Explore with Little Learners: PreK to Grade 3

Who enjoyed visiting the BGPR Pumpkin Trail this past weekend at Preston Miller Park?!? We had over 400 pumpkins painted by local individuals, businesses and organizations. Every pumpkin was so creative and showed the AMAZING artistic abilities of our community!

After receiving 46.25% of the vote in our community survey, this Pinocchio Pumpkin by Kentucky Legal Aid takes home “Best in Show” on this years Trail! Thank you to everyone who painted pumpkins for this years 1st Annual Pumpkin Trail. We look forward to making this an annual destination for our community to celebrate the fall season!

👻What is a ghost’s favorite dessert?
– Boo-berry pie with ice scream!🍨

Don’t be a scaredy-cat and head to our final Drive-In Storytime of the season, tomorrow at SoKY Marketplace! (Tuesday, October 27 | 6:00 p.m.)

First 15 families will sn**ch a storytime kit featuring "The Spooky Wheels on the Bus".

55+ ACTIVITIES FOR 5 YEAR OLDS
https://happytoddlerplaytime.com/55-easy-activities-for-5-year-olds-kindergartners/

Love this! Thanks for sharing Krista.

👀Be sure to take a peek at our "Library of Things"! 👀

You can reserve any of our "things" online at www.warrenpl.org. Do a keyword search in the catalog, enter an asterisk in the search box, and limit by "things".

Explore with Little Learners: PreK to Grade 3 updated their information in their About section.

A friend shared this with me today. How fun is this?!

Tomorrow is the day cats n’ kittens for new Pete the Cat episodes! Watch Season 2 exclusively on Amazon Prime Video

Last but not least from our BGPR Recreation Guide is this family fun Park Bingo activity! Try and see if you can fill in the entire board by completing the activities or finding the unique items.

Share with us your experience playing Park Bingo using on social media!

We have a digital adventure for ALL AGES in June! 🌞

Mark your activities as you go to get a BINGO! For more information on how you can , check out warrenpl.org/summer.

We’d see so much love if we saw the world through the eyes of our children. We’re asking kids across the commonwealth to share what love looks like to them through a drawing, picture or video. Tag & help spread love and joy when we need it most.

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CNN and 'Sesame Street' to host a town hall addressing racism As anger and heartbreak have swept across America over the killing of yet another black man at the hands of police, CNN and Sesame Street are refocusing their second town hall to address racism.

Some things you just gotta let go. 😁

Prufrock Press posted the Q & A I did for families on their blog (😲) and I thought some of you may like these ideas too.
🖤 Allison

Prufrock Press : Inspiring Innovation and Creativity at Home Through STEAM: Author Q&A When we imagine young children becoming the innovators of the future, we envision them conducting science experiments to cure diseases, writing the next great novel, or creating a revolutionary digital tool that brings the world together. Inspiring Innovation and Creativity in Young Learners and Han...

It’s time to go to the (virtual) nail salon 💅 We have a few fans of this activity— elementary, high schoolers, and the in between— who have all been participating in OT via Telehealth. This motivating activity can serve as a way to improve fine motor control, fine motor strength, bilateral coordination, and visual motor skills, as well as help with identification and naming of fingers (pointer, middle, ring finger, etc.). This serves as a great preparatory activity for occupations like typing, snapping fingers, handwriting, and of course, painting nails!! Kids having to manage supplies and deal with those tricky twist tops are added bonuses! Additionally, we really love the small thin tops on the bottles, as it promotes use of a tripod grasp with proper verbal cues. If you want to add in a challenge for memory and attention, call out multiple colors and nails that need to be painted, i.e. “paint the ring finger blue, and the pinky finger purple.” It’s a fun activity for sure!!

Image taken from themamanotes.com

When Will This Be Over? Sesame Workshop's Tips For Parenting During A Pandemic Many parents are struggling right now — juggling kids at home 24/7 and coping with their own losses. In this episode, Rosemarie Truglio, a developmental psychologist and vice president of research at Sesame Workshop, offers helpful pandemic parenting tips.

Check out this list for some of my little guy's favorite shows on Netflix. Of course, there are lots of wonderful movies on Netflix too, but this list may help you during those moments of distance learning when you need something educational for your little that is different than the norm. You know that I whole heartedly promote hands on exploring together, but let's be real. There's a time to screen together too. It's also something safe for him to watch while I have to take that Zoom call. Anyway, hope this list helps! I'm thinking of making a list like this for Disney Plus and YouTube Kids, if it helps.

This is my most widely shared post. And rightly so, it’s an important one. These are “prewriting patterns”, with the average (not prescribed) age at which children are developmentally ready to achieve these patterns listed below them in years and months. Being able to process visual information and produce a movement in response (e.g. copying these prewriting patterns or letter formations), is known as “visual motor integration”. ⠀
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Note that an X is not typically achieved until 4 years 11 months, and a triangle at 5 years 3 months. If a child can’t form these basic shapes...then they probably won’t be able to form letters. ⠀
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It is quite concerning then that there are 3 year 7 month olds starting formal schooling, where they’re expected to write. Not only are their visual motor integration skills not developed enough, their hands are also physically under-developed. In addition, recognising letters, understanding phonics and beginning to read are all needed in order for a child to write meaningfully, skills which children starting kindy typically don’t have. We also know that when a child learns something that doesn’t hold meaning, it‘s unlikely to stick. ⠀
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So if you have a 3-4 year old who spontaneously asks or attempts to write letters, that’s great; otherwise, there is no need to initiate or worry about this. Unfortunately there is a misconception, particularly with the way that the current curriculum stands, that earlier is better. Earlier is not always better.⠀

Source: Beery Buktenica Test of Visual Motor Integration, 6th Edition
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I guess the cat is out of the bag!!! This Wednesday, we partnered with The Good Deeds Club , and some local businesses to feed some families in need. If you happen to have a full pantry, please share with the families that may need dinner this Wednesday! We have watched business after business and family after family help out in SO many ways. It was our turn. See you Wednesday!

***** It will be our individual pizza. Every person in each car will receive a pizza! You must be present to receive a pizza. You will only be allowed to circle around once. You will have your choice of pepperoni or cheese. K? K! WE. CANT. WAIT.

Books for Kids Who Worry or Have Anxiety With everything that is happening in the world right now, many kids and adults find themselves feeling anxious and worrying more than usual. One way to help your kids work through these feelings is with books. Here are some great books for kids who worry or have anxiety.

Here’s an easy little spring time craft 🌷Use lincoln logs as a stamp to help promote a pincer grasp - it’s extra easy because kids can place their fingers in little grooves. None of those around? Use cotton balls, q-tips, old wine corks, cut up sponges, or dot markers instead! For a tougher challenge, call out different fingers to make petals with to really practice finger isolation. This is a great prep for any fine motor task, like playing piano, handwriting, typing, buttoning, beading- the list goes on!

CALLING ALL STUDENTS GRADES 3-8! 📚☔
The WAVE 3 News Storm Tracking Team will be hosting educational, interactive Facebook Live lessons on the WAVE 3 News page every Wednesday at 1pm for the next 3 weeks. Mark your calendars!

Love these handprint bunnies!

https://onelittleproject.com/handprint-bunnies/

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