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The Preschooler, Issue #018--Summer T.I.M.E. - Making Fun Meaningful July 28, 2011 |
Summer T.I.M.E. - Making Fun MeaningfulThe Preschooler brings you the latest ideas and suggestion for fun and simple activities with your child.If you like this e-zine please forward it to a friend. If a friend did forward this to you and you like what you read, please subscribe by visiting... The Preschooler We tend to associate the word summer with fun, vacation and relaxing and the word school with routine, boring and work. I am here to change this misconception. The truth is both summer and school time should have a routine, a dash of fun and that dreadful word... work. Did I lose you already? Read on please, it is for your child’s benefit. For a preschooler work is natural. Work means climbing and running to develop their gross motor skills. It means squeezing water out of sponges and playing with marbles to develop their fine motor skills. For more activity tips read on... Activity Tips:1. Push a little - Encourage your child to try things they haven’t tried yet, such as the monkey bars in the playground or jumping from the ledge into the pool.2. Lookout for opportunities - Teaching moments are all around us. Play “I spy” on the way to camp, point out different shapes in road signs. Count only blue cars on the highway. 3. Have a routine - Children love predictability, it makes them feel safe. Place a routine schedule in a central place (such as the fridge) and go over the schedule of the day. 4. Do it together - Preschool children benefit from and enjoy spending time with their peers. Arrange for get togethers and playdate over the summer. Visit my site to learn more about the stages of child development and for fun kids summer activities. Teachers Corner:To all eager teachers out there, I did not forget you. I’ve been working hard on preschool lesson plans page and will continue to add more lessons till the end of the summer.Celebrations Corner:For those of you who have been following me from the start and saw this site when it was only one page old, we have something to celebrate. This little project of mine is now,- Over 230 pages - 2050 regular e-zine subscribers - Has 65,000 visitors world wide every month! - Is in the top 1% of internet website. Thank you all for your support and please if you haven’t done so yet... please like me. And by that I mean LIKE me on Facebook Until next time,
Z. Meltzer Director
Preschools 4 All
P.S. - Ys, these last statistic numbers translate to a nice extra income... :-))
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