Tot class – Loomis Community Preschool

Investigation: Scented Foaming Paint

Stacy Uncategorized May 7, 2014May 7, 2014loomis community preschool, preschool investigation, scented foaming paint, Tot class 0 Comment

If you need some investigation pointers, look no further. The tot class are professionals. Follow these simple steps for success.

Step 1: If you don’t know what it is, look at it real close and smell it.

Step 2: Poke it with whatever is nearby.

Step 3: Try touching it with your hands.

Step 4: Get your friend to also dig it out with her hands.

Step 5: Paint with it.

Try the recipe at home.

Tempura paint matched with a packet of the same color Koolaid. Sprinkle in the KoolAid and watch the magic happen. The magic is explained HERE.

Natural Genius

Stacy Uncategorized January 25, 20142 year olds, loomis community preschool, scientific discovery, Scientific Method, Tot class 0 Comment

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In public schools, children are taught the Scientific Method in the 5th grade. But here at LCP, we have found that children are natural geniuses. The have an innate sense of discovery within them. They have the determination to work at something until they figure it out even at the age of two.

Here we have a frozen block of ice with a polar bear trapped inside.

Observation:

Using their senses

Trying to get him out with sand

And some more sand.

Didn’t work? How about water?

How about 2 or 3 watering cans full of water?

How about if I stand on it?

Loomis Community Preschool Tot Class

Stacy Uncategorized October 1, 2013October 1, 20132 year olds, loomis community preschool, September fun, Tot class 0 Comment

September was an exciting month for this group of 2 year olds. They needed very little introduction to how things work at LCP as 5 of the 10 children in the class are the 2nd or 3rd sibling to come to Loomis Community Preschool. Those that were new to Loomis Community Preschool quickly learned the ropes and soon felt right at home. The first week at school they all got to work making collages, painting pictures, playing with play dough, and navigating the play yard.

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Even though at 2 years old most children engage in parallel play (playing alongside one another) they no doubt enjoy the opportunity to be around each other. They begin to watch each other and copy one another.