Growing & Learning in Faith
This has been our favorite way to learn about the lifecycle of the Butterfly. Sensory play is a great way to learn as the littles explore and play with the materials. This bin needs what is usually available in all our pantries, and the setup is effortless. Materials needed: The printable comes with colorful butterflies …
My 5 year old is learning all about the body this year, and this week we spent time learning about our skin. To start off the week, we talked about the different layers beneath the skin we see with our eyes. The concept can be so new to kids his age, so we made this …
First off, what is Subitizing? Subitizing is recognizing a number without using any other mathematical process, like counting. When a dice is rolled, the children will just “see 3” without actually counting the dots each time. Subitizing for small children is to relate numbers to a group of items. Kids start subitizing as early as …
Is there a toddler on earth who does not love the gumball machine? I don’t think so. My toddler loves plugging in the quarters, turning the knob, and watching the gumball drop. We currently reserve a quarter each time we go for a grocery run. So, I thought of recreating the gumball machine as a …
J’s current favorite show is Paw patrol and if you have a toddler at home, I’m sure it’s theirs too. I wanted to come up with simple easy setup bins that J loves for each day of the week before he started preschool. J had so much fun with each bin and enacted some of …
When J was about to turn 2 we created the Creation story curriculum with him, suitable for a 2 year old. Now J is turning 3 soon and I thought of doing a series of activities with him to teach him about the Fruits of the Spirit. I wanted to make my own curriculum for …
Our week of Gentleness had arrived and I was so excited to start this week. As any mom of a toddler, I want to teach mine to be gentle with his words and actions. This week at read a book or a story on gentleness and did an activity that went along with the story. …
We are on our Week 6 of our toddler ‘curriculum’. And this week is all about FAITH. As a mom, my main desire and prayer will be that my boys will grow up to know the Lord and be men of Faith. So this week, our activities were based on the stories of Faithfulness straight …
How do we teach faithfulness to our kids? For my almost 3 yr old toddler, the best way to learn is to show him examples, or by using pictures. So our activity included both -pictures to show what faithfulness means and showing him how to sort the right from wrong. SETUP You will need the …
Week 5 of this curriculum we are focusing on Kindness and Goodness. I decided to combine the 2 as it was more suitable for my toddler’s age. This week we read one main book for the day, and I had planned an activity that went along with the book’s theme. We mainly focused on Kindness …