did you like about them? </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can you tell me the story in your own words?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Can you make up a story about.... (whatever they love). It is fun and enlightening to make up stories together.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Participating in teaching a child to read is a remarkable and gratifying experience. Reading is a gift that helps children throughout their lifetime. My most rewarding accomplishment in teaching kindergarten was seeing the shining eyes and surprised smile of a child who realizes they have finally learned to read on their own.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Begin early reading books to your child.</span></b> It is never too early to read to a child. Even small babies find pleasure in language. They enjoy being sung and read to, and they like it when you tell them stories and rhymes. They enjoy sitting on your lap or snuggling while sharing the bonding experience. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Read together every day possible.</b> </span> I recommend three or more books a day. They should be exposed to books that rhyme, beginner's reading books with just a few words on each page, non-fiction or science books with wonderful photos, nursery rhymes, songs, and traditional and modern stories. But the main point is that they are interested in the book, so expose them to a variety and read the same one over and over if that is what they enjoy. Memorization is a beginning step to reading.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Share a love of reading.</b> </span>Use animated facial expressions and voice when you read to children. Let them see you reading books, magazines, shopping lists, electronic gadgets, and signs. We are surrounded by words in our environment. Point to signs and make it a game (what letters do you see?). The first words they may recognize are their name, <i>stop</i> from a stop sign, or a sign in front of a store or fast-food place that you frequent. </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Buying a phonics program is not necessary.</b> </span> Buy or make an alphabet book with relevant pictures and emphasize the first letter of words - drawing out the sound as you point to the letter. Keep encouraging your child until they comprehend that letters have sounds (phonics), sounds blended form words, and they recognize some <a href="http://handsonaswegrow.com/string-line-matching-pairs-sight-words/" target="_blank">sight words</a>. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>The 5 Rs of Reading are Relevancy, Repetition, Rhythm, Rhyme and Routine.</b></span> Go on a <a href="http://handsonaswegrow.com/scavenger-hunts-for-kids/" target="_blank">Scavenger Hunt</a> and have your child cross off words as they find favorite objects. Borrow library books, buy books cheaply at garage sales, or make your own. Free beginning reading books that children can color are listed on my sidebar. Children love their <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2011/08/cure-kinder-teachers-pet-peeve.html" target="_blank">name, so teach them how to read and write those letters</a>. Teaching the most frequently used letters first, rather than teaching from the letter A through Z, increases relevancy and interest - and words can be learned more quickly (fat, cat, rat, sat, hat, mat...). Establish a reading routine at bedtime and you will cherish the bonding time.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you, or your child, are too tired, ill, or stressed, do not make it a power struggle to have reading time. It needs to be enjoyable, relaxing, fun, and of interest to the child. Turn off the gadgets and just enjoy one-on-one focused time with your child, listening and answering their many questions, and extending their comments as you increase their vocabulary. This simple routine time will save you money on therapy when they are teenagers and prefer peer time. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The gift of reading continues throughout a lifetime. Parents, siblings, grandparents, great-grandparents, babysitters and teachers can be a part of wrapping a huge beautiful gift that when opened will unleash a lifetime of learning. Something about everything can be learned from reading. It is inspiring to know of people who were denied an education, but given the opportunity they learned to read in their senior years. The desire to read is phenomenal and is not quenched until achieved.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">No recess rules?! Does this sound astonishing to you? A school in New Zealand has ripped up the recess rules and now has a drop in bullying, serious injuries, and vandalism while creativity and learning are increasing - and behavior problems disappearing. Could this happen in the United States? You simply must watch this video where students are climbing trees, riding skateboards, playing bullrush (a tag and tackle game), playing with sticks, and having mudslides! Just click on <a href="http://tvnz.co.nz/close-up/bullrush-returns-schools-video-4946899" rel="" target="_blank">Bullrush Returns to Schools</a> to view, but I hope you will come back here to read my section: The Benefits of Relaxing Recess Rules.</span></span><br />
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<!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How did this happen that school recess rules were done away with completely? Swanson Primary School was one of eight schools that decided to participate in a study by Aucland University of Technology (AUT) and Otago University. The aim of the two year study was to encourage active play. But Swanson Primary decided to do away with the rules entirely, as the principal and some teachers were inspired remembering their childhood free play. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some of the teachers were skeptical and some parents were concerned. But the results have been so positive that the school will continue this practice. Teachers love the better behavior and increased learning. Parents are happy because their children are happy and eager to go to school. At Swanson Primary there is no longer a need for a time-out area and no child loses recess, yet behavior problems have all but vanished.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I know, I know: <i>But what if someone gets hurt</i>? Will you at least consider how we <i>used</i> to play? Okay, I admit it; I’m a senior citizen. My childhood recess was before health and safety rules dominated children’s playtime and <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/more-lawyers-than-doctors-more-lawyers-than-soldiers" rel="" target="_blank">more lawyers in our country</a> than the number of soldiers or doctors or policemen. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">AUT professor of public health Grant Schofield, who worked on the research project, said there are too many rules in modern playgrounds. "The great paradox of cotton-woolling children is it's more dangerous in the long-run." Society's obsession with protecting children ignores the benefits of risk-taking. Children develop the frontal lobe of their brain when taking risks, meaning they work out consequences. "You can't teach them that. They have to learn risk on their own terms. It doesn't develop by watching TV, they have to get out there." (<a href="http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/school-ditches-rules-and-loses-bullies-5807957" rel="" target="_blank">School ditches rules and loses bullies</a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Parents, teachers and researchers were amazed at the results of losing the recess rules. But here is what is happening at Swanson Primary:<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<li style="border: 0px none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Humans need sunlight. Many people are vitamin D deficient and don’t even know it. If you are worried about skin cancer then remember sunscreen, hats, long sleeves and pants.</span></span></li>
<li style="border: 0px none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Playing outside strengthens the immune system. When children play in dirt or touch bugs, they are building up their immune system naturally to things in our environment.</span></span></li>
<li style="border: 0px none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">People are social. We crave friendships for support, learning, and experiencing closeness to others.</span></span></li>
<li style="border: 0px none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Children are curious about everything. They learn by exploring and discovering using their five senses. They need opportunities to smell, touch, taste, see and hear different things in our environment including the dirty/messy stuff such as water puddles, rain, snow, and mud.</span></span></li>
<li style="border: 0px none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Peace and quiet will be appreciated. Have children listen for sounds in the stillness: Birds, crickets, wind, rustling leaves, feet splashing in water, or just enjoy the quietness of nature with no commercials bombarding your mind.</span></span></li>
<li style="border: 0px none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We are part of nature and playing outside develops an appreciation of our earth and the creatures inhabiting it.</span></span></li>
<li style="border: 0px none; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 3px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Childhood memories will be built from making neighborhood friends which creates a sense of community and belonging.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For many outdoor games, activities and ideas, see <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-to-basics-play-outside.html" target="_blank">Back to the Basics: Play Outside.</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">All of us have an innate desire to be creative. Children learn through play, discovery and exploration. They want to naturally extend learning activities, manipulate and create. But through time, discouragement, lack of opportunity and too much screen time, we lose our drive to be creative and lack the confidence and focus. How often <span style="font-size: small;">d</span>o you think, or hear someone say, "Kids can't think for themselves anymore." Let's provide amble opportunities for children to think, explore, extend and create. Here's why and how:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ability to problem solve</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Better able to cope with challenges and difficult situations</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Higher self-esteem, confidence, self-fulfillment and happiness</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fosters great creators: writers, artists, scientists, innovators, leaders, ie. the keys to a successful society </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Creativity is manifested in so many ways – crafts are the functional manifestation and paintings are the visual. Stories are our creativity represented in words. Telling stories takes us out of our real life experiences to imagine something that could be. They allow children to think beyond the concrete. So we tell a lot of stories and start with good books." Kim Rowe, <a href="http://thelittlestories.com/creative-not-crafty-5-easy-ways-to-foster-creative-storytelling-play/" target="_blank">Little Stories</a></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.notwiddletwaddle.com/2013/04/screen-free-week.html">Books for Screen Free Week</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://teachmama.com/top-10-ways-to-talk-to-kids-about-books/" target="_blank">Top 10 Ways to Talk to Kids about Books</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://thisreadingmama.com/2013/06/02/top-10-ways-to-keep-kids-reading-and-writing/">Top 10 Ways to Keep Children Reading and Writing this Summer</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://3dinosaurs.com/wordpress/index.php/schools-out-top-10-ways-to-do-activities-with-books/">Top 10 Ways to Do Activities with Books</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://andnextcomesl.blogspot.ca/2013/03/quiet-books-guide-to-making-one-of-your.html">Quiet Books: A Guide to Making One of Your Own</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.classic-play.com/creative-not-crafty-5-ways-to-foster-creative-storytelling-play/">5 Ways to Master Creative Storytelling + Play</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://buggyandbuddy.com/our-favorite-childrens-books-for-summer-book-set/">Our Favorite Children’s Books for Summer</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2013/05/25-books-with-crafts-to-match.html">25 Books with Crafts to Make</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://3dinosaurs.com/wordpress/index.php/using-the-library/">Using the Library!</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.notwiddletwaddle.com/2013/05/summer-reading-library-challenge.html">Summer Reading Library Challenge</a> </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>2. PRETEND IMAGINATIVE FANTASY DRAMATIC PLAY</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Children are learning important social, cognitive and emotional skills during Imaginary, Pretend or Fantasy Play. This open-ended play promotes <span style="font-size: small;">s</span>ocial <span style="font-size: small;">s</span>kills, develops <span style="font-size: small;">l</span>anguage and <span style="font-size: small;">c</span>ognitive <span style="font-size: small;">s</span>kills, increases <span style="font-size: small;">i</span>ntellect, supports <span style="font-size: small;">e</span>motional <span style="font-size: small;">d</span>evelopment and builds <span style="font-size: small;">s</span>elf <span style="font-size: small;">c</span>onfidence, allowing for exploration of a child's feelings as they gain a sense of control. