Lil' Stars Day Care

At our Annual Xmas party, Santa came to visit with gifts and fun!!! One of the best Santa’s! A Santa Named Bruce Thank you for bringing joy to the children!

What if what we have taken from them is what they need most? Let them connect with nature and immerse themselves in free play + wonder and see where that takes us. 🐛☀️🤍 #letthembelittle #naturekids #homeschoolmama #preschoolhomeschool #naturalparenting

Our friend Tracie was here to teach us sign language!

Lil Stars Daycare has 2 rare full time opening for only age 5 this fall, starting 9/12/2022-9/10/2023!!

For the first time ever, we are opening our full time spot for two 5 year olds who is not going to school this fall.

Check out our FB page here and our website for more details about our program!

Well, hello!! It’s been a while! I’m sharing this very special post with you all. 💕💕💕

For Mother’s Day, we honored our moms by capturing their incredible joy and love!! ♥️♥️♥️

This is my most widely shared post. And rightly so, it’s an important one. These are “prewriting patterns”, with the average (not prescribed) age at which children are developmentally ready to achieve these patterns listed below them in years and months. Being able to process visual information and produce a movement in response (e.g. copying these prewriting patterns or letter formations), is known as “visual motor integration”. ⠀
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Note that an X is not typically achieved until 4 years 11 months, and a triangle at 5 years 3 months. If a child can’t form these basic shapes...then they probably won’t be able to form letters. ⠀
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It is quite concerning then that there are 3 year 7 month olds starting formal schooling, where they’re expected to write. Not only are their visual motor integration skills not developed enough, their hands are also physically under-developed. In addition, recognising letters, understanding phonics and beginning to read are all needed in order for a child to write meaningfully, skills which children starting kindy typically don’t have. We also know that when a child learns something that doesn’t hold meaning, it‘s unlikely to stick. ⠀
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So if you have a 3-4 year old who spontaneously asks or attempts to write letters, that’s great; otherwise, there is no need to initiate or worry about this. Unfortunately there is a misconception, particularly with the way that the current curriculum stands, that earlier is better. Earlier is not always better.⠀

Source: Beery Buktenica Test of Visual Motor Integration, 6th Edition
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Make your own pizza is one of our favorite ways to eat our vegetables. They ate everything!

For Fathers Day, we taught the kids how to wash a car so they can gift the same skill to all their dads. We had so much fun learning and working together.

How we are cooling off ☀️