STEP 5: Helping Young Children Learn to Cooperate
Ms. Ryanne discusses what is cooperation, what we can expect it to look like in young children, and how to facilitate in our homes through choices, limit setting, family meetings and chores.
STEP 4: Listening and Talking to Young Children
Ms. Ryanne discusses respectful communication between children and adults. Respectful listening is facilitated through reflective listening, helping children find words, and I-messages.
Fun Van reads Not a Box by Antoinette Portis. Read with permission of HarperCollins Publishers. https://www.harpercollins.com/9780061123221/not-a-box/
This adorable book shows just how big a little one’s imagination can be even with just a box to play with!
Grab your family and join our latest craft turning trash into treasures with imagination, makers, and some tape! In this video we check out ideas to make a city map, houses and tunnels, trains, helicopters, cars, floating egg carton boats, binoculars, wings and more!
Happy Week of the Young Child! In this video we explore the importance and benefits of Family Meetings. Ms. Ashley discusses what family meetings look like with young children and then challenges families to use a meeting to plan a virtual vacation to look forward to!
Some resources to help during this time- Produce on Wheels- With Out Waste- P.O.W.W.O.W and 211 at 211arizona.org to help with food, clothing, help paying bills, domestic violence, mental health, and employment services. Apache Junction Library grab bags are available at the drive thru.
Miss Felicia shares some more fun center ideas and activities focused on working together. This is a great time to engage with your little one in these meaningful activities.
This story time is brought to you by Ms Kat. Today’s stories are “Five Little Ducks” and “Moo Bird” Both of theses great books are Scholastic Books.
Five Little Ducks is for children 2 yrs and younger. It has beautiful illustration to keep your child’s attention, and focuses on counting and rhyme, bringing in sound effects for a well rounded story.
Moo Bird is for children 3 years and older. This story also has beautiful illustration with fun pictures to keep your child’s attention and allows for the reader to ask questions of what sound each animal makes. Provides for some back and forth dialogue between the reader and those being read to. Parents will be happy to see there is some letter recognition and word recognition also. The end makes for a happy ending and demonstrates friendship and shows how two very different beings can be friends.
Play is the work of children. Here are some activities that can encourage play and focus on fine motor skills, and gross motor skills.
Some easy to set up activities that will entertain young children and can be adapted to challenge older kids.