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/magazine/27tools-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all">Lev Vygotsky</a>, a Russian psychologist, believed that dramatic play was the training ground where children learned to regulate themselves and to conquer their own unruly minds. When children follow the rules of make-believe and push one another to follow those rules, they develop important habits of self-control. In other words: Children can learn SELF-CONTROL and to THINK while participating in pretend play! It's a win-win!</span></span> </div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://andnextcomesl.blogspot.ca/2013/04/mix-and-match-monsters.html">Mix and Match Monsters</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://play-trains.com/puzzle-train-ticket-mixup/">Puzzle Train Ticket Mix Up</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://nateandrachael.com/easy-no-sew-mail-and-play-mailbox/">Easy No-Sew Pretend Mail and Mailbox</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.findingtheteachablemoments.com/2013/03/cat-in-hat-day.html">Cat in the Hat Day</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mamapapabubba.com/2012/09/21/play-dough-frozen-yogurt-shop-2/">Playdough Frozen Yogurt Shop</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://mamapapabubba.com/2013/01/27/pretend-play-cooking-station/">Cooking Station</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://lalymom.blogspot.com/2013/05/bug-buddies-pouch-cap-finger-puppets.html">Bug Buddies (Pouch Cap Finger Puppets</a>) </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.herecomethegirlsblog.com/2013/04/26/games-for-kids.html">Postman Games for Kids</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.laughingkidslearn.com/2013/05/diy-woolly-monsters-for-imaginative-play.html">DIY Wooly Monsters</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.messforless.net/2013/03/pretend-play-vets-office-with-free.html">Vet’s Office</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://amomwithalessonplan.com/its-playtime-fairies/">It’s Playtime: Fairies</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>3. UPCYCLED OR CREATIVE TOYS</b> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">”I just can’t say it enough – having fewer toys leads to better play. When children are not distracted by all of the toy chaos, they can focus on deeper play experiences and begin to really tap into their own creativity and imagination... Besides having fewer toys, having <a href="http://thelittlestories.com/toy-shopping-dos-and-donts/" target="_blank">good toys</a> makes all of the difference. Good toys don’t do much on their own. They don’t have push buttons or a digitized voice. Instead, they require your child to do all of the steering, soaring, sautéing, stacking, and singing. Good toys can be played with a million different ways which allows for endless creative options." Kim Rowe, <a href="http://thelittlestories.com/">Little Stories</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> 4. GAMES, PLAY AND ART TO PROMOTE CREATIVE THINKING</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Young children are eager learners. But due to their limited language, they learn more from hands-on experiences rather than from verbal instruction. They learn by moving, touching, exploring, discovering — using their five senses and movement as they learn about their expanding world. The<b> process</b> of making an art product can be of great interest to a young child. Children enjoy touching different textures and exploring materials as well as putting together and taking apart objects to create something unique - or just for the joy of exploring and changing something. </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-to-basics-play-outside.html" target="_blank">Back to the Basics: Play Outside</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://trainupachildlearnaswego.blogspot.com/2013/06/top-10-ways-to-learn-with-sidewalk-chalk.html" target="_blank">Top 10 Ways to Learn from Using Sidewalk Chalk</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.connectingfamilyandseoul.com/2013/01/mondays-mini-family-adventure_28.html">Disassembling a Cassette Player</a> </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.housingaforest.com/exploding-art/">Exploding Art</a></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Don't you love to "hear" quietness? Then the mind can soar to anywhere the imagination will take it. </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://handsonaswegrow.com/quiet-activities-for-preschoolers/" target="_blank">Quiet Time Activities for Preschoolers</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://itsourlongstory.blogspot.com/2010/01/toddler-boxes.html">Toddler Boxes</a> </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>6. JUST UNPLUG!</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just do it! Unplug and communicate, play, and create with the most important people in your life - your little ones - whose imaginations are limitless and fascinating.<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://theoutlawmom.com/2013/06/05/summer-learning-activities-for-kids/" target="_blank">Top 10 Ways to Keep Kids Curious</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://eastcoastmommyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/05/summer-checklist-with-free-printable.html">Summer Checklist</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.busykidshappymom.org/2013/01/unplugged-play-build-bridge-challenge.html">Unplugged Play – Building a Bridge Challenge</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://fun-a-day.com/activities-for-screen-free-week-2013/">60+ Activities for Screen Free Week (2013)</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/p/collections.html">2000+ Kids Activities: The Ultimate Kid Pin</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://livingmontessorinow.com/2013/04/29/montessori-monday-montessori-inspired-screen-free-activities/">Montessori Inspired Screen Free Activities</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://handsonaswegrow.com/32-ways-kids-can-go-on-scavenger-hunts/">32 Scavenger Hunts</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.kcedventures.com/blog/raising-curious-kids-ideas-that-keep-kids-thinking">Are You Raising Curious Kids</a> </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>7. PLAY SPACE</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Play Spaces can be indoors or outdoors - a place where a child feels comfortable to relax, rest, and read - or to move, discover, explore and <span style="font-size: small;">create.</span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://inspiredbyfamilymag.com/2013/04/25/diy-play-tent-no-sew-fort-storytelling-with-kids/">DIY No Sew Play Tent for Storytelling</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://happyhooligans.ca/2013/04/29/play-logs/" target="_blank">Backyard Series: Logs & Stumps </a> </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>8. NATURE</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Direct exposure to nature is essential for healthy childhood development—physical, emotional, and spiritual. What's more, nature is a potent therapy for depression, obesity, and ADD. Environment-based education dramatically improves standardized test scores and grade point averages and develops skills in problem solving, critical thinking, and decision making. Even creativity is stimulated by childhood experiences in nature." <a href="http://amzn.to/14gTY0k" target="_blank"><i>Last Child in t</i></a><a href="http://amzn.to/14gTY0k" target="_blank"><i>he Woods</i></a> by Richard Louv. </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://notjustcute.com/2013/06/04/read-along-series-last-child-in-the-woods-part-3/">Last Child in the Woods (Review)</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.theusualmayhem.com/2013/06/top-10-ways-to-keep-kids-learning-about-nature.html" target="_blank">Top 10 Ways to Keep Kids Learning about Nature</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.teachbesideme.com/2013/06/10-ways-to-keep-kids-active-this-summer.html" target="_blank">Top 10 Ways to Keep Kids Active</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.wildlifefun4kids.com/2013/01/25/10-benefits-of-taking-your-kids-bush-walking/" target="_blank">10 Benefits of Taking Your Child Bush Walking</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.craftingconnections.net/the-blog/tutorial-making-an-adventure-trail/">Making an Adventure Trail</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://inspiredbyfamilymag.com/2012/10/19/camping-with-kids-packing-check-list-and-tips/">Camping with Kids: Packing Checklist</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.connectingfamilyandseoul.com/2012/11/nature-exploration-wonder-jar.html">Nature Exploration: A Wonder Jar</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2012/03/kid-made-nature-gifts.html#comment-114936" target="_blank">Kid Made - Nature Gift </a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.housingaforest.com/nature-prints/">Nature Prints</a> </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>9. SCIENCE </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why do kids love science? It makes learning come alive! It's all about discovery that makes science so appealing. </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is important to focus activities <span style="font-size: small;">for young children </span>on things they can see, hear, touch, taste<span style="font-size: small;">,</span> smell and <span style="font-size: small;">manipulate</span>. </span></span> Children are naturally curious and love to explor<span style="font-size: small;">e </span>usin<span style="font-size: small;">g their</span> imagination to mak<span style="font-size: small;">e</span> substances change form, color, shape, scent and texture. With science and sensory activities, children learn by finding answers to their many questions including: Why, how, when, where and what happens? </span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/10/spooktacular-smorgasboard-of-simple.html" target="_blank">Spooktacular Smorgasbord of Simple Science & Sensory Ideas</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/04/planting-seeds-of-science-gardeng-with.html" target="_blank">Planting Seeds of Science: Gardening with Kids</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://handsonaswegrow.com/water-experiments-for-kids/" target="_blank">Top 10 Water Experiments for Kids</a> </span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://buggyandbuddy.com/bubble-science-plus-make-your-own-bubble-solution-and-bubble-blower/">Bubble Science</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://buggyandbuddy.com/category/science-invitation-saturday/">Science Invitations</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://eastcoastmommyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/07/5-easy-science-experiments-for-kids.html">5 Easy Science Experiments for Kids</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.findingtheteachablemoments.com/2013/04/preschool-gardening-unit-exploring-beans.html">Preschool Gardening Unit – Exploring Beans</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://nateandrachael.com/100-days-of-play-shaving-cream-fun/">Shaving Cream Fun</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/little-wizards-at-work-mixing-potions-invitation-to-explore.html">Little Wizards at Work: Mixing Potions</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/05/summer-play-recipes.html">Summer Play Recipes</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://frogsandsnailsandpuppydogtails-jaime.blogspot.com/2013/04/gummy-bear-science-experiment.html">Gummy Bear Science Experiment</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://lalymom.blogspot.com/2013/05/helicopter-seeds.html">Helicopter Seeds</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.messforless.net/2013/05/Learn-Through-Movement-Science-Experiments-With-Balloons.html">Learn through Movement: Science Balloon Experiments</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.housingaforest.com/experiments/">Exploding Art</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/susanjcase/science-activities-for-kids/" target="_blank">Science Activities for Kids</a> - Steve Spangler on Pinterest </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>10. MUSIC</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Not only are children having fun while learning music, but songs and simple musical instruments <span style="font-size: small;">build <span style="font-size: small;">a child's </span>memory, voc<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">a</span>bulary, listening comprehension, resourc<span style="font-size: small;">efulness<span style="font-size: small;">, cooperation, patterning (reading and math)</span> and creativity.</span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.redtedart.com/2013/05/02/10-music-craft-ideas/" target="_blank">10 Music Craft Ideas </a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://andnextcomesl.blogspot.ca/2013/05/four-music-games-for-toddlers.html">4 Music Games</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://andnextcomesl.blogspot.ca/2013/05/homemade-rainbow-xylophone.html">Homemade Rainbow Xylophone</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://play-trains.com/classical-train-music/">Classical Music Encouraging a Love of Music thro a Child’s Favoriate Things</a> </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.dariamusic.com/monthly_song.php">Make Your Own Vuvuzela</a> </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>1. The Graham Cracker Kid and the Calico Girl, </i>by the songwriting team, country music legend <b><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/search/label/Tommy%20Overstreet" target="_blank">Tommy Overstreet</a></b> and the late Dale G. Vest, is a touching and timeless story about two charming children in the Old West. The poetry is beautiful and endearing. This is a book to be treasured by generations of young folk but adults will enjoy it too. There is humor and suspense and a host of delightful characters that add joy and delight to every page rendered beautifully in oil on canvas by artist Jesse Anderson. (<span style="font-size: large;">PreK to 2nd). <a href="http://amzn.to/109D8Ml" target="_blank">eBook only $3.99</a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. <i>The Fa</i><i>bulous Flying </i><i>Flag Farm</i> by <b><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/12/mom-never-knew-but-she-taught-me-how-to.html#more" target="_blank">Nancy Robinson Masters</a></b><b>.