Welcome October!

Welcoming October with some cookie baking. Lots of one on one time with our small group setting. We practiced washing those hands, measuring, pouring, dumping as well as stirring it all up. And of course watching it bake gives us the time to plan how we'll decorate :)
If you care to do a drive by, we have "Uncle Jay" sitting out front to greet everyone. Our ScareCrow is an annual activity that everyone gets to take a part in. Naming him this year was the idea of the children. So of course you gotta give it a name right?! Thanks as always for checking in with our shinanigans!

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Sidewalk Bowling

Sharing a fun activity from the past summer. Hope you enjoy!

Sidewalk bowling is full of learning skills. Eye/hand coordination, large muscle strengthening, math skills including counting, and team work. These are just the beginning. This activity can be also recreated at home by saving those water bottles and gluing the caps on for safety--or even just stacking up a pile of blocks. 

Playdoh Mats

 Filling up the laminated mat 'trucks' with playdoh rocks. Number recognition, sensory, language, fine motor and imagination skills all in one with this activity. Great way to spend time on those upcoming rainy/snowy days!

Special thanks to 

www.prekinders.com

for these free printables!

Letter Reinforcement Activity for Early Childhood

Want an activity to keep our hands busy and our minds intent on a project? Try this one!

Lacing Letters is the activity of last Friday morning that captured the attention of these little guys. Ours are created from cereal boxes so no need to worry about them being overly 'loved'.

A Movement Birthday Party Theme

Two years is a long time without posting on this blog. But I'm about to return with regular posts. Short and sweet but easy to digest our latest adventures on Honeysuckle Road 🏡

A birthday party was in order at the beginning of September. Our theme? Movement!! Pictured above is a parachute game called "Parachute Gulp!". All ages dearly loved this one and we'll be saving it for future days when weather keeps us indoors. Check back again for more good times!!

All photos property of KatyTrailCreations©

Stirring the Pot

Hope you'll head on over to Stephanie's Stuff and read about our newest cooking experience with the children. We are keeping up with our Child-Directed activities and Letting the Kids Do It. Cabbage Soup was the topic and having a wide range of sensory experiences came with it.

• Taste - the obvious
• Smell- We had the Before and After of Cooking scents
• Touch - Bumpy and crisp raw/ and the opposite cooked
• Hear - Listen to the sound of it vegetables being cut, broth being poured, the sound of our voices wanting to 'be next' to help
• See- How much cabbage you get when it's piled up in the pot!

Child-directed learning promotes the natural development of self-confidence, initiative, perseverance and life satisfaction.

Have A Wonderful Week!

Cookbooks in Early Childhood

Sharing a post on the Stephanie's Stuff blog about a cooking experience. But I also want to give a little frugal thought to buying educational material for early childhood ideas in your kitchen.

This was $1 at a local antique store. It's copyright is 1932. The pictures are very clear on measurements giving children a good idea at what 1 cup looks like for instance. Those little hole-in-the-wall places have such cool things just waiting for reuse.

Check out your little stores and support small business.