Month: March 2020

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When the Red, Red Robbin…

Suggested Activities:

  • Rise and Shine!
  • Toileting, dressing
  • Feed pets
  • Enjoy making and eating delicious breakfast
  • Clear your dishes: rinse and load dishwasher
  • Clean the table and sweep the floor

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  • APRIL FOOLS! Family Friendly Pranks
  • Spring has sprung! Let’s take a look at spring babies. Keep a look out for some of these adorable babies while you play outside. Remember- always ask if you can pet
  • Gluing collage: Robin
    • Parent: Print robin picture and cut out feathers and head
    • Child glues the feathers onto the robin. Repeat
  • “When Red Red Robin Goes Bob Bopping’ Along”

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  • Set the table for a snack (placemats, dishes, utensils, glasses, napkins)
  • Light a candle
  • Sing a song “For the Golden Corn”
  • Child snuffs the flame or blow out

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  • Outside: 1-1.5 hrs.
  • unstructured play or take a walk 
  • Explore, great time for language and sensorial connections
  • Lunch and naptime (12-3pm)

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  • Wake-up sleepy heads!
  • Toileting
  • Snack
  • Choose work and/or go outside (3-5pm)
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Blossoms

Suggested Activities:

  • Rise and Shine!
  • Toileting, dressing
  • Feed pets
  • Enjoy making and eating a delicious breakfast
  • Clear your dishes: rinse and load dishwasher
  • Clean the table and sweep the floor

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  • Scavenger Hunt: Blossoms and Plants
    • Let’s take a walk and find these blossoms and plants (download language cards below)
    • Do you know the flower’s name? 
    • Color? Shape? Plant or tree?  
  • Collect some flowers and press them  in a book. When the flowers are dry, frame them, and give to grandmom on Mother’s Day
  • Gluing: Forsynthia- blue construction paper, yellow tissue paper
    • Parent: draw branches on the blue construction paper
    • Child: crumbles yellow tissue paper and glues it onto the branches
  • APRIL FOOLS is tomorrow, here are some Family Friendly Pranks
TMSE Lang Spring FlowersDownload
Forsynthia

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  • Toileting break and wash hands 
  • Food prep: Roasted Potatoes with Rosemary
  • Clear your dishes: rinse and load dishwasher or hand wash and dry
  • Clean the table and sweep the floor

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  • Set the table for a snack (placemats, dishes, utensils, glasses, napkins)
  • Light a candle
  • Sing a song “For the Golden Corn”
  • Child snuffs the flame or blows out

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  • Outside: 1-1.5 hrs.
  • unstructured play or take a walk 
  • Explore, great time for language and sensorial connections
  • Lunch and naptime (12-3pm)

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  • Wake-up sleepy heads!
  • Toileting
  • Snack
  • Choose work and/or go outside
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Seasons

Suggested Activities:

  • Rise and Shine!
  • Toileting, dressing
  • Feed pets
  • Enjoy making and eating a delicious breakfast
  • Clear your dishes: rinse and load dishwasher
  • Clean the table and sweep the floor

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  • Bead stringing: large, medium, small or tiny beads- depends on age and skill level.
  • Wood polishing: non-toxic wood polish (beeswax, olive oil, vinegar mixture or at school we use the brand Wood Care Polish
Wood polishing
Large bead stringing
  • Arts & Craft: Seasons- dip q-tips or finger into paint and press on canvas or paper. Children need assistance to make this project successful. Children tend to begin by making dots, then go crazy and smudge and rip the paper- avoid it, wrong info.
TMSE Season triptych
Canvas triptych, 2017 toddler classroom

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  • Toileting break and wash hands
  • Food prep: biscuits and/or juicing orange-clean, slice orange in half, use manual (hand) juicer twist or press (however yours works). Pour juice into decanter and add water. Lemon/lime can be used too
  • Set the table for a snack (placemats, dishes, utensils, glasses, napkins)
  • Light a candle
  • Sing a song and child snuffs the candle flame or blows it out
  • Enjoy your meal, reflect/talk about your morning/week!
  • Toileting break and wash hands

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  • Outside: 1-1.5 hrs.
  • Unstructured play or take a walk
  • Explore, great time for language and sensorial connections
  • Toileting break and wash hands

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  • Lunch and naptime (12-3pm)

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  • Wake-up sleepy heads!
  • Toileting
  • Snack
  • Choose work or go outside or both. Child decides- (3-5pm)
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Transfer Work

Suggested Activities:

  • Rise and Shine!
  • Toileting, dressing
  • Feed pets
  • Enjoy making and eating a delicious breakfast
  • Clear your dishes: rinse and load dishwasher or hand wash and dry
  • Clean the table and sweep the floor

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  • Transfer work: place small amount of water, oatmeal, lentils or beans into a measuring cup and the child pours into a glass/cup. Child pours back into the measuring cup. Repeat. This can also be a spooning activity with two bowls and a spoon or scooper
  • Scissor Work: practice, refine, and master how to hold, open/close, and cut.

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  • Toileting break and wash hands 
  • Food prep: biscuits or cracking, peeling, slicing, and plating a hard boil egg. If you don’t have an egg slicer, try a plastic butter knife or adult slices. Child decides
  • Clear your dishes: rinse and load dishwasher or hand wash and dry
  • Clean the table and sweep the floor

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  • Set the table for a snack (placemats, dishes, utensils, glasses, napkins)
  • Light a candle
  • Sing a song and child snuffs candle flame or blows out
  • Buon appetito!
  • Toileting break and wash hands

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  • Outside: 1-1.5 hrs.
  • unstructured play or take a walk 
  • Explore, great time for language and sensorial connections
  • Toileting break and wash hands

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  • Lunch and naptime (12-3pm)

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  • Wake-up sleepy heads!
  • Toileting
  • Snack
  • Choose work or go outside or both. Child decides- (3-5pm)

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Arts and Crafts

Suggested Activities:
  • Rise and Shine!
  • Toileting, dressing
  • Feed pets
  • Enjoy making and eating a delicious breakfast
  • Clear your dishes: rinse and load dishwasher or hand wash and dry
  • Clean the table and sweep the floor

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  • Wash the Windows: using a small spray bottle containing vinegar water solution or non-toxic solution, spray windows, scrub, and dry with a squeegee or crumbled newspaper.
  • Arts & Craft: gather lentils, beans, and pasta. Parents, cut out some shapes or draw a picture (i.e. leaf, flower, sun). Your child glues the lentils, beans, and pasta on to the shape.
TMSE Gluing beans
Paper, glue, beans, and lentils

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  • Toileting break and wash hands
  • Food prep: biscuits and/or peeling, chopping, and plating cucumber or carrots?
  • Clear your dishes: rinse and load dishwasher or hand wash and dry
  • Clean the table and sweep the floor

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  • Set the table for a snack (placemats, dishes, utensils, glasses, napkins)
TMSE Snack
Snack time!
  • Light a candle
  • Sing a song and child snuffs the candle flame or blows it out “For the Golden Corn”
  • Model and remind them to eat with their utensils- no more fingers in their mouth and slow down, take their time

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  • Outside: 1-1.5 hrs.
  • Unstructured play or take a walk
  • Explore, great time for language and sensorial connections

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  • Lunch and naptime (12-3pm)

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  • Wake-up sleepy heads!
  • Toileting
  • Snack
  • Choose work or go outside or both. Child decides- (3-5pm)