The East Bay here in the San Francisco Bay Area is commuter land. Many Moms and Dads commute FROM the East Bay TO San Jose or other parts of Silicon Valley. Well here in Fremont, California, we’re where the East Bay meets the South Bay. And our East Bay childcare is “commuter-friendly.” [Read more…] about The East Bay Is Commuter Land, and Our Childcare in Fremont, Danville & Dublin, Is Commuter Friendly
Public Options? Private Options? You Have Preschool Options in Fremont, Danville, & Dublin
Fremont, California, has many fine choices of kindergarten, and there are both public and private available. The public ones have one very big benefit: they are FREE! However, that is where the benefits stop, because their hours are not very good, and because they are free they tend to have much larger classes which means that each individual child often doesn’t get nearly the amount of attention that he or she should. [Read more…] about Public Options? Private Options? You Have Preschool Options in Fremont, Danville, & Dublin
Fremont Parents Want the Best for Their Kids, Including STEM Education in Preschool
Parents in Fremont obviously want the very best future for their children, and today that includes STEM education. For those unaware, STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and those are the areas in which children growing up today may wish to specialize because they are going to be very much in demand as we work our way through the first half of the 21st century. [Read more…] about Fremont Parents Want the Best for Their Kids, Including STEM Education in Preschool
Learn & Play Montessori Announces Update for Danville and Dublin Parents with Preschool Children
Danville, California – April 2, 2020. Learn and Play Montessori, serving the Bay Area with best-in-class preschool programs is proud to announce a page for information during the shutdown. Update information can be found at https://www.learnandplaymontessori.com/blog/covid-19-update-on-3-18-2020/ and is also being shared on the school’s Facebook and Twitter pages. [Read more…] about Learn & Play Montessori Announces Update for Danville and Dublin Parents with Preschool Children
Remote Learning – Enjoy Videos from Learn and Play Montessori
VIDEO HELP TO ASSIST YOUR CHILD TO LEARN THE MONTESSORI WAY
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VIDEOS: USE THE VIDEOS BELOW FOR LESSON IDEAS FOR YOUR CHILD
- Art Project for Children with Masking Tape & Paint – Hand / Eye at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep6i1-fo_lk. You can do this at home with household objects such as masking tape or chalk; you can even do it outside on a sidewalk.
- Slippery Fish Song For Toddlers – Music the Montessori Way at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tZJFO9jymE. Enjoy music the Montessori way – fun activity for your child to keep learning and have an appreciation for music.
- Arts & Crafts Project the Montessori Way at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnvmKUbkoi4. You can do this project at home with household objects. Keep your children active and learning! Learn concentration, organizational skills, and being neat and tidy. Plus it’s just fun.
- Learn Math the Montessori Way – Multiplication Bead Board at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13EHzfxtqeE. Mathematics multiplication bead board, one of the math activities used to set strong mathematics foundation in young children.
- Learn Clothespin, a Practical Life Activity – Enhance Fine Motor Skills at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGzLfRXtYgk. Clothespin exercise helps children with their fine motor skills and helps them with everyday living.
- Learn the Colors in Spanish – Colores en Español at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ7OB_c19BE. Help your child gain an awareness of the Spanish language in this fun activity. Go through the colors in Spanish.
- Pin Poking Activity – Improves Hand-eye Coordination in Children at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IlM-plx7es. This pin poking activity improves hand-eye coordination in children and prepares them for writing. This activity is for children 3 to 5 years of age.
- Washing Activity – Children Learn at Home the Montessori Way at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbaGpvjBnRM. Washing job activity in practical life helps children with hand movement, coordination and concentration
- Yoga for Kids at Home – Yoga the Montessori Way at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXQ8MK4G5aA. Montessori uses physical activities to help children learn. Children simple yoga poses for children. For children of all ages!
- Sensory Learning – Children Learn Sight, Smell, Hearing, Taste, and Touch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UP4qJZuU5_c. Use household objects to help your child learn about the five senses – sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. For children ages 18 months to 3 years.
- Objects to Letter Matching (Language) for Children Ages 3 to 5 years at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFl_ruufYtw. For children ages 3 to 5 years of age. This is a great way to learn letters, beginning sounds, and you can match objects around the house to the “phonics” and “sounds” as they begin to learn to associate sounds, objects, and letters.
