I think that in order to make it easier for the kids, you should have a week of transition time w/ the old teacher (together). This way, you can...
We go on a color hunt & each of us searches the room for an item in our color, which we then bring back to share with everyone. We also...
FoxTerrier - Yay! As we have all been saying, it's always harder on the adult than it is on the child...because obviously, the adult doesn't know...
Parents love to donate things like this, I have found, so post a sign-up sheet outside the classroom door. Parents will be able to see what has...
this happened with my 4 year old boys last year...it did stop after my constant "nagging" about the issue :)
These are cut & pasted from a list of ideas that I send home with kids who are struggling w/ fine motor skills (along with a letter to the...
My issue throughout the year tends to be anything and everything being turned into a gun...the square for the workbench, airplanes become fighter...
"Hello, friends, how are you?" "Hello, friends, how are you?" "Hello, friends, how are you? How are you today?" To the tune of Skip to My Lou...
also - if you could get your hands on some doctor or nurse scrubs, that would be super comfy, too! That's what I plan to do!
I am in a church-based system. We have two actual preschool classrooms/teachers (3s come 2 days a week, 4s come 3 days a week) and two daycare...
I agree with everyone else. My co-worker has a boy in her class who cries when his mother leaves, so she has stayed all day, everyday for the...
I do a homework activity calling it their "I Can Read!" book. Their parents help them fill their pages with recognizable labels and then they...
You could make it like a storybook character parade & have them bring along the book that shows their character. Doh...I just saw that Sarzacsmom...
Well, I guess everyday has been getting a bit better... Day 1 - can't drink from a cup, pooped pants Day 2 - ran around the room during...
well - I have had posters in the bathroom, but they are about washing hands and brushing teeth - research shows that being "immersed" in print &...
I haven't had problems (yet) with kids fighting w/ dinos...I'm sure the day will come, although right now, the "hot spot" at choice time is the...
I do straight, slight wave, zig-zag, squiggly wave (4s only)
Hmmm obviously I am of a different school of thought - it isn't that I think kids NEED to be rewarded, but even as adults, an external reward...
I was thinking of putting something special in a bag and telling the kids about it at the beginning of the day, saying that anyone who still had a...
Thanks for the suggestions - I'll try some of them out on Tuesday and see how it goes...fortunately for me, I only have him Tues/Thurs.
