If you have a bilingual child or if you are bilingual, then you are probably using both languages in the same conversation quite often. I do. This is called code switching. “In linguistics, code-switching or language alternation occurs when a speaker alternates between two or more languages, or language varieties, in the context of…
DIY Counting Board
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…