Celebrations
The best time to celebrate is whenever you can! We LOVE celebrating: the high days and holidays and birthdays and special days! And sometimes we even celebrate the ordinary days,…
Daily Rhythms
“Meaning hides in repetition: We do this every day or every week because it matters. We are connected by this thing we do together. We matter to one another. In…
Hands-on Maths with Thornewood Treasures
Hands-on or experiential learning occurs when a child is placed in direct contact with concrete objects which she can handle, manipulate, investigate and use to gain first-hand experience about its…
Colour matching games with Thornewood Treasures
Sorting and matching games are a simple but foundational first step in giving your little one a solid grounding in early maths skills. Did you know that children who are…
The benefits of block play
Spacial Awareness Spacial awareness is the ability to organize objects, including oneself, in a given space. When children play with blocks, they plan how to organise their blocks within the…
Counting Houses
Pair the house with its matching rainbow arch for a colour-matching game. Arrange the houses in the correct order from 1 – 12. Now practice ordinal numbers! What is the…