Coaching toddlers

  PAINTING HEARTS ON SNOW Valentine's Day art activity for toddlers It's a great time to experimenting with mittens and show why we use them. I love how that child went to get her hat for the activity.  Supplies:  - Sensory table or trays or large and shallow containers - Snow - Heart shape cookie cutters - Watercolor or food coloring in water - Small cups - Paint brushes - Smocks - Mittens (optional)  - Rags for clean up I don't clean up by myself while the kids are running because the floor is wet and slippery.  I give them two rags and demonstrate how to wipe with our feet.

MARSMALLOW AND TOOTHPICK SNOWFLAKE  (Fine Motor Acticity for toddler and prescholer)

  Aim the heart Gross motor activity for toddlers for Valentine's Day  Supplies: - big piece of cardboard (I cut it from a box)                    - big strong scissors Draw a big heart in the middle of the cardboard.   Cut it out and hang it somewhere.  I have a clothesline in my classroom to dry art projects so that's where I hung them (I made 2 that I kept from last year so one thing less to do this year).   I give a piece of paper to every child and show them how to crumple it to make a ball (it's a good fine motor skill). Then we aim the heart, even my youngest (1 year old) worked very hard at it.  I love games with paper balls they are so much fun and safe. You can check out my post about social and emotional activities where I wrote about snowball fight. https://coachingtoddlers.blogspot.com/2021/01/social-and-emotional-activities-for.html

  PAPER TUBE RINGS AND COTTON SWABS SNOWFLAKES Fine motor skills activity for toddlers Supplies : - paper tubes - scissors - hole punch - cotton swabs Prep : Cut paper towel or toilet paper tubes in 2 inches rings.  Punch 6 holes, try to make the one across at the same distance from the edge then change the height location for the other sets.  Meaning one set of two close to the upper edge, another one close to the lower edge and the last one in the middle.  Give your student a ring and three cotton swabs then provide more as they finish them.  Have fun like we did!

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  PAPER PLATE SANTE craft for toddlers

  THE PRINCIPLES BEHIND MY LESSON PLAN FOR A GROUP OF NINE TODDLERS My lesson plans are a tool to help the kids and me to have a good day.  When children are busy developing their skills, they are happy and so am I.  It should never be something to stress about.  I made it clear to myself years ago, the children under my care here and now are my priority at all time.  I plan during nap but nap is not always quiet.  If a child needs my attention I drop whatever I'm doing and give attention to him or her.  If they are quiet during the day I might start to sit at the table and plan or prepare an art project but if the atmosphere of the classroom gets hectic I invite them to cut with me at the table or draw with me,  or dropping everything and march with them instead of running, whatever I think that might help to channel their energy and engage them with me. If I didn't  have time to make a lesson plan, I improvise or do again what worked yester...