Wednesday, September 12, 2007. My favorite ever art project with my third graders was their self-portraits. They drew themselves with pencil, traced the lines with sharpie, then used water-colors to paint the portraits. The best was the one in the top left corner. Someone asked Calyn while he was painting why he was painting a potato instead of himself. Tuesday, September 11, 2007.

Here we learn how to be a friend, and have friends. We learn to follow rules and interact with our peers. It is a great place to learn, to play, and to grow. Learning to be part of a group.

Bull; picture coloring to develop fine motor skills. Bull; numbers for counting and symbol recognition. Bull; upper and lower case letters.

Laughing, Loving, and Learning Together. Summer Vacation With a Side of Algebra. The local splash pad feels like an outdoor sauna. Playground equipment is too hot for comfort by mid-morning. And the last time we were at the local zoo, most of the animals were hiding indoors in a desperate effort to escape the TX sun.

Sunday, January 23, 2011. 5 Best Free Child Games for Your Preschooler. There seems to be more and more pressure on parents these days to enrol their pre school children in all sorts of innovative learning programs. There are music and swimming classes, craft centres and activities to promote movement, motor skills or sporting ability. 3 Music- Children love a .