- Learn Addition via a Math Strip Board at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PqZplw_Mmk. This is for children ages 4 to 6 years of age. This is a fun way to teach addition for your children; download the materials at our remote learning site, and download the “addition stripboard.”
- Tracing with Sand Paper at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAvcdKkCiQY. Tracing work for children ages 2 to 4 years of age helps with hand eye coordination. It develops writing skills. You can do this at home with sugar if you don’t have sand!
- Montessori Lesson on Fine Motor Skills via Sponges and Water at https://youtu.be/dYvJktJQ0vs. This simple water and sponge job develops fine motor skills in children. This also helps them in writing and develops concentration in young children.
- Enjoy a fun story with your child, ‘Baby Beluga Read Out Loud’ (Music) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXewl088s-A. Fun way to teach learning and music to your child at home.
- Science the #Montessori way is fun and learning, together. Enjoy a digital lesson you can do at home to learn how a flower blooms at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gusWIWwrY5g.
- One of the funnest stories ever is ‘Llama, Llama, Red Pajama Outloud‘ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZg-VCWUKSA. Reading is FUNdamental for your child. Enjoy this read outloud story of Llama, Llama, Red Pajama.
- Maps tell us where we are, but do you know how to use them? Enjoy a fun learning lesson on mapping based on #Montessori principles at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25MboCTJols. Try to find an old map, or perhaps one online, and work with your child to help him or her understand where you are and where other family members are. Maps are fun!
- Another fun digital lesson for you and your children! ‘Learn the Alphabet via the Phonic Song’ at https://buff.ly/3484RpC. Help your kids learn to read via this fun “phonic song.” For example,, “Apple” is Ap Ap Ap Ap, “Baby” is B B B B B, etc. Take some household items in your own home, and “sing” with your kids so that they learn first to hear the sounds and then they’ll be ready to learn to write them down and read them. Have fun!
- What month is it? How do you count in English and Spanish? Enjoy a fun-filled lesson on learning the months of the year and counting in Spanish at https://youtu.be/JTg-vrkoPMQ. Counting the numbers in English and Spanish. Let Miss Alice show your kids how to go through the months of the year, and then to count in both English and Spanish!
- Have you read the book, ‘Journey Home From Grandpa’s?‘ Enjoy a fun read-aloud lesson on this awesome book at https://youtu.be/sBVuLxT5sP4. It’s a sing along for toddlers.
- Enjoy a fun, digital lesson based on the “Rainbow Song with Coloring Activity” plus some good tips on how to do this Montessori activity at home at https://youtu.be/lAmHwKvMDwE. Colors are a foundational learning skill, and they’re run.
- Enjoy a fun, quick digital lesson for your child by Miss Olivia from the Danville Campus. Read along as she goes reads ‘Brown Brown What Did You See,’ one of our favorite children’s stories at https://youtu.be/f4kmKub5YHA.
- This simple water and sponge job develops fine motor skills in children. This also helps them in writing and develops concentration in young children at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYvJktJQ0vs
Learn & Play Montessori Announces Informational Post about Preschool Choices and the Power of Play
Fremont, California – March 30, 2020. Learn and Play Montessori, a best-in-class preschool program in Fremont, Danville, and Dublin, California, is proud to announce a new informational post that parents can read during the current shutdown. The post helps parents understand the importance of “play” as a way to bolster foundational skills in science, technology, engineering, and math or STEM. [Read more…] about Learn & Play Montessori Announces Informational Post about Preschool Choices and the Power of Play
Online Learning Resources for Children
During the shutdown, we’re tracking some of the best “online learning resources” for your children. The following resources emphasize pre-school, pre-k and resources for very young children.
- Khan Academy – a World-Famous Resource for Math, Science, History and Language learning. All free, and online.
- How to use Khan Academy Kids for remote learning – a ‘how to’ article on using the Khan Academy for remote learning
- Scholastic Learn at home for Pre-K – Day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing.
- StoryLineOnline – Award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
Supporting StoryLineOnline
On the behalf of Children and Families of Learn And Play Montessori School and our beautiful community, LAPMS has made a donation to StoryLine Online a children’s non-profit based out of California. [Read more…] about Supporting StoryLineOnline
COVID-19 – Update on 04/01/2020
Dear Beloved LAPMS Parents/Guardians, [Read more…] about COVID-19 – Update on 04/01/2020