Maninulatives or "table toys" are a great daily activity for toddlers. We have wooden dowels that wooden rings, the wooden rings have a hold in the middle, these wooden rings slide over the dowel. We also have some simple wooden puzzles and a few different types of peg boards for the children to use for table toys.

We read a lot of fun books each day to the children Such as; Five monkeys jumping on the bed and then we may encourage the children to act out the story.

We may put a blanket on the floor to be the bed and then have the children jump up and down and have one child pretend to bump his head and then have that child leave the "bed" . We will pick two other children too, one to be the mother and one to be the doctor.

During circle time we read a few books. At least one of the books we read is centered around our weekly theme.

We also provide the children with felt board stories. We will play the characters that we are reading about on the felt board, and after the story the children can come up to the felt board and and play with the pieces and to this gives them an opportunity to act out the story on the flannel board, Other ways that we read storeis to the children is by using puppets and other fun props as we read or act out the stories. Some of the kids favorite flannel board stories are the three pigs, billy goat gruff, and the three bears.

Table toys make a "great group activity" for all the children to be able to use. The older children are using our foam puzzles, and the other child sitting is using a wooden type of peg board, which wooden rings slide onto each peg and is sorted by color, and the children standing is using our magnetic board.

we have quite a selection table toys for the children to use such as; puzzles, latch boards, fruits and vegetables the children can cut that are held together by Velcro, magnetic letters, lacing toys, sewing cards and other manipulative toys also called *table toys* which they can use throughout the day.

We start our morning program with circle time. During circle time we discuss with the children the weather outside, what day it is, and go over that day's theme. We start with the weather chart and then move onto the calendar. After the children place the date on the calendar, we sing the 7 days of the week song and then we start our morning circle time activity.

You can visit my preschool themes and click on "sample" to view our morning circle time activities.

Or you can visit my toddler themes and click on "sample" to view our morning circle time activities.

My preschool program will teach the children to identify and comprehend numbers 1 through 20 PLUS help them learn their alphabet, shapes and colors. They will learn math skills including recognizing basic shapes, counting, sorting, sequencing, and sorting through lots of hands on activities, art projects, games, songs, stories and work sheets. Your children will learn through my educational program which provides a fun and creative curriculum which is based on a child-centered preschool program.

We also have a toddler program for the children sixteen months to two and half years of age.