The Caps and Pom-pom Challenge

The boys have mastered the shape sorter and love to trick me by fitting shapes into different shapes holes.

But today I've challenged them to think of shapes differently. I've created a shape sorter that is for circles, but they will be thinking of the shapes in a more 3-d sense. They have flat circles (different sized caps) and pom-poms to sort. It only took then a few minutes to figure it out!

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Driving Motor Skills

The kids are working on their motor skills and shape recognition this morning while they race their cars down a cardboard tube! They quickly realized they could drive lots of different toys down the tube!

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Morning Goodbyes

You're morning goodbye with your little one can be a tough one, experts think the key is consistency with the drop off parent as well as keeping it positive and brief. Here's a helpful article about making a smooth transition.
http://patch.com/illinois/skokie/coping-with-the-goodbye-drama-7-tips-to-ease-daycare-dropoff_4a55fd6f

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