I try to keep my circle-time area away from any toys or other visual distractions, aside from the calendar. I give each child a carpet rectangle...
I am doing a bunch of different math lessons with leaves. I am using die-cut leaves simply because I don't want them to get crunchy or fall...
We sing... What's the weather like today? like today? like today? What's the weather like today? It is _________ (and the Weather Watcher fills in...
I have a blue, green, yellow, red color system (cards) and the kids have responded really well to it both this year and last...behav. color is...
Ditto - but we don't have any of the above in our preschool...we've got mailboxes in the office & parents have to communicate w/ us via note or...
I feel like there are so many fun food activities that I can't do because of food allergies (I have 2 students w/ peanut allergies and one of...
Honestly, I think teaching 3s the letters is more like planting a seed...if it sprouts (aka they learn them), then great...if not, they are at...
Have the kids paint a simple tree with branches in brown paint (the branches could even be their hands!). Help them to use their thumbprints to...
I know that I'll be the minority, but I do...the theory that the upper case letters are easier to make doesn't hold a lot of weight with me since...
Wow - no one (that I know of) in PA is that strict w/ a handwriting entrance assessment or anything...and you certainly don't lose points for...
my former K actually didn't even have a handwriting curriculum & then the 1st grade teachers would get mad at the K teachers (me!) when the kids...
Jack Hartman makes some awesome stuff, too! I love the Gingerbread Man CD (ABC disco is a favorite off of that one)...also, not sure who does them...
For fall, you could die cut (if you have access) different colors, sizes, and types of leaves and first have them sort by color (or use real...
and possibly this one: http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Go-Jane-Breskin-Zalben/dp/0618072500/ref=pd_sim_b_6
How about this one? http://www.amazon.com/Love-You-All-Day-Long/dp/B000M8MGSY/ref=pd_sim_b_4
LOL, blue...I definitely feel more confident in my 2nd year teaching preschool (having taught 3 years of kindergarten before that)...each year...
Ditto Wa - I was thinking of the kissing hand also...or Owen
Wa - I don't think that any teacher in any kindergarten is going to be upset with a child coming in writing their name with only the first letter...
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No matter what I teach for a handwriting curric (we don't have one and neither does the school district that we feed into - not in K anyway), I...
