This week our small group focus is writing, but truly writing is a part of our every day here at preschool. We encourage practicing writing at each child’s ow...

Fine motor skills--the finessed little motions of the hand/arm--are incredibly important for young children to work on. Without mastering these skills, child...

This week’s post is provided to you by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Keep these thoughts in mind as we head into pare...

Key Developmental Indicator (KDI) D24’s goal is that children identify distinct sounds in spoken language. This spans all the way from recognizing the small ...

This week our small group focus is KDI G46: Classifying—Children classify materials, actions, people, and events. Children generally begin classifying sponta...

This week's Key Developmental Indicator (KDI) in preschool is #D25--Alphabetic Knowledge. Learning letters should be a FUN challenge for children! Often thou...