Preschool Learning Kit Ideas for teachers & parents

This kit is made to help kids grow in many ways, such as literacy, language, social and emotional development, and fine and gross motor skills. It's good for babies, toddlers, and kids in preschool.  Research shows that the first few years of life are the best time to build a strong foundation in all areas of growth. Meeting certain goals in each of the five areas of development and learning helps preschoolers learn how to behave and do things well. Lessons and tasks can help teach and reinforce skills that are important for students to learn and grow in all areas. Play is an important part of a child's growth and development (NAEYC, 2019), so I'm a big fan of learning through play.  All of the tasks are made to help kids learn in a way that is fun and interesting to them.

Activity 1

This game is all about developing social and emotional skills. Children will learn about different feelings by playing games that are right for their age. Toddlers can learn a lot about emotions through puppet play by making the puppets act out different moods. Teachers can help these parts of a child's growth by putting this kind of activity into their lesson plans. Parents can also do the same thing at home to help their kids remember what they learn in school. This can be done in the child's school or at home, where everyone can join in. The "family" puppet show can happen during the week. All you need is a doll or some other kind of prop to make it more interesting. The kit has ideas for how to set up a puppet show and a stack of emoji cards that can be used to interact. Just pick an emotion card, have the puppet act out that feeling, and talk about how you feel. Let the kids act out how they feel as well.

Activity 2

 The goal of this lesson is to help kids get better at speaking, reading, and writing. Students will be able to pick out words from a story, remember them, and say them back. Teachers can do this practice as a read-aloud in a literacy circle or with an audio book. Parents can also read the book to their children. Just read the story out loud to the kids, and when they're ready, have them fill in the last word of the lines that are repeated. A copy of the book Five Little Monkeys with directions on how to do the activity is part of the kit. This is a thing that parents can do to help their kids keep up with the reading skills they are learning at school.

Activity 3

This activity is meant to help kids who are 3 or 4 years old grow physically. A hopscotch game will be played with kids to help them improve their large motor skills. Parents and teachers can do this game at school or at home. This is a great way for the whole family to get some fun and important exercise several times a week. Chalk and bean bags are the only things you need for the workout. The kit will have directions on how to play the game and how to add other literacy and educational parts to it. For example, you could put a letter in one of the hopscotch squares and ask the child to say a word that starts with that letter.

Activity 4

This activity focuses on the mental growth of older preschoolers. The goal of the practice is to help kids improve their social and emotional skills. During a read-aloud about emotions, kids will learn how to recognize and talk about how they feel. Teachers can do activities with the kids during circle time, or parents can do them at home. The book "F" is for Feelings is part of the kit. The package comes with instructions for how to do the talk about feelings. What makes them happy, sad, angry, or excited, for example?

Activity 5

 The goal of the practice is to help kids improve their social and emotional skills. Children will learn how to recognize and talk about their feelings after hearing a story about them. They will also be asked to look at a feeling chart and figure out "how they are feeling today and why." This practice is meant to get people to talk more about their feelings and emotions and to help them manage and control the ones that are hard to handle. Teachers can do activities with the kids during circle time, or parents can do them at home. Teachers can put emojis on a white board and let the kids drag them to show how they're feeling.  The kit has both the book "F" is for feelings and a chart of feelings. There are instructions in the package for a more in-depth talk about thoughts and emotions. 

Activity 6

This game is meant to help babies learn how to communicate. Children should be able to imitate simple sounds that people make when they talk. Teachers can use this in their lessons, and parents can use it to help their kids in this area and get closer to them at the same time. The package comes with the book "Bye, Bye Baby" and ideas for how to keep the child busy.

Activity 7

The goal of Activity 7 is to help kids get stronger and more flexible. A beach ball tossing game will be done with the kids to help them improve their gross motor skills. The kids will work on how to throw, hit, and catch the ball. Parents and teachers can do this game at school or at home. This is a great way for the whole family to get some fun and important exercise several times a week. The kit will have everything you need to play the game, as well as directions on how to do it.