by Marilee Hartling | Sep 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
SEPARATION ANXIETY Around their first birthday, children start realizing that they are entities separate from their parents. This realization can be accompanied by the fear of being left alone or abandoned. Without a developed concept of time a child cannot yet...
by Marilee Hartling | Sep 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Our Summer Preschool Prep Program culminated with Llama, Llama, Red Pajama. This story is one of our favorites and children were asked if there ever had to wait for mama like Llama, Llama did in the story. Everyone nodded, “Yes!” Children and adults were...
by Marilee Hartling | Sep 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Our Preschool Prep kids enjoyed reading our Little Blue Truck book so much that they asked to read our entire collection! They learned some new songs about other vehicles too, including “Hurry, Hurry, Drive the Firetruck”, “Taxi, Taxi, Riding in the...
by Marilee Hartling | Sep 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Week 6 – Summer Preschool Prep: “Oh my, oh my, oh Dinosaurs.” Our Preschool Prep kids enjoyed dinosaur stories and marched to the Laurie Berkners “We are the Dinosaurs, Marching, Marching”. We all enjoyed hunting for dinosaurs buried in...
by Marilee Hartling | Sep 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
Week 5: Summer Preschool Prep: “Going on a Bear Hunt” The children enjoyed the story “Going on a Bear Hunt”. Our little tent became a “Bear Cave” and toddlers enjoyed climbing in and out of the “cave” with their friends, teachers, and teddy bears! Each toddler...
by Marilee Hartling | Aug 15, 2019 | Parenting, Preschool, Toddler
It’s been an exciting summer so far at ECDA for our preschool prep program! Our theme for week one was “Rainbow Fish.” The children enjoyed water play, painting with watercolors, and making rainbow fish out of paper plates, glitter, and googly eyes....
by Marilee Hartling | Aug 1, 2019 | Parenting, Toddler
The last stage of potty training is “independent toileting.” This stage is usually experienced after potty training has become a part of your child’s normal routine. It may take a few months before your child can go a couple of days without having an...
by Marilee Hartling | Jul 22, 2019 | Parenting, Preschool
Once your child shows signs of readiness and has “practiced” (see Part I or Part II), you can begin toilet training, knowing that it may take 3 or 4 weeks before your child is mostly dry during the day. For some children the process takes several months....
by Marilee Hartling | Jul 8, 2019 | Parenting, Preschool, Toddler
After your child shows signs of readiness, the second stage of Potty Training is “Toilet Practice.” During Toilet practice children may want to sit on the potty when mommy does — allow for this to happen. Toilet Practice involves helping your curious child to...
by Marilee Hartling | Jul 1, 2019 | Parenting, Preschool, Toddler
June was an exciting month! Our themes were working together, community helpers, celebrating daddies, and celebrating graduation. Each of our classes worked together to create a large green tissue paper caterpillar. We learned about fireman, policeman, doctors, and...
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