Alphabet Jam: Commissary/Grocery Store Hunt!

O is for Olives! Turn your next trip to the commissary or grocery store into a fun learning experience with our KinderJam Grocery Hunts. Click on the image below and print. Happy Hunting!!!!

Alphabet Jam: Commissary/Grocery Store Hunt!

N is for Nectarine! Turn your next trip to the commissary or grocery store into a fun learning experience with our KinderJam Grocery Hunts. Click on the image below and print. Happy Hunting!!!!

Alphabet Jam: Commissary/Grocery Store Hunt!

M is for Marshmallow! Turn your next trip to the commissary or grocery store into a fun learning experience with our KinderJam Grocery Hunts. Click on the image below and print. Happy Hunting!!!!

Video Jam: The Medicine Song

In honor of my little man, who is under the weather today...We want to share some of our favorite "I'm Feeling Icky Today" songs.  Enjoy!!

Video Jam: Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast

In honor of my little man, who is under the weather today...We want to share some of our favorite "I'm Feeling Icky Today" songs.  Enjoy!!


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Craft Jam: Hands and Feet Reindeer

An easy to make reindeer craft for classrooms, a Christmas party, or with your little one at home.

Hands and Feet Reindeer

 

Materials:

• Large plastic eyes
• Large red pom-poms (glitter pom-poms are a fun addition!)
• Brown construction paper, craft foam or cardstock paper
• Lighter brown or tan paper for the ears (optional)
• Construction paper in any color; optional if you would like to glue the reindeer onto another piece of paper.

Directions:

1. First, with one shade of brown, cut the antlers and reindeer, using your child's handprint and shoeprint as a pattern.
2. Then, cut the ears with the other brown. You can use a lighter shade of brown to add yet another layer to the ears but that's not necessary.
3. Glue the antlers together at a slight angle.
4. Then add the ears,
5. Glue the head on last.
6. Glue the eyes and nose the the head and add a smile with a marker.

It's that simple!

 

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10 Tips to Make Your Home a Place For Young Readers

Learning to read is an exciting accomplishment in a child's life. Unlike talking, reading doesn't come naturally. Literacy skills take practice and need to be developed over time. The informed parent has ample opportunities to enhance pre-reading skills in their young children.  Below are 10 tips to make your home a place for your young reader.

1. Choose a quiet time for reading to your child, as in before a nap, bedtime, or after dinner.
2. Choose a special place for family reading, like a comfortable chair or pillows piled on the floor.
3. Let your child select the book for you to read aloud.
4. Hold the book so that she or he can see the pictures. If possible, also let her or him turn the pages.
5. Take time to look at and talk about the pictures. Don't just read the story: talk about it. Let your child point out letters, shapes, colors, and animals.
6. Understand that reading begins at home. Children read their environments, so make your home a print rich environment.
7. Read! Don't expect reading to be important to your children if they see that it's not important to you.
8. Invite your child to read to you. If he or she is a pre reader, he'll often interpret his own story using illustrations and his imagination.  
9. Make lists, lots of them. Make them for grocery shopping, books to buy and things to take on trips.
10. Read aloud to your child every day.

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