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kingvozzo
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Posted: Feb 06 2006 at 8:37pm \| IP Logged

Hello all! I'm hoping to get some suggestions for a 50 minute activity group session that I will be leading in 2 weeks. The children range in age from young 2's to 5's.
Something along the lines of a song, book, craft combo that might work with 10 preschooler?
I'd love some ideas from greater minds than mine

Thanks!

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Posted: Feb 06 2006 at 8:52pm \| IP Logged

Noreen, do you have a theme, a saint day, or any guidelines like that?

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Posted: Feb 06 2006 at 8:57pm \| IP Logged

Not really. It seems to be wide open. But, this is a 'non-sectarian' group, so I'm need to keep it not overtly Catholic

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Posted: Feb 07 2006 at 6:22am \| IP Logged

You can check out FIAR circle and Little Giraffes for some ideas. I used the Storm in the Night five senses for our science co-op. The children we 4-6 age group.

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Posted: Feb 07 2006 at 6:29am \| IP Logged

I think it would probably be easier if there was a theme of some type then it would be pretty easy to come up with crafts, games,song, maybe even snacks. For that age group there are so many fun things you can do: winter ideas, transportation, animals, etc. Then you could either divide the group into different stations so the kids can do different acitvities at each time or all together.

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Posted: Feb 07 2006 at 7:06am \| IP Logged

Hi Noreen,

You might find some ideas at this preschool website. It's secular (you mentioned this is not a Catholic group) and has tons of pre-K activities!

I used to organize the 4-5s group at our homeschool coop. Themes that worked for us were nature/seasons, "our community" and countries of the world.

You could do something on the Olympics ~ countries of the world, sports, Italy etc.

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