</b> (Ages 7-10.) <span style="color: red;">Au</span><span style="color: red;">tographed</span>. <span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Ed Roy Odom was different. He kept squirmy things in his notebook. He put ketchup on everything he ate—even ice cream. He thought girls were dumb. Each time we said the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, Ed Roy would have the hiccups. On purpose. </span><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">Nancy Robinson Masters is the author of over 40 books. A flag is included with this book.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzi9_3UjaDTJFS8quVbZtOjSHUCZsyJjV0Ie0rj686B0MFtjcvjk8NvJMIBE-TAKvO7eRNVycQgA-6dWLFmKDiI3-aT-Ep4S8OdnxH9ZlfNZP7pZFPmPSyWiOd60UrajfLPTokiz3u2FT/s1600/51HNVMN34YL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpzi9_3UjaDTJFS8quVbZtOjSHUCZsyJjV0Ie0rj686B0MFtjcvjk8NvJMIBE-TAKvO7eRNVycQgA-6dWLFmKDiI3-aT-Ep4S8OdnxH9ZlfNZP7pZFPmPSyWiOd60UrajfLPTokiz3u2FT/s320/51HNVMN34YL.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-weight: bold; font: 16px 'Lucida Grande', LucidaGrande, Verdana, sans-serif;">Recipient of the Scottish Rite Masons’<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are you trying to teach a child to tie their shoes? Here is a fun way for children to practiced tying bows while making a wreath from material scraps. Children will feel a sense of accomplishment as they tie long strands of material around a wreath circle. Or you can make a wire circle using a coat hanger. My grandson Brody made a wreath using wire that held a bail of straw together to make an upcycled gift that cost nothing - and helped him <span style="font-size: large;">learn to tie<span style="font-size: large;"> bows</span></span>. What a great gift to a mom or teacher - learning how to tie shoes!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brody insisted that he take his wreath to his teacher for Teacher Appreciation Week. We include<span style="font-size: large;">d</span> some homemade baths salts (Epson Salts and perfume) in an upcycled baby food jar, memo <span style="font-size: large;">note pads, candle,</span> and chocolate (teachers and moms' essential food group).</span><span style="font-size: large;"> For a biodegradable wreath circle use one made from <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ciframe%20src=%22http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=kinder044-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=B00A6VRM5O&ref=qf_sp_asin_til&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr%22%20style=%22width:120px;height:240px;%22%20scrolling=%22no%22%20marginwidth=%220%22%20marginheight=%220%22%20frameborder=%220%22%3E%3C/iframe%3E" target="_blank">wood fiber</a>, <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XZU4UI/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000XZU4UI&linkCode=as2&tag=kinder044-20%22%3EFloraCraft%20Straw%20Wreaths,%2010-Inch%20Straw%20Wreath%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=kinder044-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B000XZU4UI%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">straw</a> or </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026HWHKG/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0026HWHKG&linkCode=as2&tag=kinder044-20%22%3EDarice%208%20Inch%20Grapevine%20Wreath%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=kinder044-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0026HWHKG%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">gr</a><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026HWHKG/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0026HWHKG&linkCode=as2&tag=kinder044-20%22%3EDarice%208%20Inch%20Grapevine%20Wreath%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=kinder044-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B0026HWHKG%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20%21important;%20margin:0px%20%21important;%22%20/%3E" target="_blank">apevine</a>.</span></span> <br />
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</tbody></table><div align="left"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gardening provides magical opportunities for children to learn through hands-on science as they explore the outdoors and watch a seed grow into food. They can learn about the life cycles of seeds and critters, how to respect our environment, the seasons, weather and much more.</span></span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><a data-pin-config="above" data-pin-do="buttonPin" href="http://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkindergartenbasics.blogspot.com%2F2013%2F04%2Fplanting-seeds-of-science-gardeng-with.html&media=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F-v331g3n87Ik%2FUXDjARvpF-I%2FAAAAAAAAHfo%2FQFWpOEXYbIc%2Fs400%2F2013-04-07%2B19.50.28.jpg&description=Planting%20Seeds%20of%20Science%3A%20Gardening%20with%20Kids"><img src="//assets.pinterest.com/images/pidgets/pin_it_button.png" /></a> </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">When children learn to produce healthy food, it builds strong bodies, self-esteem, a respect for land, patience, and a healthy appetite. <span style="font-size: large;">When you invite childr<span style="font-size: large;">en to garden, you</span> are in store for</span> a learning adventure full of surprises<span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My grandson Brody lives next door and he can keep me busy with his curious mind, never-ending questions, and desire to learn more. He loves to play in the dirt so he is fascinated that we are planting seeds and seedlings to grow vegetables and flowers. Here are some ways we are expanding gardening into science lessons. </span></span> </div></td></tr>
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<tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Where did that roly poly go?</span>"</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div align="center"><b><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">What Does It Take to Be Alive?</span></span></b></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As a former kindergarten teacher, I taught what organisms need to be alive. One day in class I again asked<span style="font-size: large;">, </span>"What do plants and animals need to keep them alive?" </span></span></div><div align="left"><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">We'd been over and over this. I was surprised when little Toby raised his hand. He was a premie, summer birthday boy who <span style="font-size: large;">had been </span>diagnosed as ADHD and usually just yelled out whatever was on his mind.</span></span></div><div align="left"><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Thank you for raising your hand, Toby. What does it take to be alive?"</span></span></div><div align="left"><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Being a cowboy!" Toby smiled as he patted his cowboy boots. </span></span></div><div align="left"><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">This was Texas, after all. No one rebuked his answer.</span></span></div><div align="left"><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">{The desired kindergarten curriculum answer is: <span style="font-size: large;">A</span>ir, water, soil and sunlight.} </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"I'm getting strong arms pounding this dirt."</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div align="left"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Brody is very excited to plant seeds for large colorful sunflowers. He is taking the lumps out of the dirt so roots can grow easier. Every day he comes over to see if h<span style="font-size: large;">is</span> seeds have grown and ask me what else we can plant. </span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReuj_oVp5viSQX08WuRqxNYOy6BBhQ3xiQsPc1lnFZxxsqkgfyMnZMNjcBND_xGI9eLjP6TeyXlpOoU8UMYO1_sCMzTBKjsIdOM60VeWx7s4MXxL7p47x2Kudok-9KiuaSQ4Y7E1r0Ulo/s1600/2013-04-16+07.31.17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReuj_oVp5viSQX08WuRqxNYOy6BBhQ3xiQsPc1lnFZxxsqkgfyMnZMNjcBND_xGI9eLjP6TeyXlpOoU8UMYO1_sCMzTBKjsIdOM60VeWx7s4MXxL7p47x2Kudok-9KiuaSQ4Y7E1r0Ulo/s400/2013-04-16+07.31.17.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr>
<tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">"Hurrah! The sunflower seeds are growing!"</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div align="center"><b><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Will Birds Eat Sunflower Seed</span></span><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">s?</span></span></b></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/05/gardening-is-for-birds-and-us.html" target="_blank">birds</a> are attracted to sunflower seeds. We are also planting flowers to attract hummingbirds and butterflies. This is a good opportunity to expand on the life cycle of butterflies.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">"Will it help if I jump on the shovel?"</span></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div align="center"><b><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Push and Pull Effects:</span></span></b></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Gravity pulls things down toward center of the earth (jumping) and sunlight pulls plants upwar<span style="font-size: large;">d. When a seed germinates, it first produces a root that supplies it with water and nutrients from the soil. The shoot that emerges above the ground ab<span style="font-size: large;">sorbs the sunlight necessary<a href="http://www.ehow.com/info_8388568_do-plants-grow-upward.html" target="_blank"></a> for food product. How a plant knows which directi<span style="font-size: large;">on it should go is determined by it's response to certain stimuli, with gravity playing a key role in the <span style="font-size: large;">process.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">"Are worms good for the garden?"</span></span></b></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div align="left"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, <a href="http://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2012/08/whats-so-great-about-worms.html" target="_blank">worms</a> <span style="font-size: large;">are nature's way of composting naturally. They also </span>tunnel through the dirt making air holes which helps the plants develop.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: large;">"Eeewwww. Feels funny."</span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blossoms and critters are popping out everywhere.</span></span></div><div align="left"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"This is the first ladybug I've seen this year!"</span></span></td></tr>
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<div align="center"><b><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are spiders insects? </span></span></b></div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">No, spiders are spiders. <span style="font-size: large;">Spiders have 8 le<span style="font-size: large;">gs<span style="font-size: large;">;</span> insects have 6 legs. </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Insects have <span style="font-size: large;">three</span> distinct body parts<span style="font-size: large;">:</span> a head, thorax and abdomen<span style="font-size: large;">. S</span>piders have <span style="font-size: large;">two:</span> a combined head and thorax known as the cephalothorax and an abdomen.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">"Can ladybugs swim?"</span></span></b></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div align="left"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Err - I don't know. Let's find out if they like to swim or would rather be on the ground or flying." It's okay to admit you don't know the answer to every question a child can ask. Look together for answers in books or on the internet. (My right sidebar has links to many free educational sites.)</span></span><br />
