Choosing the best early learning curriculum for your preschooler /preschoolers is hard.  It is easy to get overwhelmed with all the choices out there.  You will need to break it down to see how it fits your program. You need to make sure the activities are developmentally appropriate, research based and aligned with state standards….

This post is to let you know a little about me and why I enjoy working with kids and Mother Goose Curriculum. I have been running an in -home preschool for 20 years and love what I do !  Kids are my thing as you can see I am the Queen of the Playground.  I…

Something we are proud of here at Take Care Daycare and Preschool is engaging kids minds and hands.  This involves more than just Hands-on projects.  Their minds need to be actively engaged as much as their hands they should be questioning, sorting through sensory input, and making connections. We enjoy STEAM Stations, and sensory type…

Teaching kids about being responsible and caring for their pets is important for not only the pet, but for the family. Kids enjoy having responsibility it makes them feel important. It is important to give children goals that we know they can achieve.  If you already have a family pet, you can start with something…

Here at preschool we love to talk about our feelings and make tons of faces.  I would randomly say make a sad face, or happy and they would show me their face. Then proceed to to crack up.   Sometimes for kids feelings are hard to manage or understand so they act out in different ways…

This week we had the chance to talk about our family tree, brothers, sisters, mom, dad, grandpa and grandma too. Who Shook the Apple Tree? We love this Community Challenge activity,  we have done it all week! We had the kids hold the felt circles, they we would sing the song and at the end…

I decided in my post this week I would show in pictures how Mother Goose Curriculum is flexible.  Its easy to take anywhere,  I take to the park, Hide and Seek, my back yard or my preschool room.  I think changing environments is very helpful in keeping the kids engaged.  Depending on what the make…

Being creative means solving a problem in a new way. It means changing your perspective.  Being creative means taking risks and ignoring doubt and facing fears. It means breaking with routine and doing something different for the sake of doing something different. Being creative means not being afraid to do something completely out of the…

Steam Stations are important for a better learning experience,  it allows them to grow and develop these essential skills at a much faster rate. This means, as well as learning about the facts on the subject they are learning about, they are also taught to openly ask questions, how to experiment with new ideas and how…