In all areas of learning children become engaged in play the most.  Young children explore patterns and shapes, compare sizes and count things.  Often kids need to be given opportunities to see math through a different lens and gather ideas for blending math instructions into routines and activities that are fun and engaging. Experience Early…

Learning is a life long activity and should be fun! Working with Experience Early Learning Curriculum makes it easier.  Part of making it fun is having the parent interested and active with the process.  Genuinely be excited to see what they bring home.  Ask about their day and what was their favorite thing they learned. Teachers…

Keep it simple kids do not need complex activities.  They enjoy it when they can do projects that are hands-on.  In this activity below we are measuring how many snowflakes tall they are.  This activity helps teach them patience while they wait for their turn, counting for each child and teamwork.  Often times my kids…

HEDGEHOGS Hedgehogs are known for their thick and spiny coats. There are about 5,000 species of hedgehogs.  With our  Experience Early Learning lessons, we learn so much about our world around us and allows us to explore. The kids always enjoy learning about animals and their habitats.  “We have never seen hedgehogs in real life”, they said. …

This week has been full of exploration and learning about new things.  We all see trees but never inspect up close.  Kids have a knack to see the smallest things and normally have several questions to follow.  This week was no different.  Sam and Trev here found different things along our walk and as you…

Teaching kids to like and be happy with themselves and just to be themselves is monumental.   Children have an innocent way of not being afraid to express and just be themselves and it sure is refreshing. Self-expression is, at its core, the action of expressing yourself, and it can take a wide variety of forms….

Many educators will say the ability to read and write is tied to everything we do the way we connect with people around us also has a lot to do with early literacy. I started reading aloud to my kids as soon as they could sit for a few minutes.  it has helped to expand…

To experience something means gaining knowledge by actually doing or living through something. What a perfect explanation of the curriculum I use. Mother Goose Time an Early Learning Curriculum.  Working with our preschoolers we are learning and growing with this program ourselves.  We are teaching our littles how daily experiences integrate research-based skills through playful, hands…

Why do we choose themes?  When you connect your literature themes to character development and what’s going on in students’ lives, your discussions will hopefully resonate deeply with them. One goal with teaching themes is to encourage students “not only to think about ways that they can live, but the type of person they want…