preschool

Back To School – Parent Resources

January 31, 2012

Our eldest heads back to school today and the primary school kids start back at the end of this week. Quite sad to see the end of summer holidays. So as the kids head back to school, in today’s post I have a collection of resources that parents can use to help support their kids [...]

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Starting Preschool

January 14, 2012

Our youngest child starts preschool this year. When I come back from my online holiday, I will be work with our three year old to create a preschool morning routine for him. These routine charts really help the child to become responsible for getting themselves organised in the morning. I have found the more you [...]

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Keeping It Real

June 21, 2010

A little while ago I wrote a guest post for the lovely Miss Carly on her very helpful Early Childhood Resources blog. It was on giving preschoolers plenty of real life experiences to help build their confidence and abilities before they go off to school. *** My eldest son went to a Montessori preschool and [...]

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Preschool Morning Routine

January 28, 2010

Our beautiful Babaganouski (who has quite outgrown this name!) will start 3 year old preschool this time next week. As he has three older siblings, he is actually quite used to getting up and out the door every morning during school terms, but I wanted to make the start of preschool a bit special for [...]

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How To Create A Preschool Writing Box

June 5, 2008

Possum is in four year old kinder this year and has now become very interested in writing. She is writing her name everywhere possible (thankfully only on paper though) and trying to write other things. To foster this interest I have put together a writing box for Possum, so she can take it off the [...]

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10 Online Learning Games For Preschoolers

May 20, 2008

As I set out in my post about TV we limit the time our children have watching TV and we also deal with time on the computer in the same way. I am happy to sit with my preschooler and teach her how to navigate the screens etc so that she can play some online [...]

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More On The Purpose of Preschool

April 27, 2008

On Saturday I posted about thoughts of mine and some leading educators on the purpose of preschool. One of things I love so much about blogging, is the sharing of information and ideas. There are some fantastic comments on this post and if you have to make some decisions regarding preschool, I can highly recommend [...]

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The Purpose Of Preschool

April 25, 2008

I have been giving preschool and its purpose significant consideration over the last month or so, for a number of different reasons. I have my third child attending four year old kinder (preschool) this year and soon have to make some decisions on preschool for my fourth child. I often wonder if there is certain [...]

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10 Preschooler Early Learning Activities You Can Plan Into Your Day.

February 5, 2008

My preschooler Possum, has started showing lots of interest in the early steps of numeracy and literacy. That is, she wants to know lots about numbers and is constantly “writing” letters to her friends and family. I like to take the lead from the kids as to when they need additional stimuli in the key [...]