Core Joy Early Childhood Education LLC

10/21/2024

04/07/2024

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You can yell at your kids all you want, but all their brains are going to register is confusion and fear.

Critics say gentle parenting creates ill-behaved children. He says his 10 years of experience shows it's actually the opposite.

03/24/2024

How fun is messy play yet training and developing little ones muscle strength 💪🏾 ❤️

GETTING THE HANDS READY FOR WRITING

Providing opportunities for squeezing can help strengthen a child’s grasp, important for holding a pencil.

Try one of these activities this week!

https://teaching2and3yearolds.com/fine-motor-squeezing-activities/

02/25/2024

Your little ones will indeed learn to write ❤️

Did you know that a 3-year old (top left image) and a 6-year old (top right image) have significantly different skeletal structure in their hands?! Notice the bones in the wrist of the 3-year old -- many of them are still mostly cartilage! Look at all the spaces in between the bones where muscles and tendons will change through the years. Even the difference between a 6-year old and a 14-year old (lower right) is huge!

Preschoolers have SO much development to do before they can write the way school-aged children or adults can!

Please do NOT stress if your preschooler does not want to write or draw. Some love it and some don't.

While they are growing, strengthen those little bones and muscles! Here are some great pre-writing, muscle-strengthening activities:

* painting, drawing, coloring
* playdough
* tearing and cutting
* gluing
* poking holes in things (try toothpicks and paper!)
* digging in dirt
* building with LEGOS, marble runs, or other blocks
* beading (try beads, cut straws, or even bobbins!)
* puzzles
* squeezing (try stress balls, squeezing water in a sponge, or using a pipette)
* picking up and throwing balls (use different sizes!)
* playing with toys (watch what their little fingers do when they pick up and move little cars, marbles, action figures, etc!)
These all strengthen and help develop little hands, muscles, and bones. When they are physically ready to write, it will be so much easier than if they were pushed when they didn't want to and weren't ready!

02/25/2024

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12/08/2023

What a perfect preschool musical activity with craft sticks!

https://www.pre-kpages.com/christmas-music-activity/

12/01/2023

Love this post by mama village

12/01/2023

https://youtu.be/3SvQM2tvP_A?si=ZQAV68NN92FrriWT

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04/13/2022

Disrespectful tot? Are you unknowingly in a power struggle with your toddler? Have you ever thought about why does it bother you so much or where would they get it from? I've read that maintaining authority is a concept that derives from colonial practices and allowing your toddler to flex their power is good too! Read about some tips to help in these triggering moments 😉

Understanding your parenting triggers—and dealing with the emotions underneath—can help you problem-solve instead of losing it on your kid.