Whole Child Development
My mom has always said that she hated Mother’s Day. Especially as a young mom. She says that every Mother’s Day, she would go to church and hear people speak about how wonderful, selfless, patient, and kind mothers are. How sacred their role is and how God-like they are. This was all intended to honor mothers and elevate the role of motherhood. What my mother came away with, however, was a gut full of guilt. She never felt she measured up to that idyllic “Mother’s Day Mom”.
My mom has always said that she hated Mother’s Day. Especially as a young mom. She says that every Mother’s Day, she would go to church and hear people speak about how wonderful, selfless, patient, and kind mothers are. How sacred their role is and how God-like they are. This was all intended to honor mothers and elevate the role of motherhood. What my mother came away with, however, was a gut full of guilt. She never felt she measured up to that idyllic “Mother’s Day Mom”.
I facilitated a training session with a group of preschool teachers recently, and as I was transcribing a list they had created of social skills they wish every child had, I couldn’t help but wonder if a few of them could be applied more frequently to ourselves as adults as well. Here are the ones that caught my eye. [Read more…]
Here’s a quick one I’m quite sure you can take and improve on! For your flower theme, create an interactive bulletin board or flannel board activity by creating flower centers with the written numeral and corresponding number of dots. Then provide flower petals for the children to count out and place around the center, matching the dots in a one-to-one ratio. This activity supports preschool math skills like numeral recognition, counting, color recognition, and even patterning if they choose to use it that way!
It’s a gorgeous day today! The sun is shining, the sky is clear, and the air could almost be called warm. A beautiful day like today makes this weekend’s winter storm warning so hard to believe. But living in the present, today gives me hope that spring is on its way! So in honor of a sunny day, and because I’m high on the sunshine-induced endorphins, I’m giving away two of these sunny yellow books! Doreen Cronin’s Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack is a cleverly alliterated barnyard alphabet book. I have two paperback copies I want to share with you! Just comment here and let me know about your favorite things to do with children in the spring. Two winners will be chosen at random on Monday morning. Maybe reading your ideas will keep me warm when I’m back in the snow this weekend!
The “Disengage” post is now finished. For real this time. And what fortunate timing – naptime is over and the little fingers have free-roam once again!
The “Disengage” post is now finished. For real this time. And what fortunate timing – naptime is over and the little fingers have free-roam once again!
An explanation to those of you who may have read the “Disengage” post and were left scratching your heads. I was writing a draft when my children woke up. I made the mistake of leaving the screen up while I switched gears into “Mom mode”. After breakfasts and baths and laundry, I stole away a few moments to make some additions and realized that somewhere in the morning melee, some small fingers had clicked on the publish button. From what I can see, there’s no way to change it back to a draft once it’s published; I can only edit. So I guess we’ll just have to call it a cliff-hanger for now!
According to my very sophisticated and highly scientific method of writing names on paper and drawing one out, it looks like Michelle will have a new book to read as she sips her hot chocolate on a snowy day! Congratulations, Michelle! And thank you all for sharing your snowy day ideas! I love hearing from you! I hope to have more give-aways in the future, but in the meantime, feel free to chime in!
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