Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

Setting Up the Toddler and Preschool Classroom for the Bug Theme

April 22, 2018 By Sheryl Cooper Leave a Comment

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Build Literacy Skills With This Flower Sensory Bin

April 20, 2018 By Sheryl Cooper Leave a Comment

Inside: Put together a playful flower sensory bin and expose toddlers and preschoolers to the alphabet. A fun way to build literacy skills! Reading to toddlers and preschoolers often and providing a print-rich environment are both important for raising readers. While we don’t formally teach our 2 and 3 year olds how to read, we…

Flower Market Dramatic Play for Toddlers and Preschoolers {Printables!}

April 19, 2018 By Sheryl Cooper Leave a Comment

Inside: Spring is the perfect time to add a flower market to your toddler and preschool dramatic play area! I’ve included some free printables to go along with the fun, adding some extra literacy and fine motor into the activity. Over the many years I’ve been teaching, our preschool has somehow acquired an abundance of…

Colorful Butterfly Art Painted with Marbles

April 18, 2018 By Sheryl Cooper Leave a Comment

Inside: Invite your preschoolers to create butterfly art using marble painting technique! So much of this activity is process art as the marbles leave paint tracks on the white paper, which will be the butterfly’s wings. A fun addition to your butterfly theme! Marble painting is a favorite with our preschoolers. Perhaps that’s why this…