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Do Young Children and
Well-Ordered Days Mix?
My Preschool Graduates
My current and upcoming preschoolers
Absorb Chaos
1. Was the chaos caused by lack of
sleep?
2. Was the chaos caused by what was
eaten? (i.e. too much sugar, allergic reaction)
3. Was the chaos a cry for attention?
just their way of
trying to be
independent?
4. Was the chaos
5. Was the chaos deliberate – an
act of disobedience?
6. Was the chaos a way to
cope with feelings of being
overwhelmed or afraid?
7. Was the chaos because
I neglected to do what was
needed to be done that
day? (i.e. stick to the schedule, get off the
computer, play with my child etc.)
Create Calm
Pretend Play:
- Active play: running, jumping,
climbing, riding, and other use
of large muscles.
- Quiet play: reading, stringing,
coloring, etc.
- Cooperative or social play:
games and activities that
involve more than one.
- Solitary play: drawing,
dreaming, or any activity that
involves only one.
Pretend Play (con't):
- Manipulative play: putting
together puzzles, building with
blocks, cutting and pasting, or
any activity that involves eyehand coordination or fine
motor skills.
- Creative play: painting,
molding, solving problems,
making music, telling stories, or
any activity that involves a
child’s imagination.
- Dramatic play: dress-up,
make-believe, or any play that
involves pretending.
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Tongs:
- sort mini-erasers
- transfer pom poms from one
container to another
- create patterns with objects
Spoons:
- transfer objects
- create patterns
- fill containers
Sorting:
- sort beads
- mini-erasers
- rocks
- gems
- nuts and bolts
- buttons
- foam shapes
- plastic lids
- plastic animals
- Legos
- math manipulatives
- Happy Meal toys
- coins
- puzzle pieces
- stuffed animals
Sorting (con't):
- big/small
- hard/soft
- float/sink
- fly/crawl/run
- tall/short
- round/oval (shapes)
- red/blue (colors)
- living/non-living
- plants/animals
- begins with the ___ letter sound
- ends with the ____ sound
- four sides/three sides
Fine Motor:
Use a medicine dropper to create patterns in the tray.
Use a Parmesan cheese container for fine-motor
practice. Younger children can place coffee stirrers or dry
spaghetti in the holes. Make it more challenging by
sorting buttons by color onto a pipe cleaner.
Sensory Tubs:
- colored pasta
- colored rice
- shaving cream
- sand
- aquarium gravel
- beans
- candy corn
- water
Tubs Can Be:
- Thematic (i.e robots)
- any size
Sensory Tubs: (Continued)
Tools Needed:
- spoons
- small dishes
- funnels
- measuring cups
etc.
Skills Practiced:
- transferring objects
- spooning objects
- pouring
- tactile learning
- problem solving
Nature Fun:
- observe the seasons
- go on a ____ hunt (bugs, leaves,
birds, colors, shapes, smells etc)
- play I Spy
- throw rocks in a pond
- go star-gazing
- pick and press flowers
- garden
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