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<tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;">"Do cats lay eggs?"</span></b></span></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div align="left"><span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">No, cats do not lay eggs. They are birds<span style="font-size: large;">, <span style="font-size: large;">not</span></span> mammals. Fluffy found a <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/03/kids-love-organic-gardening-with.html" target="_blank">guinea</a> egg in our flower garden and was playing with it before taking a nap.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span> </div><div align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It only takes a small space to produce healthy vegetables - or you can grow food in pots where they will get lots of sunlight.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/05/gardening-is-for-birds-and-us.html" target="_blank">Bean sprouts</a> are easy to grow inside and very nutritious. Perhaps you can join a community garden or your Parent/Teacher Organization volunteers will build raised beds. School gardens provide wonderful learning experiences for children. Our school garden had rabbits, long pumpkin vines good for measuring, and large fascinating worms in compost containers.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Gardening is also very good f<span style="font-size: large;">or children with special needs as it is hands-on<span style="font-size: large;"> and</span> <span style="font-size: large;">builds self-esteem.</span></span></span></span></div><div align="left"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of course, parents want to believe their child behaves perfectly at school and many parents think their child is gifted. As a former teacher, I feel like I've heard and seen most everything. But here are statements parents say that can make a dedicated teacher cringe.</span></span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">1.<b> “My kid is not challenged enough. He's bored with school.”</b> Answer: "I follow the district’s curriculum which follows state mandated requirements. Your child is making wonderful progress in academics but also learning social skills. If he finishes work before the other students, I will be happy to offer him books<span style="font-size: large;"> and</span> computer programs to supplement the lessons or <span style="font-size: large;">more</span> challenging work.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">2. <b>“Why isn't my child in the Gifted & Talented program? Then why isn't he i<span style="font-size: large;">n</span> Special Ed.?”</b> Answer: “I do not test children for the Gifted and Talented Program. That is done during the second semester of Kindergarten by the GT <span style="font-size: large;">t</span>eacher who determines thos<span style="font-size: large;">e few who</span> qualify. You may request that your child be tested again next year. Just because your child does not qualify for GT, does not mean they have a learning disability or special needs. But <span style="font-size: large;">if you have concerns about that, let's discuss it and a diagnostician can<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">test.</span></span></span>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">3.<b> “I didn't know today was picture day.”</b> Answer: “Please </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2011/07/backpack-check.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">c</span>heck your child's backpack</a></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>every evening, read<span style="font-size: large;"> emails and <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">the class blog which is updated week<span style="font-size: large;">ly</span></span></span>.</span></span></span>”</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">4. <b>"I don't want Sally wearing her new Dorothy Wizard of Oz shoes to recess. They might get scuffed up.” </b>(No tennis shoes were in backpack). Answer: “Notices have been sent home that children are to wear tennis shoes to school because of recess and PE.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">5. <b>“It's wasn't my kid's fault. It was the other kid’s.”</b> Answer: “Please help your child learn to take responsibility for their actions. Reinforcement at home of a </span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2011/11/consequences-good-bad-ugly-4th-in.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">c</span>onsequence</span></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>at school is extremely effective<span style="font-size: large;"> - or use a reward<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/07/caught-being-good-readforgood-with.html" target="_blank"> Marble Jar</a></span></span> for the days your child stays on green.</span>” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some questions have easy solutions. <a href="http://www.mommywithselectivememory.com/" target="_blank">Mommy with Selective Memory</a> wrote to me, “My daughter gets dehydrated. I don’t want her drinking out of the school water fountain." I thought<i> that's a contradiction,</i> but Mommy continued, "Is it too weird to ask her teacher that Munchkin bring her own water bottle? I think the water foundation is germy.” This seems like a simple request and it was granted without much fanfare.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Some things parents say give you insight into their home life. <span style="font-size: large;">Cody</span> snuck his pet canary into his backpack and let it out at school.The poor bird fluttered around the room much to the astonishment of parents. A dad finally caught little Tweety and I put him in a container. I called mom who had no idea that her son had brought their $60 pet to school. She soon arrived to pick up the bird. She started to take Tweety out of the container to drive him home. I said, "Don't you want to take him home in the <span style="font-size: large;">container</span>?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">{Plea<span style="font-size: large;">se understand this post was meant with good intentions. As<span style="font-size: large;">k a teacher whatever you want. This simply may give you an idea of what they may be thinking<span style="font-size: large;">.<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span>eachers <span style="font-size: large;">truly</span> want what is best for any child. There were so many other <span style="font-size: large;">situations</span> invo<span style="font-size: large;">lving Cody and his mother, that <span style="font-size: large;">you would understand why I thought the above if you <span style="font-size: large;">only knew of the other incidents.}</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><i></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Children whose parents read aloud to them become better students. They are stronger readers, have a broader vocabulary, listen better, become better writers, have a better imagination, and have more confidence - all of which leads to a better performance in school. The priceless bonus is that they have bonded with their parents through a love of books.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm going to share a personal story with you. When my daughter was three, I was told she was mentally retarded and had autistic tendencies. I just couldn't believe that she wouldn't learn to read - coming from parents who had read thousands of books. I did not have a teaching certificate then - only a strong desire to help her in any way I could. We shared books together every night. I still cherish <i>Big Bird Goes to the Park</i> and taped it numerous times to hold it together because we read it so many times. We looked at ABC books and talked about the letters and made their sounds. We read books of all subjects: Silly books, rhyming books, science books for young children. And as an adult, she now reads at a 5th grade level - higher than many adults. How can this be?</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We read to her every night and bonded through a love of books</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She had a strong desire to read to because she felt our excitement of reading</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">She sees her dad and me reading books every day</span></span></li>
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's that simple. You don't have to have an Oscar to read books aloud to your child. You just need two things:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Time</b>: Establish a habit of reading every day. It only takes 20 times to form a habit. Children crave routine, consistency and stability - as well as your attention.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Books</b>: Find books that your child enjoys - at the library, off your iPad, from garage sales, from book exchanges with friends. Then take books with you where ever you go.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mem Fox wrote <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">Reading Magic</a> after she realized the ease with which her daughter learned to read. Fox was not a trained teacher. She simply read aloud to her preschooler every night. Of course, she was committed to reading books daily to her daughter and very enthusiastic about reading. They acted silly, played word games (find the same word, find the same letter) and extended the books with fun activities or simple engaging conversations. Fox writes that there are seven things you can do with your voice:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">loud and soft</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">fast and slow</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">high and low</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">p-a-u-s-e (especially the last sentence)</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: small;"><b>Book Giveaways to Celebrate National Reading Month: </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What is your child's favorite word? Their name! That is why I am delighted to be offering a personalized book giveaway from <a href="http://www.iseeme.com/" target="_blank">I See Me</a> in honor of National Reading Month. I was given a personalized book for my grandson and it is his favorite book. Do you know why? It has his name on many of the pages, including the cover. Also, he is attracted to the wonderful pictures.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As an extra bonus, I am also including in this giveaway, an autographed copy of "The Happy Mommy Handbook." </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just leave a comment below of how you are following me and a winner will be picked on the last day of March by <a href="http://random.org/">Random.org</a>.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After you enter this giveaway, you may want to visit the I See Me sweepstake page and enter where 5 entries will win a library of personalized books. The Sweepstake is in celebration of National Reading Month and winners will be contacted at the end of March. To enter, click <a href="http://iseemesweeps.listrak.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: small;">RHYME, RHYTHM AND REPETITION</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Recess is being scaled back or eliminated from many elementary schools. Among the reasons are increased pressure for higher academic scores. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But at what cost? Are scores increasing as recess decreases? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">No. In fact, studies are concluding that physical activity can improve cognitive learning, increase neuron connections, and decrease inappropriate behavior in the classroom, as well as the obvious benefit of improving physical health.</span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Remember when we had three recesses a day - one in the morning, one after lunch and one in the afternoon? </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.thedoctorwillseeyounow.com/content/kids/art2354.html" target="_blank">Esther Entin, M.D</a>. states "<span class="nep">Since the late 1970's children have lost 12 hours a week in free time, a 25% decrease in play and 50% decrease in unstructured outdoor activities."</span> The <a href="http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/2010-04-14-letsmoveinschool15_ST_N.htm" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's</a> physical activity guide<span style="font-size: small;">lines </span>recommend that children do an hour or more of moderate-intensity to vigorous activity a day. The <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Non-profits,+Activist+Groups/Institute+of+Medicine" title="More news, photos about Institute of Medicine">Institute of Medicine</a> advises that at least 30 minutes, or about half the daily physical activity, be done during the school day. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Yet only about 11 percent of states and 57 percent of districts require elementary schools to provide students with regularly scheduled recess, according to <a href="http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/recess-makes-kids-smarter" target="_blank">CDC</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2706261162691781672" target="_blank">Research</a> confirms that recess can play an important role in the learning, social development, and health of elementary school children.