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Letter Slap – Alphabet Games for Young Kids

by Erika

  When we play games at our house there is potential for total disaster. My kids are all young; the players are ages 2, 4, and 5. Their infant younger brother is also more than happy to offer his share of disruption to game time.   Game Time With Young Kids There are three basic principles […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Curriculum, Kindergarten, Language, Mother Goose Time, Pre-K, Preschool Tagged With: Game, Letters, Literacy, Literacy Game, MGT, Mother Goose Time, Phonics

Gaming with Preschoolers – Mother Goose Time

by Erika

  Gaming with Preschoolers – Mother Goose Time My son broke the spinner on the Hi – Ho! Cherry – O Board Game! Two acorns are mysteriously missing from The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game. This is just the norm at our house and at many homes with young children.   Preschool Games with Mother Goose Time […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Preschool Tagged With: Friends and Feelings, Game, Math, Math Game, MGT, Mother Goose Time, Shapes

Sand Castles – A Day with Mother Goose Time

by Erika

The kids and I had a wonderful time creating sand castles in a myriad of ways this past week. Along the way, we may have practiced creating shapes, sharpened our cutting ability, and improved our fine motor. But ssshhhh don’t tell them, they were having way too much fun to be thinking about “skills.”   […]

Filed Under: Curriculum, Mother Goose Time, Preschool Tagged With: A Day with Mother Goose Time, Game, Invitation to Create, MGT, Mother Goose Time, Sand Castles

Bug Scavenger Hunt with Mother Goose Time

by Erika

We are huge scavenger hunt enthusiasts. Seriously! When Easter comes we re-hide our eggs about a bazillion times. So, when Mother Goose Time suggested we use their super creepy, crawly toy insects to go on an outdoor scavenger hunt, none of us hesitated! Since the bugs were adorned in the primary colors, the first order […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Curriculum, Kindergarten, Math, Mother Goose Time, Pre-K, Preschool, Science and Math Tagged With: Bugs, Colors, Counting, Game, Math, MGT, Preschool

E is for Egg (Letter & Number Recognition) Game

by Erika

There are a few essential elements to finding a game my kids will love. They have to be able to learn the rules quickly. They have to be able to move around during the game. They have to understand when they’ve achieved the goal (won or ended the game).   Anybody else get awesome pictures […]

Filed Under: Ages and Stages, Blog, Language, Language and World Cultures, Preschool Tagged With: Birds, Eggs, English, Game, Language, Letter Recoginition, MGT, Number Recognition, Preschool, Preschool Language, Visual Differentiation

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