The Learning House

Guess who got the green light to move forward with becoming a nationally accredited program 🥳🥰

Our holiday party was wonderful 🥰 Hands down the BEST Mr and Mrs Claus I have ever experienced. They were so joyful, patient, kind, and full of holiday cheer ♥️ The Majestic Nubian Santa Claus thank you for your time and wonderful experience you gave my preschool program.

Spirit week at preschool 🥰 Today we’re dressed as Santa’s helpers, a reindeer and a Christmas tree 🤭♥️

Are you a military family… check out the info below 👇🏽

It was a festive kind of day 🥳 Birthday parties are always great celebrating/ Show and Tell every Friday is hands down the best/ and cooking projects are even greater ☺️

Just some activities for the afternoon 🥰

This melted my heart to receive this in the mail today 🥰 this kiddo is now in middle school 🥹 now I feel old 😆

Favorite activity alert… we recycled orange peels and used mini cookie cutters to create cute shapes. We used a hole puncher to run string through and I cannot wait to hang these up ♥️

Our weekly cooking projects are the best 😋😋

Our preschool tree is fabulous 🥰

Modeling clay is my favorite 🥰 gives kiddos the chance to work on building their fine motor muscles. 💪🏽 We did a new type of art today, printing. Taking an object and painting it to transfer that image onto paper. I love when my kiddos learn new words and their meaning 🥰

The elf is back… back again 😆😆😆

What are your weekend plans? My family and I are at the movies 🍿

For the military families 🎄🎅🏽

May your day be filled with laughter, happiness, and beautiful memories 🥰

A little bit of rain doesn’t stop us in our awesome rainboots and rain suits ☔️💙

Just a reminder for those cooking a Turkey for Thanksgiving 🥰

A little preview of our day

Things I highly recommend… (purchased on Amazon)

1. Pencil grip holders ✏️

⭐️ if you have a preschooler who struggles with the correct form this helps a lot 🥰

2. Plastic children knives

⭐️it only cuts fruit and veggies and it’s a wonderful way to teach safety using kitchen utensils and its a great fine motor activity

What I love most about preschoolers is how fast friendships are formed 🥰

Another magical day in preschool 🥰

What are your plans for the weekend? I highly recommend the stockyards in Fort Worth, and watch the cattle walk the streets

Long read but it’s a good one you won’t want to miss out on reading 📖 👀♥️

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Washing lines ?
Take down the washing lines of 30 identical cards, crafts and calendars strung across the Early Years classroom.

Let’s refrain from dictating and planning what art work children are going to create. 30 identical Christmas cards and calendars all carefully planned and every child creates and participates 🙈

Let’s stop focusing on the end product and allow children’s creativity to flow freely. 🙌🏼🎉🙏🏼

Vygotsky told us
“It must not be forgotten that the basic law of children's creativity is that its value lies not in its results, not in the product of creation, but in the process itself.

It is not important what children create, but that they do create that they exercise and implement their creative imagination.” 🙌🏼♥️

Not only are we restricting creativity of children with our pre planned ideas and hand print cards and craptivities 😰- but then we go and bombard the environment with all this stuff hung up, pinned up and strung across the room!

Visual NOISE, overstimulates the senses. Which in turn can impact on how a child feels and behaves.

Ever felt completely overwhelmed by crowded places? Too much mess or clutter ?

This is how a child might feel when they are in a classroom that’s bombarded with too much stuff !

So, we’ve taken away their opportunity to be expressive and creative AND THEN we go hang up all the identical crafts across the room - impacting on children’s ability to think clearly and play in a space of calm !

When their senses are under attack from SO MUCH information, no wonder children struggle to think and self regulate.
Fight or flight kicks in ! 😰 Melt downs happen and we wonder why they behave in certain ways 🙈

Time to recognise that it’s US who have to change OUR behaviour - to unlearn and relearn a different way of doing stuff !

To understand WHY?
To reflect on Why we do what we do?
Who is it for ?
Does it meet their needs?

Let’s ensure FREEDOM of expression
FREEDOM of creativity and imagination and FREEDOM of space and awareness of how it FEELs to be in the room ?

* Reflection is KEY 🥰
Take what you want, take what you need. Or ignore the lot. 😆 But it’s essential we reflect on what we do & who we do it for. 🙏🏼🥰

Want to read more
https://www.thecuriosityapproach.com/blog/stop-the-craptivities

https://www.thecuriosityapproach.com/blog/is-it-cuteness-or-a-human-printing-press

https://www.thecuriosityapproach.com/blog/process-over-product/

We got hermit crabs 🥰
Crab 1- Edward Scissor Hands
Crab 2- Crusty Crab

Cant wait to show my kiddos Monday 🥰🤩

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We spied with our little eye on our little walk…. A dog in a tree 😆😆😆

To all our moms and dads who have worn the uniform, at The Learning House… we thank you for your sacrifice and bravery ♥️

Just some fun preschool shenanigans 🤩 🤩🤩

Getting ready for trick er treaters ☺️

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Our annual fall festival was such a hit 🐴 🐐 🐓
Big shout out to Peace, Love and Ponies for coming out and sharing their love for animals 🥰

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When you’re a preschool teacher and out on a walk with friends and find large acorns ☺️ …. I throw as many as I can find in my purse for math games and science observations 😆

Don’t miss out on Harker Heights Halloween event at Calvin Park… come dressed up in costume to get candy ☺️🥳 farmers market/ vendors / food

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IT'S BACK! For one weekend only!
𝓕𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓵𝔂 𝓟𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓽 𝓦𝓮𝓮𝓴𝓮𝓷𝓭

Each family will receive (at no cost to the military family) a 15 minute photo session with a photography team (photographer, one assistant to help with posing and children/pets); a Digital portrait via smugmug.com -- one retouched portrait. This will be chosen by the photographer. Great care will be taken to choose the best portrait.

𝗖𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡: 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴:

TAKE YOUR TIME! Please don't rush through the steps. From past experience, we've had duplicate bookings with two different emails. If you are not sure whether or not your reservation went through, please call 254 768-2770 and we will check for you. If you need to change your booking, please cancel your first one and then proceed to book another one.

TAKE YOUR TIME! Make sure your email is correct. We have been unable to reach families and send them important reminders and they are left losing their appointment. Please send yourself a calendar invite to remember what day you have chosen.

Scan the QR code below or visit:
https://usoforthood.simplybook.me

Please bring your Active Duty military ID at check in on the day of your session.

The magic in preschool 🥰