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3 STEAM Play-Based Activities for Helping Kids Get Excited about Science

by Erika

One of the best parts of Mother Goose Time is that each week five new STEAM activities arrive! If you aren’t familiar with STEAM, it’s an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Educators are using STEAM based activities to help kids develop creative and out of the box cognitive skills. If these skill […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Pre-K, Preschool Tagged With: MGT, Mother Goose Time, STEAM

Dolphin Tricks – An Alphabet Game for Early Learners

by Erika

Dolphin Tricks is a game that came with our A to Zoo theme from Mother Goose Time. With a few simple modifications, the game was a perfect fit for the learning needs of all three of my “big” kids (6, 5, and 3). First, I’m going to share a few highlights of the A to […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Curriculum, Kindergarten, Language, Mother Goose Time, Pre-K, Preschool Tagged With: A to Zoo, Alphabet Game, Language, Letter Recoginition, Letters, MGT, Mother Goose Time, preschool curriculum, Preschool Language

How and Why to Make a Composter

by Erika

Amazed by how much life relies on rot, the kids wanted to know if they could create a composter, so they could see the rot close up. I credit The Magic School Bus Meets The Rot Squad: A Book About Decomposition for developing this fascination. Since, composting also provides some amazing soil for use in […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Kindergarten, Nature Study, Pre-K, Preschool, Science Tagged With: Compost, Gardening, Nature Book Club, The Nature Book Club

Desert Sand Discovery – Coins Game for Early Learners

by Erika

Two things my kids love? Sand and coins! Both are wonderful sensory experiences. Learning to recognize basic coins and how to tell them apart are huge steps toward beginning to understand money and commerce. This activity develops scientific reasoning and fine motor skills. The kids dig through sand to find their coin treasures. Then they […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Curriculum, Kindergarten, Math, Mother Goose Time, Pre-K, Preschool, Science and Math Tagged With: Coins, Math, Math Activity, MGT, Money, Mother Goose Time, STEAM

Counting Rattlers with Mother Goose Time

by Erika

One of the best way to find out if play based learning is a good fit for your family is to try it! This is a simple math activity built around math story cards. Mother Goose Time helps adjust the activity to your child’s level by offering simplifications and challenges. Counting Rattlers Supplies math story […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Curriculum, Math, Mother Goose Time, Pre-K, Preschool, Science and Math Tagged With: Math, Math Game, Math Story Cards, Mother Goose Time, Preschool Math

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