Author: Experience Curriculum

• Birds & Eggs Theme Streaming Music

  

  Experience Baby Music Collection  Find the Baby Beats: Birds & Eggs theme streaming music on the following platforms: Experience Toddler Music Collection  Find the Toddler Beats: Birds & Eggs album streaming on the following platforms: Experience Preschool Music  Find the Kid Beats: Dancing with Birds & Eggs album streaming on the following platforms: Music development…

• Birds & Eggs Toddler & Preschool Sneak Peek

  

  Looking for a preview of April’s Experience Toddler & Preschool Kits? Get ready to be inspired! See our current themes.  Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly like a bird? Soar into this month’s theme with your own set of wings, a beak and bird feet. Birds have migrated and returned to…

• Value Your Child’s Emerging Ideas

  

  When your child observes you valuing and integrating his ideas, his self-esteem will increase. You can help boost your child’s confidence and self-esteem with these tips: Give your child choices where either choice is acceptable. For example, “Would you like to wear the blue shirt or the pink shirt?” In both choices the child is…

• Birds & Eggs Book List for April 

  

  Children will flock together like birds of a feather in April! Twenty storybooks are highlighted in each month’s Experience Preschool Curriculum Kit!  Two of these books are included in your kit. The remaining titles can be found at your local library or on YouTube. See April’s books below:  Looking for even MORE book recommendations?  Check out April’s Birds & Eggs Book List! These 20 theme-related books…

• Using Teachable Moments

  

  As your child grows and develops, a spectrum of feelings emerge. Young children react emotionally, but it doesn’t last for long. For instance, your child may cry when he doesn’t get his way and a minute later, he may be laughing hysterically. Many teachable moments arise as children reach school age: they begin to recognize…

• Healthy Eating

  

  Children need positive food experiences to build a healthy relationship with food and food choices. Work together with your child to find a healthy recipe and make the dish together. If you eat outside the home, explain clearly what you expect the child to put on his plate. Remind him of the importance of selecting…

• Play Is A Child’s Work

  

  It is through play that children learn about themselves and the world around them. They learn to understand their environment, practice what they have observed, and explore objects and activities safely and thoroughly. Your children learn many important skills through play. Here are just a few: To help your child get the most out of…

• How Important Are Routines For Babies?

  

  Beyond the everyday routines of feeding, diapering and sleep, a consistent schedule for development is vital for every child. Experience Baby activities are created to address three areas of growth: social-emotional, motor skills and cognitive development. Take a closer look at the Nursery Rhymes theme Planning Calendar below to see the playful ways Experience Baby provides for your child’s development…

• Children and Change

  

  As nature sends signs of the changing seasons, it’s a great time to encourage children to be aware of the changes in their surroundings. Challenge children to notice something that is different from yesterday. It can be simple, like the clothingwe wear, or maybe something they notice outside, such as an insect. Children and change…

• Get Moving!

  

  Fitness is an important part of a healthy lifestyle for all ages, but especially for children. Moving and being physically active is just as much about growth and development as it is a matter of fitness. Ready to get moving? Here are some simple tips for encouraging fun and exercise: READ 5 Yoga Poses for…