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Storytime with Ms. Patti

May 14, 2020 |

Ms. Patti is reading our new favorite book ‘I Want Your Smile, Crocodile’

This book is so precious and really reminds us that God created us each to be unique! We each have different talents and we love that God is so creative!

I Want Your Smile, Crocodile – https://amzn.to/2T0C027

Wacky Wednesday

May 13, 2020 | ,

Happy Wacky Wednesday!! Wavie and I (Kristen) have been outside with our animals alot lately! They needed a really good scrubbing. For this fun and helpful activity you need the following items:

*tub of warm soapy water (they used a tear free soap)
*Scrub Brush
*Wash cloth
*Dirty Animals (or any toy that needs to be cleaned!)
*Towel

Dump your dirty toys in the warm soapy water and get cleaning!! Make sure to lay a towel down to catch messy water.

As you notice, Wavie walked away from the activity a couple of times. Wavie had already played with this activity for awhile and was ready to move on. Wavie is 21 months old and does not have a long attention span. This is completely normal! Very developmentally appropriate for her age. I don’t expect her to sit for an activity for more than a few minutes before she is ready to move on.

I did leave the activity out for awhile and she came back to it a few more times before I put it away for good.

If you have any questions, please let us know! #goodafternoonwithBAC

Stages of Play

May 12, 2020 | ,

Enjoy this quick video on play and the stages your child will go through to build strong play skills!

  1. Unoccupied Play: infants make random movements which are not triggered by a clear purpose or action. Kicking, jerking and even making noises.
  2. Solitary Play: Children tend to play alone. They will play with “toys” this could be any object they see to be fun.
  3. Onlooker Play: Children will enjoy watching other children playing. Watching other groups and may ask questions about the play.
  4. Parallel Play: Children play side-by-side almost imitating their peers. Not interacting with them but play next to them.
  5. Associative Play: Children begin to play “together” they are more likely to share similar goals and they may discuss the goals while playing together.
  6. Social/Cooperative Play: Children will begin to share ideas and toys and they will also follow and establish rules and guidelines. Children will play games such as tag or hide and seek.

Remember…Play. Play. Play.
Playing BUILDS Development!

Animal Charades!

May 11, 2020 | ,

Welcome to Animal Week! Our friends, The Cole’s have a really fun animal charades game to teach you today! We hope you enjoy acting out these different animals.

Like Cooper mentioned, you can play this game so many different ways, it doesn’t have to be with animals!

Here is the link to the animal cards – https://bit.ly/2zy6v8z