The organization I have selected is
Zero To Three (http://www.zerotothree.org/);
it focuses on the child’s first three years by providing parents and early
childhood professionals knowledge to nurture early development.
Recent
newsletters provided parenting resources which encouraged getting children
ready for school; they also suggested ways to promote healthy social-emotional
development. One part of the newsletter
also suggested fun indoor activities for children under three.
Going through the Zero To Three website, I
have gained a lot of information which helped me improve as a teacher. I found this website to be very effective
while searching for topics as you can find related articles very quickly.
Hi Ghayna,
ReplyDeleteI love this website. I am a three year old teacher and I have found a plethora of information on this site. It has helped me to put together little books for the children to tell about who they are and how the live.
Joyce Galloway
Ghayna,
DeleteThe Zero to Three website is one I use often. It has many resources for infant and toddler professionals and parents. The site contains the latest information on issues affecting early child development. Great resource for all early childhood professionals.
Hi Ghayna,
ReplyDeleteI have also enjoyed this web site. When I was a nanny, I subscribed to a monthly newsletter describing an average child of the age of the little girl for whom I was a nanny. Could you please share one of the in door activities?
Thanks for sharing!
Liz Thomas
Hi Liz,
ReplyDeleteHere are some of the activities suggested, I thought they were fun to try:
Birth to 12 Months: Make color trays. Take a muffin tray and in each opening place an object that is red, for example. You could place a strawberry, a red teether, a piece of red watermelon, a red mitten or sock, and a red foam ball (make sure it is not a choking hazard). Let your baby touch and play with these objects, but supervise closely since babies this age are likely to “mouth” things they find interesting in order to learn more about them. As you baby plays, you can repeat the word “red”—a red ball, a red strawberry, a red sock. Try making trays of different colored objects.
12-24 Months: Make color bottles. Take five empty water bottles. Fill each half-way with water and then add food coloring to make a red, orange, yellow, green, blue and/or purple bottle. Hot-glue the tops on. When they are dry, let your toddler explore these bottles by looking through them, pretending to pour them, and more. As he plays, you can label the colors..
24-36 Months: Toddlers love to help out by doing “real” jobs around the house. You can add some “color” by having your child help make a rainbow snack. Pick out a range of healthy foods of different colors—yellow bananas, red watermelon, green grapes, blueberries, etc. Let your child choose what to have as his snack and talk about all the different colors he can eat. What does he think is the best-tasting color?
Ghayna,
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading future information from your posts.I will also check out the Zero to Three website as well, twos is an age that I love to be around. That is the age that they are little sponges and they love to learn.