Kiddies Kare

The children are learning the concept of sequence and pattern recognition by arranging the bears in specific, repeating orders. 🧸

These teddy bear counters are a great staple in many classrooms for their diverse usage in developing math skills. They can be counted, sorted, measured, and used to create patterns. ✨

It was a beautiful day for parachuting play. 🪂 ☀️ Parachute play is a fun and valuable activity that helps children develop many skills: teamwork, gross motor development, build confidence, friendships, and social skills.

📌 REMINDER 📆 : We will be closed on Fri, June 19th in observance of Juneteenth Day. 💚🖤❤️

Join us for STEAM Around the Square — a FREE day of creativity and discovery in Downtown Newark.
🧪 Build circuits, 🎨 make art, 🦕 explore fossils, and 🎶 enjoy live performances.

📅 May 30 | 12–4 PM | Rain or shine

📍 Newark Museum of Art, The Pillars & Newark Public Library

We will be closed on Mon., May 25, 2026 for Memorial Day. 🇺🇸 Have a safe and happy holiday.

Using practice sheets to develop handwriting skills benefits preschoolers by building fine motor control, and improving hand-eye coordination. Consistent tracing and pre-writing activities prepare little hands for formal writing while naturally enhancing focus, and patience. ✍🏽 ✨

She was asked to pick up 8 cubes and did a great job. 😃✨ Learning to count out cubes helps preschoolers develop foundational math skills, such as one-to-one correspondence, number recognition, and early addition/subtraction.

This tactile, hands-on activity enhances fine motor skills, strengthens spatial awareness, and promotes cognitive development by making abstract concepts, such as quantity and place value, tangible. 🟥🟦🟧🟪🟨🟩⬜️🟫

Today the children played Alphabet Bingo. 🔤

✨ Strengthens letter recognition, phonics skills, and letter-sound association in a fun, interactive way.
✨ Improves cognitive abilities like concentration, visual scanning, and memory, while developing fine motor skills through placing markers.
✨ Fosters social-emotional growth through turn-taking, patience, and sportsmanship.

There’s nothing like story-time to keep these little busy ones calm. 📖 Reading aloud to children builds vocabulary, strengthens cognitive development, enhances listening skills, and fosters emotional connections. ✨🌱