</span></span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Overweight and obesity</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">HDL cholesterol</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Blood pressure</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Insulin resistance</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Skeletal health</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Musculoskeletal injuries</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Psychological well-being</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Self-esteem</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Anxiety and depression</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">Benefits of Recess:</span></b></span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Physical Activity = better health </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Helps children adjust to school </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Increases cognitive attention after releasing stress</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Encourages creativity, leadership and critical thinking skills</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Helps improve memory and more focused attention </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fosters social skills such as learning games, taking turns, resolving conflicts, and forming friendships</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Develops skills in problem solving, negotiation, sharing, cooperation and self-control</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.thedoctorwillseeyounow.com/content/kids/art2354.html" target="_blank">Decreases poor behavior in the classroom</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331183800.htm" target="_blank">Strengthens a child's ability to pay attention </a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.healthyschoolscampaign.org/getinvolved/action/txrecess/fact.php" target="_blank">May decrease<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span>medication<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">for asthma and ADHD</span></span></span></span></a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ecap.crc.illinois.edu/eecearchive/digests/ej-cite/ej429022.html" target="_blank">Improves recall when learning is spaced</a> rather than presented all at once because the </span><span style="font-size: small;">brain needs downtime to recycle chemicals crucial for long-term memory formation </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Enhancement of brain function, neuron connections, and cognition </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">How Physical Activity Improves Academics: </span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmXSYjmbCmoTasHvmCqesbNtstfurWBxQRqEjnFOc1xahS7-NhP6itmpQ1nmLkv2PxRRbKCfpEyQ94UF1ZROdvG3zlJt4hJSx4x60h3SzPXVHC7nIS_JVT2Fi3Z5xQk6CJrGrYjzPzUo3/s1600/iStock_000000465115XSmall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmXSYjmbCmoTasHvmCqesbNtstfurWBxQRqEjnFOc1xahS7-NhP6itmpQ1nmLkv2PxRRbKCfpEyQ94UF1ZROdvG3zlJt4hJSx4x60h3SzPXVHC7nIS_JVT2Fi3Z5xQk6CJrGrYjzPzUo3/s320/iStock_000000465115XSmall.jpg" width="214" /></a><span class="Paragraph 0" id="scm6MainContent_rptSections_lblSection_2"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Paragraph 0" id="scm6MainContent_rptSections_lblSection_2"><a href="http://archpedi.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1107683" target="_blank">JAMA Pediatrics</a> confirms that "<b>participation in physical activity is positively related to academic performance in children</b>." </span></span></span>In addition to the positive physical and mental health impact of regular participation in physical activity, it is also linked to enhancement of brain function and cognition, thereby positively influencing academic performance. </span>The increase in growth factors caused by exercise helps <a href="http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/166/1/49" target="_blank"><i>create new nerve cells and supports neurological development.</i></a></span></span><br />
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</span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Exercise directly impacts the behavior and development of the brain. “It is likely that the effects of physical activity on cognition would be particularly important in the highly plastic developing brains of youth,” according to <a href="http://www.equitycampaign.org/i/a/document/12557_EquityMattersVol6_Web03082010.pdf" target="_blank">Charles Basch of Columbia University.</a> Exercise affects executive functioning in the following ways:</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Increased blood and oxygen flow to the brain</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Increased brain neurotransmitters</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Increased levels of endorphins which decrease stress and improves mood</span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Increased brain-derived neurotrophins that support creation of new nerve cells and assure the survival of neurons in areas responsible for learning, memory, and higher thinking. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">R<span class="nep">ecess provides a critical change of pace and a recharging of energy, which then benefits learning by making the children less fidgety and more attentive to academic tasks. <a href="http://familyfitness.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=familyfitness&cdn=parenting&tm=223&f=20&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2012/12/25/peds.2012-2993.full.pdf" target="_blank">The American Academy of Pediatrics</a> states "Recess is a necessary break in the day for optimizing a child’s social, emotional, physical, and cognitive development. In essence, recess should be considered a child’s personal time, and it should not be withheld for academic or punitive reasons." </span><b><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">Negative Effects of Recess: </span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A child may get hurt on the playground. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Response: A <span style="font-size: small;">child may get hurt anywh<span style="font-size: small;">ere.</span> Let them play!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Related Post: </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/08/stop-bullying-it-starts-at-home.html" target="_blank">Stop Bullying: It Starts at Home</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;">Play is a child's work.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="color: red;">Resources:</span></b></span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.peacefulplaygrounds.com/right-to-recess.htm" target="_blank">PEACEFUL PLAYGROUNDS: RIGHT TO RECESS CAMPAIGN</a> offers a Free Campaign Toolbox Package<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">and resea<span style="font-size: small;">rch</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-to-basics-play-outside.html" target="_blank">Back to the Basics: Play Outside</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://evolution.binghamton.edu/evos/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/Pellegrini02.pdf" target="_blank">The Role of Recess in Children's Cognitive Performance & School Adjustment </a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.sparkpe.org/physical-education-resources/academics-physical-activity/" target="_blank">SPARK: Countering Childhood Obesity </a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.timeday.org/pdf/newsletter_february_2006/Recess_Project.pdf" target="_blank"><i>Recess: Time Well Spent</i></a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><a href="http://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/everyone/health/index.html" target="_blank">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</a> </i></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331183800.htm" target="_blank">Physical Activity Strengthens a Child's Ability to Pay Attention </a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.peacefulplaygrounds.com/pdf/right-to-recess/states-requiring-recess.pdf" target="_blank">States that Require or Recommend Recess</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.peacefulplaygrounds.com/pdf/right-to-recess/recess-importance-of-play.pdf" target="_blank">Recess and the Importance of Play</a> </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">In celebration of <a href="http://bookgivingday.com/" target="_blank">International Book Giving Day</a>, my author friend Vivian Kirkfield and I would like for you to help us choose who will be receiving new books. Visit Vivian at <a href="http://viviankirkfield.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/prince-bear-and-pauper-bear/" target="_blank">Positive Parental Participation</a> and leave a comment and Vivian will randomly select a winner and send $25 to <span style="font-size: small;">an organization of<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">your</span></span> choice</span>. <span style="font-size: small;">Here is her post for leaving a comment<span style="font-size: small;">:</span></span> <a href="http://viviankirkfield.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/prince-bear-and-pauper-bear/" target="_blank">The Prince and the Pauper: Teaching Kids about Love and Friendship</a>.</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Donate books to your local library for their Friends of the <span style="font-size: small;">Family</span> book sale</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Donate to the Department of Human Services <span style="font-size: small;">where</span> books are given to counseling centers, children in transition, and to domestic violence shelters</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Offer books to a school for a classroom library </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Donate books to the Salvation Army or homeless shelters</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://bookgivingday.com/2013/02/13/happy-international-book-giving-day/" target="_blank">International Book Giving Day</a> lists </span><span style="font-size: small;">organizations including <b><a href="http://www.booksforafrica.org/" target="_blank" title="Books for Africa">Books for Africa</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.roomtoread.org/" target="_blank" title="Room to Read">Room to Read</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.bookaid.org/" target="_blank" title="Book Aid International">Book Aid International</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.thebookbus.org/" target="_blank" title="The Book Bus">The Book Bus</a></b>, <b><a href="http://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/" target="_blank" title="The Indigenous Literacy Foundation">The Indigenous Literacy Foundation</a></b> and <b><a href="http://blog.prathambooks.org/" target="_blank" title="Pratham Books">Pratham Books</a></b>.</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dolly Parton's <a href="https://imaginationlibrary.com/" target="_blank">Imagination Library</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ebooksfortroops.org/" target="_blank">Ebooks for Troops </a></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://alldonemonkey.com/2013/02/11/share-the-joy-of-reading-guest-post-from-the-good-long-road/" target="_blank">Share the Joy of Reading</a> with ways to donate locally and globally </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Vivian and I are passionate that children have opportunities to share and learn from books. Here is a video where we talk about "Show the Love: International Book Giving Day" <span style="font-size: small;">with <span style="font-size: small;">a di<span style="font-size: small;">scussion on Valentine's </span>books, crafts and f<span style="font-size: small;">eelings<span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Vivian Kirkfield is the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Self-Esteem-Crafting-Positive-Participation-ebook/dp/B005DCCMRY/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1360849846&sr=1-1&keywords=show+me+how+kirkfield" target="_blank"><i>Show Me How! Build Your Child's Self-Esteem <span style="font-size: small;">through Reading, Crafting and</span> Cooking</i></a>: </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Imagination is propelled by a child’s play instinct. It can be enhanced and nurtured by providing opportunities to problem solve, explore, experiment and discover. Creative children view the world as having endless possibilities and adventures.<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Childhood should be a time of magical <span style="font-size: small;">play</span>, when a child’s imagination has no limits.</span></span> Encourage children to explore and experiment, leading them to become the future’s great thinkers.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">My grandson really wanted a<span style="font-size: small;">n expensive</span> <span style="font-size: small;">Star War<span style="font-size: small;">s' </span>lightsaber. He asked to work <span style="font-size: small;">to ear<span style="font-size: small;">n money<span style="font-size: small;"> but still didn't have enough to buy the toy. Nathan loves duck tape. He found some paper towel rolls and taped together <span style="font-size: small;">a li<span style="font-size: small;">ghtsaber, then painted it. He <span style="font-size: small;">saved money, built his self-esteem, and made his own unique toy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">Ways to Nurture Imagination:</span></span></span></b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ask questions, probe. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Provide a variety of opportunities for observing, exploring and expanding thought processes. </span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Encourage play and experimenting with new ideas, new adventures.</span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do things differently. Encourage children to think about how they can do something better.</span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Give a child time to generate ideas.</span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Deprive a child of something and let them create a replacement. </span></span> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Don’t judge or evaluate. Encourage the process of creativity rather than asking for a particular outcome or product.</span></span> </li>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Encourage<span style="font-size: small;"> Creativity</span>:</span></span></span></b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Turn off the TV </b>and<span style="font-size: small;"> electronic games.</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tolerate Messes</b><span style="font-size: small;">.</span> Let a child play in the dirt. A block of wood can become a <span style="font-size: small;">bulldozer</span>, sticks can become a secret fort. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Let Your Child Lead</b><span style="font-size: small;">.</span> Take a walk and let your child led the way inventing games or making up songs or movements. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Listen to Your Child</b><span style="font-size: small;">. A</span>nswer their many questions.