Category: Language and Literacy

by Stephanie Ginter / February 14, 2012

Looking for some fun activities to do on the preschool playground for Valentines Day?  Try making some Valentine Bubble Art!  First, bend some craft wire or old wire coat hangers into heart shapes.  These become your special Valentines Day bubble wands.  Next, put some red or pink food coloring in the bubble soap and mix […]

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by Stephanie Ginter / August 26, 2011

Rae Pica writes in her 2010 article, “Linking Literacy and Movement,” that “stringing actions together to form sequences is similar to linking words to form sentences and eventually paragraphs.  Both require children to choose components that flow naturally.”  So true! Children learn a lot through movement. When children run outside, they are not just skipping […]

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by Clark Kugler / June 27, 2011

The following are just some of the words children will learn by playing with these products in their outdoor classroom: Art Easel – paint, portrait, easel Balance Beam – balance, incline, level Woodworking Learning Center – carpentry, tools, safety, goggles Gas Pump and Car Wash – water jets, pipe, sprayer Literacy Gazebo – literacy, hexagon Mirror […]

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by Clark Kugler / August 30, 2010

While sharing stories in the Literacy Gazebo, select one of the children’s favorites from the Bookcase. This handy-dandy bookcase displays books and art supplies in an outdoor classroom setting. Specially-formulated playground plastics create the shelves and the exterior of the bookcase. This means the weather (i.e. rain, sun, heat and cold) will not affect whatever […]

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by Clark Kugler / August 30, 2010

One great way to make that transition from summer to school is with the literacy gazebo. The Literacy Gazebo provides a great place for children to sit and listen to stories, tell stories to other children, or create their own stories using art supplies. Imagine sitting outside with the children. A cool breeze running through […]

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by Clark Kugler / September 27, 2009

There are many ways to bring literacy outside. Simply labeling and naming everything allows children to practice whole language. Have children make their own signs and tape them onto objects. One of my favorite things has been watching children journal outdoors and seeing what they view in the world versus what I view in the […]

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