29. June 2009 by admin.

Hello Everyone – just a quick update – I just added a new 250 + page digital book to Peanut Butter Crunch – and there is a 25+ page book (with 40 activities) for free at www.resource4preschool.com.  The free book is comprised of actual pages from the extended version of Standards Warm-Ups for the Kindergarten Class.  The activities include work with colors, number lines, missing numbers, counting, shapes, complete the shapes, beginning math computation reading problems, time, money and so very much more. 

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I hope everyone enjoys the new free PDF book! 

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Until next time,

Narcissa

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30. May 2009 by admin.

It has been a busy weekend – One of my sons just graduated High School yesterday – “HOORAY”.  As all of you can imagine – I am very proud of him!

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Next I just added the new Babysitting Activity Kit to Peanut Butter Crunch.  Check it out – I am really excited about it.  It is a set of games and sheets for the babysitting business (great for the teenager just starting out – or the established childcare provider).  I will write more about it later this week. 

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And…. If you are a subscriber to the update letter – you just received the new Crocodile Hop game in your email.  If not – click here to get your copy –http://resource4preschool.com/CrunchyCountryNewsletters/crocodilehop      

Hope you enjoy it (and your kids). 

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Have a Great Day, 

Narcissa

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4. May 2009 by admin.

Well it has been a long weekend – working on the Baby Sitting Activities Kit …. Okay…. It has actually been a couple of weeks with everything going on around here.  The kit is actually coming together very nicely.  I printed off the majority of the items and will be putting everything together this next week – and taking pictures.  My ‘photo’ skills are not that great but I think that you should see what you could make with the kit.  As you can tell – I am really excited about the activities kit.  It includes games for a wide range of ages and stages.  I am including some outside (not affiliated with PBC, JustGiant, FreeABCSchool, Resource4Preschool or Legend of Learning sites) sources that I found during some of my research into what is available for the Baby-sitting crowd.

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 There are a lot of sources for info – forums, paid programs, etc….. but I did not find any thing unique like this kit I am about to put on PBC.  This kit will be great for any baby sitter / daycare provider that is not focusing strictly on the preschool to kindergarten level child.

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The kit will be very compact …. And more importantly – it has one-of-a-kind activities.  I know that there are plenty of card and board games out there – but not everyone has room for 25 boxes of puzzles and board games nor wants to tote around the huge boxes.  I designed the games to fit onto file folders or in page protectors.  Card games are included – but are unique to this set and are in printable PDF.  If a piece is lost – simply print off a new one – not replace the entire set.

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 I sent out a sample copy of a preschool game (Teddy Bear Land) a few weeks back to the update letter subscribers.  This game was one of the earliest activities created for the kit.  I have since added a mini ‘old fashion’ games book, Critter Grid Drawing Book (my son that draws a lot loves this book), Lotto Match Games, Spell-A-Word Card Game, Puzzling Cards Game, Barn Yard Friends (FF game), Fun at the Fair (FF game), To the Top (FF), Ship to Shore (FF), Rainbow Station (FF), Leapin’ Lily Pads (FF), Mini Movers (FF), Where Does Your Garden Grow? (FF), Speed Challenge (FF), Color Bingo, 5 in a Row, Some coloring pages, Paper Dolls, Kid Collage Puzzle Pieces, Mini Dough Cards, Create-A-Puzzle, Beginning Letter Domino Game, Lady Bug – Lady Bug game, Let’s Go Fishing (2 versions), Puzzling Blocks, Spinner making printables, Dice / Block designing printables, basic accounting sheets, a popular songs book, crafty recipes book and forms (these include business cards, flyers, daytime scheduling sheet, family info sheets, etc…..).  I will probably add a few more items to the kit before I am finished – but as you can tell – it contains a lot already.

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 The kit will be available to the PBC subscribers for a period of 4 – 6 weeks and then it will be ‘gone’.  I have something very special in mind for it after that – and I will let you know as soon as I have everything in place.

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 Anyway – just a quick update to let you know what I have been up to lately.  

Have a Great Week – Narcissa

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20. April 2009 by admin.

It has been awhile (I know…..)  I am still working on the ‘project’ but it should be completed in the next couple of weeks.  I just listed some new items on PBC.  I added some new PECS style books – including books with shapes, colors, numbers, beginning letter sound recognition and vowels.  I added a desktop nametag helper in the classroom section (I added some mini versions that can be used as labels for many items).  I forgot to list the Give Your Doggie a Bone Make-a-Word board game on the front page – but it is in PBC as well.  It is a cute game that encourages word recognition using the AP and AT endings.  Self-Checking Puzzle cards were added too.  The cards are really easy to make and will encourage self-confidence with the students.  The cards include the numbers and beginning letter sounds.  Finally, over 50 more Circle Time Supports Calendar sets were added too.

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21. February 2009 by admin.

Just an Update – Come March 6^th – there will be new stuff on Peanut Butter Crunch.  Everything is in place and ready to go.  The new Circle Time Supports will be added and so will the very beginning of the K – 1 Transitions.

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I wanted to expand the curriculum / resources from just preschool and focus on an overall readiness for the first grade.  As many of you are aware, preschool and kindergarten cover a large amount of basic skills.  I want PBC to be equipped with enough resources to accommodate the typical 2.5 year old - up to the early 7 year old students.  This will take some time but with the addition of the K-1 Transitions program – I am on target.  New items in PDF will be added for the next several months.  I will update when this occurs.

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