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Encourage <span style="font-size: small;">I</span>magina<span style="font-size: small;">ry P</span>lay</b>. Preschoolers don’t care what they look like to others or how smelly their costume has become. Let them enjoy pretending. </span></span></li>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Make up Stories in the Car, on a Walk, while Reading <span style="font-size: small;">Books<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span>:</span></span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Begin a story, then ask: “Where do you think the story should go next?”</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let your child be the star of the story.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Let children choose a word and begin a story making up things about the words. Continue the story by asking: What happens next, how, when, where, who, why?</span></span></li>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Benefits of Creative Play:</span></span></span></b></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Higher self-esteem<span style="font-size: small;">,</span>confidence and <span style="font-size: small;">self-fulfillment</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Better able to cope with challenges and difficult situations</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Becoming <span style="font-size: small;">c</span>reators<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: small;">and</span></span> innovators </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">How many times has a child discarded the new toy in a box – to play with the box? Your child will want more and more toys if they don’t know how to use their imagination to build on what they have. They will trade their imagination for things someone else thought of - instead of developing their own creativity.</span></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">from <a href="http://www.thegoldengleam.com/2012/10/benefits-of-climbing-slides-outdoor.html" target="_blank">The Golden Gleam</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">UPCYCLED Mural from<a href="http://rainbowswithinreach.blogspot.com/2012/06/mammoth-up-cycled-mural.html?" target="_blank"> Rainbows within Reach</a></td></tr>
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Venn Diagrams are a wonderful way for children to learn sorting by overlaying two hola hoops. Older children can learn the concept of similar/different. A great series of books for diagramming are Laura Numeroff's books. Write the names of the books being compared and contrasted above circles A & B. In the middle, write what is the same or what is different.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://rainbowswithinreach.blogspot.com/2012/06/visual-prompts-schedules-and-supports.html" target="_blank">Rainbows within Reach</a></td></tr>
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2011/08/cure-kinder-teachers-pet-peeve.html" target="_blank">Help Children Learn to Write their Name</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/debbie_clement/writing-fine-motor/" target="_blank">Writing and Fine Motor</a> on Pinterest </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/03/whats-weather-got-to-do-with-it.html" target="_blank">What's the Weather Got to Do with It?</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.crayonfreckles.com/2012/12/frosty-writing-practice.html" target="_blank">Frosty Writing Practice</a> </td></tr>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Why Play with Worms?</b></span></div></div><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Children find worms fascinating</b>. Truly, they do. My <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/p/kindergarten-reviews.html"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">kindergarten </i></a>class once won first place in their grade level for an experiment using worms. Sure, some of the girls screamed, giggled, and fretted but then they became engrossed in learning and playing with worms. What was our experiment? What kind of dirt do worms prefer: Texas clay soil, dino dirt from the recycling plant or potting soil? Let me save you from doing the experiment three times and counting the worms (to make it a valid experiment). They prefer dino dirt – nice moist composted dino dirt.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Young children learn using their five senses and movement</b>. I’m not recommending they eat a worm – but they would love to watch it and touch it. Do you know worms cannot hear or see? But they are very good at movement and eating our leftovers.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Worms help our environment.</b> They are nature’s way of composting naturally. Children would enjoy learning how worms are good for the environment, their habitats, from where to order live wiggling worms, and more about their job as <a href="http://www.sfenvironmentkids.org/teacher/activities/Worm_Ed_Packet.pdf">decomposers</a>. They even help with <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/07/when-kids-recycle-animals-are-saved.html">recycling, which helps other critters</a>.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Worms are outside – in nature</b>. Playing outside helps prevent obesity, helps children form friendships and helps children get enough vitamin D which is increasingly lacking. It is so much better for children than watching too much television or playing so long at electronic games – where no human interaction or creativity is needed.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.infobarrel.com/Top_10_facts_about_Worms"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Worms are interesting</b></a>: They bring air to the soil by tunneling in the dirt, they are vegetarians, if cut in half – only the part that has the head will live, more than 3,000 species of earthworms exist in the world, they are cold-blooded and made up of 80% water, they live 3-4 years typically but some have lived fifteen years. They are amazing helpful wiggly worms. </span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wildlifefun4kids.com/2013/01/11/ten-tips-to-improve-your-visit-to-the-zoo/?" target="_blank">Wildlife Fun 4 Kids</a></td></tr>
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<li><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thrifty Teaching Tools: <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-abcs-of-thrifty-teaching-tools-f-j.html" target="_blank">F to J</a> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Thrifty Teaching Tools: <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-abcs-of-thrifty-teaching-tools-k-o.html" target="_blank">K to O</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Thrifty Teaching Tools: <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-abcs-of-thrifty-teaching-tools-p-t.html" target="_blank">P to T </a></span></span></li>
</ul><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Would you like a glimpse into Kindergarten? See <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/p/kindergarten-reviews.html"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Kindergarten: Tattle-Tales, Tools, Tactics, Triumphs and Tasty Treats for Teachers and Parents</span></i></a>. Would you like to help your preschooler prepare for kindergarten? Read a mom's dilemmas with a teacher's advice and child development explanations in <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/p/happy-mommy-handbook.html"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Happy Mommy Handbook: The Ultimate How-to Guide on Keeping Your Toddlers and Preschoolers Busy, Out of Trouble and Motivated to Learn</span></i></a><i>. </i>These bestsellers make great gifts and are also available on <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-happy-mommy-handbook-katie-norris/1112022448?ean=9781620160107">Barnes & Noble</a> and <a href="http://tinyurl.com/a73lv83">Kobo</a>. The eBooks are only $3.99.</span></span>
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is Part <span style="color: red;">4</span> in my series of the ABCs of <i>Thrifty Teaching Tools</i>. Click here for <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-abcs-of-thrifty-teaching-tools-e.html" target="_blank">A to E</a>, <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-abcs-of-thrifty-teaching-tools-f-j.html" target="_blank">F to J</a>, <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-abcs-of-thrifty-teaching-tools-k-o.html" target="_blank">K to O</a> and <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-abcs-of-thrifty-teaching-tools-u-to.html" target="_blank">U to Z</a>. </span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Play</b>: </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.theimaginationtree.com/2011/03/central-importance-of-play.html" target="_blank">The Central Importance of Play </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Playdough</b>: <a href="http://www.theimaginationtree.com/2013/01/the-z-of-play-dough-recipes-and.html?" target="_blank">The A-Z of Playdough Recipes and Activities</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Phonics</b>: Do you need to buy an expensive phonics program? Not really. Check my right sidebar for many free education resources.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Pinterest: </b><a href="http://pinterest.com/susanjcase/" target="_blank">Kindergarten & Preschool for Parents & Teachers</a></span></li>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I grew up PLAYING OUTSIDE often. What did I play? </span></b></span></div><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Jacks - I was the Queen of Jacks – spent many hours on the front porch playing with old rusty jacks and the same golf ball</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Skates - hand-me-down metal skates with a key to adjust size – not exactly speedy</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">B</span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">icycles - old bikes my father kept repairing</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Dolls were carted around in wagons and buggies</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Kick the can </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Basketball, softball, catch</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hola Hoop</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Marble games in the dirt</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Badminton</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="-moz-font-feature-settings: normal; -moz-font-language-override: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Croquet - We didn’t have a set but our best friends did</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Hide and seek</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Collections - I loved collecting locust shells in the daytime and fireflies at night. </span>(To read the entire post, click on <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/08/back-to-basics-play-outside.html" target="_blank">Back to the Basics: Play Outside</a>.) </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Items for Activities, Alphabet Boxes and Blocked Letters:</b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b><span style="font-size: small;">Q-tips</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">, quilts, <span style="font-size: small;">q</span>uiet <span style="font-size: small;">s</span>pace, quarters<span style="font-size: small;">, quick, Quaker Oats. </span></span></span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Quilt</b>: Make a tissue paper quilt using different color<span style="font-size: small;">s in squares</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Quiet Space</b>: Children will greatly benefit from a quiet reading space and it <span style="font-size: small;">will give you some down time. <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">A sheet</span> <span style="font-size: small;">or </span>b<span style="font-size: small;">lanket over chairs works great.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Q-Tip</b><span style="font-size: small;"><b>s</b>: </span>Children enjoy using a Q-tip<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">, </span>white paint and black paper for a <span style="font-size: small;">star<span style="font-size: small;">k</span> contrast. If they are not sure what to paint, you could suggest a snowman at night with a moon an<span style="font-size: small;">d star<span style="font-size: small;">s</span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Items for Activities, Alphabet Boxes and Blocked Letters:</b> Read, rice, robots, races, rainbows, rope, recycle, re-use, restore, replinsh, ribbons, rocks, rubbings, rest, relax, respect, responsibility, rhyme, roads, rockets, rain.</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Reading Buddies</b>: This can be a very successful program in school to have an older class come in for thirty minutes a week to read the kindergartners' library books to them. The students can also help with some writing activities.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/susanjcase/recycle-upcycle-kids-activities-art/" target="_blank"><b>Recycle! Upcycle! Kids' Arts & Activities</b></a> on Pinterest </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.craftoart.com/2013/01/recycling-to-z.html" target="_blank"><b>Recycling ABCs</b> Craft to Art</a></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/09/ereaders-or-real-books-for-preschoolers.html" target="_blank">REAL books or eReaders?</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mommywithselectivememory.com/2012/05/painting-rocks-and-how-it-helps-daddy.html" target="_blank">ROCK Gathering & Painting Helps Daddy</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mommywithselectivememory.com/2012/08/learning-letters-using-rocks.html" target="_blank">ROCK Letters</a></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">S -</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Items for Activities, Alphabet Boxes and Blocked Letters:</b> Seeds, straws, sticks, spray bottles, sew, slide, swing, snake, snow, snowflakes, sensory bins, sun, shadows, shaving cream, sheets, salt, soups, share, service, science, Scavenger hunt, stamps, spatula, special, snickers, soap, sort, salt, sand, sponges, sticks, seashells, stars, seahorse, slime, shake, shapes, snails, sea, see, seagulls, sidewalk, stickers, spiders, socks, spinner games.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/10/how-to-make-slime-with-recipes-and-video.html" target="_blank">SLIME Recipes and Video</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wildlifefun4kids.com/2012/08/17/lay-a-sheet-and-shake-a-tree/" target="_blank">Wildlife Fun 4 Kids</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://innerchildfun.com/2012/07/how-to-build-a-simple-shadow-puppet-theater-2.html" target="_blank">Inner Child Fun</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2011/09/is-there-special-needs-child-in.html" target="_blank">SPECIAL Needs Tips for Teachers & Parents</a></td></tr>
