I found these spools of thread and the wool pompoms at a thrift store the other day and I had this idea. E. is more and more interested in counting + she loved balancing wooden balls on golf tees, so I thought of this. I first painted the spools to match the colours of the…
Functional-ish Toddler Kitchen / Snack Station
Have you seen those cool toddler kitchens with running water? Well…this is not one of them. We decided not to put a tap because we want to be able to transform it into a play kitchen again, when she will get bored of this (we’ve already done this once before) and because we needed to…
Pumpkin Hunt
Tomorrow we will have our Halloween party at kindergarten – E’s first Halloween party! She is excited about wearing her monster outfit and about singing Halloween songs. For my group (3-6 year-olds) I’ve prepared a pumpkin hunt: I’ve made some cards with clues about places where pumpkins will be hidden. Everybody will try to look…
Enriching Vocabulary through Games and Songs
I wrote these ideas for some of the parents, who asked how to work on building vocabulary in a fun way. I thought I’d share them with you and maybe you’ll find them useful, too. · Sing songs from Super Simple Songs, translated in your mother tongue/the language you want your child to learn (they…
How to Ease the Transition from Home to Kindergarten
I’m writing this update from the point of view of a parent. When I first wrote this article, I was just a teacher. I am mostly putting these things down, because I need to visualize them and work on them…still. Hearing my kid crying and saying “nu frică, mama-i aici” (not scared, mummy’s here), just…
Teaching Your Child to Clean Up
Cleaning up can be a struggle for some families. I remember that a lot of parents have asked me how to deal with this issue: their children refuse to clean up just before bedtime, so they end up putting the toys away themselves, just to get the kids to sleep. Depending on their age and…