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Out and About – Field Trip Ideas for a Garden Theme

April 12, 2010 by notjustcute Filed Under: Learning through Play and Experience 42 Comments

If you’re exploring seeds, plants, and flowers with your preschoolers this spring, it’s always great to get out and discover some applications within that theme on a field trip!  Field trips don’t have to be elaborate.  Most often, I would say that knowing that the host can connect with your children and offer them hands-on opportunities at their level is worth far more than an extravagant locale.  Finding everyday, familiar places and then exploring them in-depth, allows the children to make more connections with their previous knowledge, and helps them to reconnect that knowledge again as they visit in the future.   Here are some field trip ideas within the garden theme. 

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Vivaldi's Four Seasons- Don't Just Listen, Get Up and Move!

December 30, 2009 by notjustcute Filed Under: Get Outside, Learning through Play and Experience, Music and Movement Leave a Comment

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons has always been one of my favorite musical works.  This program music is so beautiful and powerful, but also so descriptive, you can literally see in your mind and feel in your bones what Vivaldi is trying to describe with his music.  (And if you aren’t sure what he’s trying to describe, check out these sonnets Vivaldi wrote to correspond with his music.)  Because the music is so suggestive of movement, it’s perfect for a music and movement activity with children!

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Vivaldi’s Four Seasons- Don’t Just Listen, Get Up and Move!

December 30, 2009 by notjustcute Filed Under: Get Outside, Learning through Play and Experience, Music and Movement Leave a Comment

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons has always been one of my favorite musical works.  This program music is so beautiful and powerful, but also so descriptive, you can literally see in your mind and feel in your bones what Vivaldi is trying to describe with his music.  (And if you aren’t sure what he’s trying to describe, check out these sonnets Vivaldi wrote to correspond with his music.)  Because the music is so suggestive of movement, it’s perfect for a music and movement activity with children!

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These are the Four Seasons!

October 12, 2009 by notjustcute Filed Under: Get Outside, Learning through Play and Experience, Music and Movement 1 Comment

seasons chart

Here’s how I like to teach the four seasons to preschoolers.  Using chart paper, draw a circle, divide it into fourths, and label it with the title and the seasons as you see in the picture above.  Then, using the cards on this PDF download-

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