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/10/spooktacular-smorgasboard-of-simple.html" target="_blank">Spooktacular Smorgasbord of Simple Science Activities</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://littlemomentstoembrace.blogspot.com/2012/07/leftover-story-starters.html" target="_blank">Story Starters using Leftovers</a> from Little Moments</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mommywithselectivememory.com/2012/08/using-sand-to-learn-letters-for-sensory.html" target="_blank">Sand Sifting to Teach Letters in a Sensory Way</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.creativeplayhouse.mumsinjersey.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sensory Play: ABCs Series </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/stevespangler/" target="_blank">Steve Spangler Science </a>on Pinterest </span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://crittersandcrayons.com/2012/05/09/sensory-color-coded-word-building-blocks/" target="_blank">SENSORY Word Blocks</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jennifischer.blogspot.com/2012/04/ten-for-tuesday-all-you-need-are-sticks.html" target="_blank">The Good Long Road</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://downatthechildrensfarm.blogspot.com/2011/02/celebrating-frieda.html" target="_blank">STICK Fun Down at the Farm</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Items for Activities, Alphabet Boxes and Blocked Letters:</b> Transporation, trains, trucks, tigers, tubes, tin cans, tin foil, tissue paper, toilet paper rolls, touch, taste, time, time out, tick-tock, tea party, tarantula, teams, t-shirt, ten, Tuesday, treasure hunt, tree, turkey, turtles, Twister game, think, thank you, things that go, thrift stores.</span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.teachpreschool.org/2012/09/i-can-day-tin-can-magnetic-play-at-the-discovery-table/" target="_blank">Tin Can Magnetic Play</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://schooltimesnippets.blogspot.com/2013/01/duct-tape-cars-math.html?" target="_blank">Duck TAPE + Cars = Math</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://frugalfun4boys.com/2012/11/03/duct-tape-drums/" target="_blank">Duck TAPE Drums</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://jennifischer.blogspot.com/2012/11/ten-for-tuesday-things-that-go-series.html" target="_blank">Transportation: Things that Go - Trains</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://rainydaymum.co.uk/the-tiger-who-came-to-tea-fun" target="_blank">The Tiger that came to Tea</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Thrifty Teaching Tools: <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-abcs-of-thrifty-teaching-tools-f-j.html" target="_blank">F to J</a> </span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">Thrifty Teaching Tools: <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-abcs-of-thrifty-teaching-tools-u-to.html" target="_blank">U to Z </a></span></span></li>
</ul><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Would you like a glimpse into Kindergarten? See <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/p/kindergarten-reviews.html"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Kindergarten: Tattle-Tales, Tools, Tactics, Triumphs and Tasty Treats for Teachers and Parents</span></i></a>. Would you like to help your preschooler prepare for kindergarten? Read a mom's dilemmas with a teacher's advice and child development explanations in <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/p/happy-mommy-handbook.html"><i><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">The Happy Mommy Handbook: The Ultimate How-to Guide on Keeping Your Toddlers and Preschoolers Busy, Out of Trouble and Motivated to Learn</span></i></a><i>. </i>These bestsellers make great gifts and are also available on <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-happy-mommy-handbook-katie-norris/1112022448?ean=9781620160107">Barnes & Noble</a> and <a href="http://tinyurl.com/a73lv83">Kobo</a>. The eBooks are only $3.99.</span></span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is Part <span style="color: red;">3</span> in my series of the ABCs of <i>Thrifty Teaching Tools</i>. Click here for <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-abcs-of-thrifty-teaching-tools-e.html" target="_blank">A to E</a>, <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-abcs-of-thrifty-teaching-tools-f-j.html" target="_blank">F to J</a>, <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-abcs-of-thrifty-teaching-tools-p-t.html" target="_blank">P to T</a><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span>and <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-abcs-of-thrifty-teaching-tools-u-to.html" target="_blank">U to Z</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Items for Activities, Alphabet Boxes and Blocked Letters: </b>Kangaroo, kiss, kisses candy, kindness, kiwi, kite, key, king, kindergarten.</span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/08/kindergarten-readiness-enroll-or-wait.html" target="_blank">Kindergarten Readiness: Enroll or Wait</a> including FREE Quiz </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://notjustcute.com/2012/05/28/10-ways-to-prepare-your-child-for-kindergarten/" target="_blank">10 Ways to Prepare Your Child for Kindergarten</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2011/07/perfect-kindergarten-parent.html" target="_blank">The Perfect Kindergarten Parent</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cometogetherkids.com/2012/08/smooth-move-through-kindergarten.html" target="_blank">Smooth Move through Kindergarten</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">KINDNESS:</span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/11/ark-acts-of-random-kindness-for-kids.html" target="_blank">ARK: Acts of Random Kindness with FREE printables for Adults and Kids </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://rainbowswithinreach.blogspot.com/2012/10/kindness-bucket-filling-emotional.html" target="_blank">Kindergarten Kindness - Have You Filled a Bucket Today?</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">KOOL-AID:</span> <a href="http://mommasfunworld.blogspot.com/2012/09/15-things-you-can-do-with-kool-aid.html" target="_blank">15 Fun and Easy Things You Can Do with Kool-aid</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Items for Activities, Alphabet Boxes and Blocked Letters</b>: Legos, Lincoln logs, leafs, leaf painting, listening walk, letters, lizard, light, ladybugs, lace, lacing activities, lightening bugs, library.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Light Tables: <a href="http://www.teachpreschool.org/2011/06/diy-light-table-for-preschool/" target="_blank">DIY (Do It Yourself) Light Tables</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Legos: <a href="http://frugalfun4boys.com/2012/11/08/lego-fun-friday-build-a-car-that-rolls-the-farthest/" target="_blank">Build a Lego Car that Rolls the Furtherest</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Literacy: <a href="http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/best-literacy-resources/" target="_blank">Homemade and Free Resources</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Leaves: Sort, pattern, crayon rubbings and play </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Letters: <a href="http://www.mommywithselectivememory.com/2012/07/fun-abc-activity-for-your-preschooler.html" target="_blank">Making Letters Fun for Kids</a> and <a href="http://www.mommywithselectivememory.com/2012/03/learning-letters-with-puff-paint.html" target="_blank">Learning Letters with Homemade Puff Paint </a></span></li>
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</tbody></table><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/04/mothers-need-me-time-too.html" target="_blank">Moms Need Me-Time Too</a> <span style="color: red;"> </span> <span style="color: red;"> </span> <span style="color: red;"> </span> <span style="color: red;"> </span> <span style="color: red;"> </span> <span style="color: red;"> </span>
<span style="color: red;">M<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">USIC:</span></span>
<ul><li><a href="http://makingmulticulturalmusic.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/14-world-music-instruments-that-can-be-made-from-recycled-materials/" target="_blank">14 World Musical Instruments that Can Be Made from Recycled Materials</a> </li>
<li><a href="http://rainbowswithinreach.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Rainbows with Reach</a> </li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/07/teach-kids-about-diversity-with.html" target="_blank">Teach Kids about Diversity with Multicultural Activities</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><b><span style="color: red;">MONTESSORI:</span></b>
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Montessori Resources from <a href="http://livingmontessorinow.com/about-montessori/montessori-resources/" target="_blank">Living Montessori Now </a> <a href="http://livingmontessorinow.com/2012/07/31/diy-montessori-materials/" target="_blank">DIY Montessori Materials</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://trainupachildlearnaswego.blogspot.com/2012/10/diy-montessori-inspired-sensory-letters.html" target="_blank">DIY Montessori Inspired Sensory Letters </a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Montessori Mondays: <a href="http://learnersinbloom.blogspot.com/2012/10/montessori-monday-visual-discrimination.html" target="_blank">Visual Discrimination with Cans</a> </span></li>
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">There is a growing body of evidence which indicates that direct experiences with NATURE are essential for a child’s physical, mental, and emotional health. Studies have also shown that exposure to nature can increase a child’s resistance to stress, anxiety, and depression as well as build up their immune system. Take your child on a nature walk and they'll love finding things for <a href="http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2012/03/kid-made-nature-gifts.html" target="_blank">Gifts Kids Can Make.</a> </span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span>
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</span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;">FIVE SENSES IDEAS</span></b></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Touch: <a href="http://jennifischer.blogspot.com/2012/07/bees-sensory-bin-honey-painting.html" target="_blank">The Good Long Road</a>, <a href="http://nurturestore.co.uk/easy-play-dough-recipe-2" target="_blank">Nurture Store Playdough</a> and <a href="http://www.teachpreschool.org/2010/09/we-explored-our-five-senses-in-preschool-touch/" target="_blank">Teach Preschool</a></span></li>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Sight: <a href="http://crystalstinytreasures.com/wordpress/?p=1605" target="_blank">Crystal's Tiny Treasures</a></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></li>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hearing: <a href="http://carrotsareorange.com/montessori-inspired-listening-activities/" target="_blank">Carrots are Orange</a></span></li>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Taste: <a href="http://www.crayonfreckles.com/2012/03/exploring-5-senses-taste.html" target="_blank">Crayon Freckles</a>, <a href="http://trainupachildlearnaswego.blogspot.com/2012/09/exploring-sense-of-taste.html" target="_blank">Train Up a Child</a></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></li>
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Smell: <a href="http://www.pleasantestthing.com/2012/08/playing-with-spice.html" target="_blank">The Pleasantest Thing</a>, <a href="http://rainydaymum.co.uk/exploring-outdoors-finding-smells" target="_blank">Rainy Day Mum</a> and <a href="http://www.housingaforest.com/the-smell-eraser/" target="_blank">Housing a Forest</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housingaforest.com/the-smell-eraser/" target="_blank"></a></span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #351c75;"><b>FEELINGS</b></span></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/08/stop-bullying-it-starts-at-home.html" target="_blank">Stop Bullying - It Starts at Home </a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-build-confidence-in-kids.html" target="_blank">How to Build Self-Esteem in Young Children</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/02/i-lov-u-sensory-paper-bag.html" target="_blank">"I Luv U" Self-Esteem Sensory Bag & Books </a></span></li>
