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Good Morning Everyone! Today I want to share with you a TIP for getting started with exploring Gardens. If you have read my blog for a while you know I have posted many activities on Gardens, and I have a whole theme on the topic that is available. (See thecreativecampusonline.com "click on Invitations To Play"). You can explore Gardens in so many ways. you can learn about Plants and Trees. Where do they come from?  What do they need to grow?  What can they be used for?  Tip of the day: Start with hearty plants or seeds that don't require a lot of care. these will produce the best results and get kids the most excited, because they wont have to wait long for results. (Cucumbers, Peppers, Radishes, Beans). You can also learn about food gardens. This is a great long term project that gets kids engaged in building responsibility. kids will enjoy planting and caring for a plant as it grows from seed to plant to product. This is a great way to explore how things grow w...

Theme:  Gardens and Science Tip: Build Responsibility skills by building an jar garden. Tip: Get kids to try new foods be allowing them to grow and prepare dishes and new foods. Tip: Gardens are a great way to study plants, Bugs and Flowers and Learn how things grow.   What are you working on? What do you need? What are your goals? https://www.facebook.com/groups/Thecreativecampus/ Join Us and Let Us Help You Learn Through Play!  OR  Make Me Your  Personal Creative Content Creator ! ( Insert Link To Call) Include Top 10 Favorites 1) Build Gardens In Jars 2) Match Tops And bottoms of Fruits and veggies ( can be labeled with numbers and groups of items) 3) What Do you need to build a garden? Tools?  Supplies? * child directed list 4) how does it grow? ( Life Cycle Stages sensory bin) 5) build a meal.( use loose parts to represent foods) let kids create meals would be great for play dough. 6) how many parts does it have? W...

Plant An Indoor Garden This Monday Morning! Are you are looking for Engaging Garden activities on this Chilly Monday Morning? I have something for you! Put out Solo Cups, Dirt, Seeds and Scoops! talk to your child about all the different seeds. Let them choose the ones they want to grow! Questions For Further Learning and Engaging: 1) How Can you Tell the difference between a Fruit, a Veggie a Herb? 2) Which kinds of foods do you like best? 3) What will this plant look like when its ready to pick? Have Fun Learning and Growing This Week!  Your Creativity Produce and Professional Mess Maker! https://www.facebook.com/thecreativecampuspreschool/

Happy Friday Everyone!  Today is Art Day Friday. I hope you are having fun learning and growing as you learn and study Gardens. Don't Forget If your looking for ways to learn and engage, you can always join the Fb Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Thecreativecampus/ We share everyday! Don't forget, I answer your questions each week. If you have a question about creating Learning and Engagement as you play, Leave me your questions. I would love to help you find fun ways to learn and play together!                                             https://plus.google.com/collection/UdD7SB If you ever find yourself wishing that you had activities put together for you, that showed you how to create fun learning experiences through play. I have something to share with...

This week we are talking about Gardens In my Facebook group . https://www.facebook.com/groups/Thecreativecampus/ We are having discussions about what might grow in a garden?  what we can turn those things into (Food). Do things "Live" in our garden?  If so, what kinds of things might live their?  What kinds of conversations are you having with your Creative Young Learners?  I would love to hear all about your conversations!  leave me a comment or come visit us over at " The Creative Campus". Have a Fun and Creative day Learning and Growing! Your Creativity Producer and Professional Mess Maker! Theresa

Good Morning Creative Friends! What are you learning this week?  Are you exploring a theme?  Are you looking to learn a skill? What are you looking for to support your learning this week?  I am looking forward to having a lot of fun, engaging conversations this week Here, Over on The fb page and in my group!  I love hearing about the creative engaging ways you like to learn and grow. This Morning I encouraged my friends to go outside with a shovel and a bucket. Dig in the dirt!  see what you find. what does it feel like? what does it smell like. what might your little ones want to put in the dirt? Have fun today as you learn! Leave your comments and questions below and I will share my friends ideas as well. Your Creativity Producer and Professional Mess Maker, Theresa @ The Creative Campus.

It's Friday .... Friday ! (Doing Happy Dance) I hope you get to enjoy this wonderful day! Today I want you to have some creative Fun! I want you to create Your Favorite Plant! you can make a 3d Version (stuffed bags, Folded Paper). You can use clay and sculpt. I want you to have fun with it! (post your creations for me to see).  Also I realized I haven't Given you Questions For the Invitations I have been posting .OOPS! Here are a few: 1) What would you plant in ... your garden? 2) What Tools Would You need? 3) How would you plant your garden? I posted something this morning I thought you would enjoy reading! https://plus.google.com/collection/UdD7SB If you are looking for tips to build Independence for your child. This is for you! I would love to hear your thoughts. Have a great weekend!  Your Creativity Producer and Professional Mess Maker! 

Today   over in the Group we are talking about Gardens. There are many different ways you can use this theme to teach different areas. Today I Shared a Fun activity that can be used in a pretend play area or in the real life experience Science area. You can read about it here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/Thecreativecampus/ I would like to hear what your favorite activities are for This Theme?  Do you use it for real life experiences?  or Do you use it to engage Pretend Play?  Leave me a comment and Let's Get This Learning and Growing Conversation Started! Have a great day!  Your Creativity Producer and Professional Mess Maker! Theresa @ The Creative Campus!

Gardens is a theme that you can use several times.  you can use it to talk about food or you can use it to talk about flowers and plants. To be honest, I'm not sure which is more fun. I like to offer dirt in the sensory area, I leave out material flowers, gloves and garden tools (kids size). I let the kids decide what kind of garden they are gonna create and what they want to put in it. I also like to use this theme as a science experience. I let the kids plant real plants and then over time I encourage them to take care of them as they grow. when they are ready the get planted in the ground. you can further the activity by cooking with their produce.  These are just a Few of my favorite ways to work with this theme. Bugs and plants as a theme is one of the few that i get a little carried away with. You can use it for so many things in so many ways. the fun is endless from scavenger hunts to Gross motor and everything in between. Some of my favorite ways to use this theme...

Hi!  Welcome To The First Ever Creative Campus Activity Challenge! This Month I shared some of my favorite ways to engage in learning about FARMS! Here are a few in case you missed them on my Fb Page (https://www.facebook.com/thecreativecampuspreschool/) One of my favorite things to do with kids of many different ages, is called "What Is It"? you can put food, Plants or even animals into a container. create descriptive questions, and starting with one question. Let the children feel the item without looking and guess what is inside. this is a great activity for Thinking skills and Sensory experiences 1) Animal Voices : Provide pictures of animals and play recordings on the noises they make. ask the children guess them correctly have them choose the correct animal from the pile till all are chosen. 2) Animal Match : Find Pictures of animals and their babies. display the pictures and allow children to take turns matching adults with their babies. 3) Life Size A...

Hello Again Friends! Yes I am that teacher (Huge Smile). I encourage my students to play with their food! we paint with it, we run cars through it. We even squish it! This is not only a great way to encourage your children to TRY new things! but it makes the process of experiencing something new FUN! I do however actually use food to teach as well. I like to slice apples of different kinds in the fall and talk about how they all taste different even though the look the same on the inside. ( we also discuss how they Look Different as well). I like to use food for sensory play as well. This is where the PLAYING comes in! I like to make Jello and put things in it (dino bones is always fun). Then I encourage the children to dig and squish to see what they can find. Jello is also great for playing "I Spy" sensory game. Beans and flour are also great things to use for sensory play and add things to them to change their texture. 'I hope you enjoyed these activities, a...