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Weekend Reads 2.14.14

February 14, 2014 by notjustcute Filed Under: Weekend Reads 9 Comments

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

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15 Fun Activities for 3 Year Olds!

February 10, 2014 by notjustcute Filed Under: Learning through Play and Experience, Uncategorized 2 Comments

Huge thanks to Rachel from Kids Activities Blog. She compiled these Activities for 3 Year olds as part of a guest post today.

We have 3, yes 3 three year olds in our home. We are a mixed family and our “triplets” keep us on our toes. I’ve found that I need to keep my kiddos engaged and busy or there is complete chaos!

Here are 15 simple, easy to do activities that we have used to keep our kids happy and exploring. Be sure to leave a comment of your kids’ favorite ways to play in the comments!

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Weekend Reads 1.31.14

January 31, 2014 by notjustcute Filed Under: Uncategorized, Weekend Reads 4 Comments

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Playful Science: Dry Ice Bubbles

January 30, 2014 by notjustcute Filed Under: Learning through Play and Experience, Uncategorized 42 Comments

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I’ve been using this Einstein quote a lot lately:einstein

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It’s OK NOT to Share Section 1: What’s This Talk About Stealing Play?

January 28, 2014 by notjustcute Filed Under: Building Readers, Child Development & DAP, Learning through Play and Experience 17 Comments

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I love the phrase Heather uses in this first chapter.

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Get Ready to Read Along!

January 27, 2014 by notjustcute Filed Under: Child Development & DAP, Learning through Play and Experience, Positive Guidance and Social Skills, Uncategorized 15 Comments

read along sizedIt’s time!

There’s been such a great response to the selection of Heather Shumaker’s book, It’s OK Not to Share and Other Renegade Rules for Raising Competent and Compassionate Kids (*affiliate), as this year’s read along.  I’m excited to get started!

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Preschool Thematic Unit: Pets

January 24, 2014 by notjustcute Filed Under: Learning through Play and Experience, Uncategorized, Unit Themes 4 Comments

 

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Whether you’re looking for activities as a full-time teacher, a group of co-opting preschool parents, or a parent with curious kids and an afternoon to fill, you’re in the right place! Find more Thematic Units here!

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Hot Topic: Is Preschool the Place for Play or for Academics?

January 22, 2014 by notjustcute Filed Under: Learning through Play and Experience, Uncategorized 6 Comments

False Dichotomy

There’s a long, worn-out battle over whether preschool should be play-based or academics-based.  The argument goes round and round with one side accusing the other of  ignoring proper child development, or failing to prepare children for the future, or selling cute little puppies to make fashionable fur coats.

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Book Diversity

January 20, 2014 by notjustcute Filed Under: Building Readers, Celebrate!, Child Development & DAP 4 Comments

In honor of Dr. King’s birthday, I wanted to reshare this post from two years ago.

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Weekend Reads 1.17.14

January 17, 2014 by notjustcute Filed Under: Uncategorized 1 Comment

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