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</span> <b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">FINE MOTOR SKILLS </span></span></b><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mommywithselectivememory.com/2011/12/how-to-improve-fine-motor-skills-in.html" target="_blank">How to Improve Fine Motor Skills</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/01/fine-motor-video-3.html" target="_blank">Activities to Improve Fine Motor Skills </a></span></li>
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</tbody></table><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>G</b> - </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Items for Activities, Alphabet Boxes and Blocked Letters:</b></span> Glue, googly eyes, graham crackers, gardening, games, grasshoppers, guitar, grapes, ghosts, green, gum, glitter, goop, giggle.<br />
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<ul><li><b>Garage Sales:</b> gently used books, games, puzzles. Sometimes the person having the garage sale with give items to you for free if they know it will be used in a classroom.</li>
<li><b>Grants:</b> Perhaps a parent or the grade level teachers can write a grant for supplies, books and resources.</li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FkMSTyUDwDNrldU-vG9MNR6ozGp1zZgHz6QzWUVSTO7cDse5QLOH8FSraDz6JCqQx3xiTlylc9EnbFLkysmDabJENQ1GddGlVppnO_1V3Ars5kzKGOpKHoErSn63F_qqsyCudhudXVTp/s1600/2012-12-28+16.27.48.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0FkMSTyUDwDNrldU-vG9MNR6ozGp1zZgHz6QzWUVSTO7cDse5QLOH8FSraDz6JCqQx3xiTlylc9EnbFLkysmDabJENQ1GddGlVppnO_1V3Ars5kzKGOpKHoErSn63F_qqsyCudhudXVTp/s400/2012-12-28+16.27.48.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Make Up GAMES with Whatever Interests a Child</td></tr>
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</style> <![endif]--> </span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"></span></span></span></div><ul><li><span style="color: black;"><b>Social Skills</b>: Playing games fosters skills in healthy competition, taking turns, sharing, listening, cooperating, good sportsmanship, how to handle disappointment, sense of belonging, and the development of problem-solving skills. </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Vocabulary and Language</b>: Interaction and communication increases word usage and comprehension</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Math Skills</b>: Following rules helps children learn to think logically and in sequence to reach a desired goal</span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="color: black;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Reading Skills</b>: Read or write down the rules.<b> </b></span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Inspires Creativity</b>: Encourage children to make up their own games with whatever they have or whatever interests them</span><span style="color: black;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Physical Exercise</b>: Outdoor games and</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: black;">many indoor games work the muscles, improve coordination and release stress</span></li>
<li><span style="color: black;"><b>Increases IQ</b>: Playing games increases the number of new brain connections</span></li>
</ul><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"><b>Ideas for Games: </b></span><br />
<ul><li><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.housingaforest.com/tag/games/" target="_blank">Housing a Forest Games</a></span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.teachpreschool.org/2010/10/making-game-mats-for-preschool/" target="_blank">Teach Preschool Game Mats</a> and <a href="http://www.teachpreschool.org/2011/10/preschool-pizza-box-games/" target="_blank">Pizza Box Games</a></li>
<li><a href="http://3dinosaurs.com/wordpress/index.php/pompom-games/" target="_blank">3 Dinosaurs: Pom Pom Games</a></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mommywithselectivememory.com/2012/09/taming-grasshoppersinto-good-little-pets.html" target="_blank">Taming the GRASSHOPPER as Pets</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Items for Activities, Alphabet Boxes and Blocked Letters:</b></span> hand, home, happy, heart, hammer, hospital, hot dog, hug, hopscotch, horse, hedgehog, hog, hop, hair.<br />
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<b>Hands</b>: Trace childrens hands for reindeer antlers, turkey feathers, wreaths. Teach children how to make animals shadows using their hands.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Items for Activities, Alphabet Boxes and Blocked Letters:</b></span> Ice, ice cream, igloo, icycle, insects, imagination, idea, ivy, iris, ice skaters, iguana, index cards.<br />
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Ice Experiment:: Have children drop food coloring into ice trays filled with water. Freeze. Some warm day, take ice trays outside and watch cubes melt.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Igloo by Giggle, Giggle Kindergarten</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><b>Items for Activities, Alphabet Boxes and Blocked Letters:</b></span> Jump, jump rope, jacks, jello, jelly, jam, journals, <i>Jamberry</i>, <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2011/07/journeys-of-tx-bear.html" target="_blank">Journeys of TX Bear</a> and <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/08/kindergarten-lunchboxes-need-kid-jokes.html" target="_blank">Kindergarten Lunboxes Need Kids' JOKES.</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Items for Activities, <span style="font-size: small;">Alphabet Box or Blocked Letter:</span></b> <span style="font-size: small;">A</span>pples, airplanes, aliens, acorns, alligators, ants, anteater, <span style="font-size: small;">armadillo, ape, apron.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <a href="http://www.smilinglikesunshine.com/2012/06/diy-alphabet-boxes.html">DIY Alphabet Boxes</a></span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Art: Offer simple tools for children like crayons, markers, paint, chalk</span></span></li>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Alphabet Phonics Song on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUVFIWXofeo">YouTube</a></span></span></li>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">ACTION <a href="http://www.playdoughtoplato.com/2012/06/24/promote-early-literacy-with-action/">Promote Early Literacy with Action!</a></span></span></li>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ant Farm:<i> </i>Gather some ants and put them in a container with sugar water. Children are fascinated by these tiny critters. Read <i>The Ant Bully,</i> watch the movie, </span><span style="font-size: small;">and read <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/08/stop-bullying-it-starts-at-home.html">Stop Bullying: It Starts at Home</a></span></span></li>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://handsonaswegrow.com/50-alphabet-activities/">hands on as we grow</a></span></span></td></tr>
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</style> <![endif]--><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>A</b>pples—Read books about Johnny Appleseed. Have children place apples on a large <span style="font-size: small;">c</span>hart sorting by color: red, green and yellow. Count and pattern apples. Let children peel the apples with an apple peeler which produces a very long peel. The children love to turn the wheel and watch with pride and amazement as a very long peel is accomplished. Ask the children to put their peels in a row according to length. The following recipe smells delicious and can be cooked in an electric skillet.<b> </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Apple Crisp </b>(already tripled for a classroom)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 1/2 cups quick-cooking rolled oats</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 ½ cups packed brown sugar</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3/4 cup flour</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">3/4 cup butter</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">6 pounds apples (about 15)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">6 tablespoons sugar</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Melt butter in electric skillet. Add oats, brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and a dash of salt. Peel, core and slice fruit to make approximately 15 cups. Mix with other ingredients. Cover and stir occasionally. Save some for the principal and custodian because the heavenly aroma will float down the hall.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>B</b> - </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Items for Activities, Alphabet Box or Blocked Letter:</b> Bubble wrap, books, buttons, beans, balls, balloons, butterflies, bats, bees, bunnies, beenie babies, block, bear, baker, broccoli.<i> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>The Adventures of a Cardboard Box</i> video shows the creativity and magic of a young child playing with a simple box:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beans: Glue in shape of first name - you may need to print child's name then have them place glue on each letter and cover with beans</span></li>
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<li> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bird Feeder: Children <a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2012/11/bird-feeders-kids-can-make-and-suet.html">enjoy making bird feeders and suet</a></span></li>
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<li> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Baby food jars – smelling jars</span></li>
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<li> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Breath – deep mantras to relax and focus</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Build with Blocks</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.butterflyfunfacts.com/">Butterfly Fun Facts</a></span></li>
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<li> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Boxes</span></li>
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<li> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Beenie Babies: toss, sort, pattern, learn beginning sounds, match sound with letter card</span></li>
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<li> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Books: Read every day books of Repetition, Rhythm and Rhyme</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bob Books <a href="http://www.inlieuofpreschool.com/2012/11/free-bob-books-printables-for-beginning-readers-Mat-Sam.html">Free Printables</a></span></li>
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<li> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Blanket: Make a reading space with a blanket</span></li>
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<li> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Baby food jars for sensory or discovery jars</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "arial rounded mt bold" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 22.0pt;">B</span></b>ananas are inexpensive and nutritious. Slice down the middle and fill with peanut butter. Cut into pieces and freeze. The children will love having something frozen in their mouth.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Banana Splits</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ask parents to contribute and let children make their own banana split. Offer toppings of Marchino cherries, whipped topping, nuts, M&M’s, chocolate and caramel sauce. </span> </div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="color: red;"><b>C</b> -</span></b> </span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Items for Activities, Alphabet Box or Blocked letter: </b>Chalk, coffee filters, cotton balls, cups, cereal, cars, cookie cutters, candy, cupcakes, cowboys, candy canes, corn, cookies, carrots, cook, clown, counting games.</span></span> <br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Cat in the Hat</i> – Great book for rhyming words and learning the short a vowel sound (at, cat, hat, mat, bat, fat, sat)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Communicate – ask for help for supplies, emails, notes home, signature notes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Car races: make tracks or maze out of duck tape or blocks</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Computers – see lists on my right sidebar for <span style="color: red;">FREE</span> resources</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chalk outline body, trace over letters, hopscotch</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Curiosity: Encourage a child's natural curiosity and you will prevent behavior problems</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2011/11/consequences-good-bad-ugly-4th-in.html">Consequences: The Good , the Bad and the Ugly</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Creativity:</span><a href="http://kindergartenbasics.blogspot.com/2011/12/why-craft.html">Why Craft? Why Art?</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Counselor: Invite the school counselor to give her talk on Being a Friend, Bullying, Say ‘no’ to drugs</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.teachpreschool.org/2013/01/abcs-of-discovery-bottles-a-e/">Discovery Bottles by Teach Preschool</a></span> <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> </li>
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<ul>
<li> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Exercise: Count by 10s to 100 as you do different exercises</span></li>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>
<li> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Explore: Go on a nature walk</span></li>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>
<li> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Explain</span></li>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span>
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