Education: Teaching Preschool Color and Shapes with Family Games

Teaching Preschool Color and Shapes with Family Games

Written by Laura Bankston

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first card and asked Maegan to go first. "Do you have a yellow card to put down?" "Yep," she answered and put down a yellow card on top of repparttar 109161

pile. Round and round we went, with Maegan putting down repparttar 109162

correct color on her turn all by herself. Then finally a turn came that she didn't have repparttar 109163

right color. "Do you have a card," I asked, pointing to repparttar 109164

large symbol in repparttar 109165

middle of

card, "that has a circle like this one?" While I still had my finger next to repparttar 109167

symbol, she went through each card, one a time. She carefully checked to see if she had a "match" - and when she found one, she put it down on top of repparttar 109168

pile. The game was a great success--especially since she won repparttar 109169

first round! "That's one point for repparttar 109170

team 'My Little Pony' (as she had named her team)," I congratulated her. She beamed with pride. She had won and she had done it all by herself. As I sat there admiring her accomplishment, I realized how easy it is to miss opportunities like this that are educational in nature. This game taught her taking turns, sorting, colors, and shapes. It's always a great asset as a home school parent to have one more way to help our kids learn and practice what they've been learning. So, "Uno away"!!

Laura Bankston is author of Internationally selling Cooking with Kids Curriculum: Homeschool Cooking in a Box and the Homeschool Cookbook. She currently home schools her three children, maintains home school support websites, and manages their family-owned service business. For information on her curriculum and free home school support services, please visit her website http://www.homeschoolcookbook.com

Moving Small Loads - Load Sharing for Students

Written by Stephen Willett

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