Weeding

We just finished up our Down on the Farm theme with Experience Preschool, which offers a complete preschool curriculum.  Each month is a different theme.

We spent a day learning about weeding.  Ronan, like most preschoolers, loves play dough.  We "planted" straws and pipe cleaners, both of which were provided in our monthly preschool curriculum box from Experience Preschool, and then Ronan "Weeded" them out of the play dough.  He really enjoyed putting them in and pulling them out, and it's a great fine motor exercise.  

We moved onto bigger weeds.  I threaded dish cloths through our laundry basket, a suggested activity from Experience Preschool, and Ronan had to pull them out.  Ronan is receiving physical/occupational therapy to help improve his gross and fine motor skills.  This activity was a great way for him to work on some of the bigger arm muscles as well as his finger and hand muscles, plus he thought it was fun.  

One of the great things about Experience Preschool is that it is a complete preschool curriculum in a box.  Everything you need (minus a few basics like paint and play dough) is included.  We looked at a picture of a plowed field, and then Ronan used a comb to drag paint over paper.  Then he added some sand to give it texture.  He loves to paint.  There was another suggested activity for the day that we didn't get to.  It was a little too advanced for Ronan so we read some extra books and played a bit longer with the play dough.  Experience Early Learning just came out with a new Experience Toddler curriculum this year, which I am excited to have been given a chance to use next month.