What kid doesn’t love pizza? My kids would eat pizza every night if I let them. In fact, that’s what inspired me to make these FREE Letter Sounds Pizza Puzzles. Scroll down to download them for yourself! This post contains affiliate links. Read my disclosure here. Prepping the Letter Sounds Printables First, you obviously need…
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How to Easily Get Students Interested in Writing
Getting young students in preschool or kindergarten interested in writing can be a huge challenge. Especially when they’re not used to sitting at a table and working for any length of time. Fortunately, there is one topic every student LOVES to talk about: themselves! Seriously, just think about how many times a day are you…
FREE Parent Handout: This Is Actually Why We Play
There’s so much more to kindergarten readiness than letter recognition. Maybe it’s because I’ve always wanted to be a teacher…but it baffles me that families don’t understand that 3, 4, and 5 year olds learn better through play than worksheets. Here’s a FREE parent handout to send home to help those families recognize what play…
The Only Way to Use Worksheets in Preschool
The Only Way to Use Worksheets in Preschool Benefits of Using Worksheets There are a few reasons I like to use worksheets in my classroom: Encourage thinking and fine motor skills Build stamina and focus needed for kindergarten Show parents what we’re learning about Easily assess students’ abilities However, there’s also a lot to consider…
Make Better Readers with this FREE Simple Printable
As teachers, we all know that reading is important! The more preschool students are read to, the better they will develop necessary literacy skills. Here’s a fun and cute reading log printable to help encourage parents and preschoolers to read at home, too! Make Better Readers with this FREE Simple Printable Reading at Home I’m…
This is What Happens When You Use a Preschool Focus Wall
Have you seen all those awesome looking focus walls all over Pinterest? Me too! But I teach preschool, so the kind with written out objectives and all that jazz won’t work too well for me. So what’s a teacher to do? Improvise, of course! Keep reading to check out my preschool focus wall and the…
Simple Story Elements Made Practical and Fun!
Story elements are a common topic for preschool and kindergarten classrooms. But how do you teach and assess knowledge of story elements to a group of students who can’t read independently? Here’s how I do it! Simple Story Elements Made Practical and Fun! Back to the Basics Remember, preschoolers are not ready for “formal” instruction….
Teach Story Retelling with Nursery Rhymes
Story retelling is a preschool and early elementary skill that should be practiced often. Here’s some Nursery Rhymes worksheets to help your students master their story retelling skills! Teach Story Retelling with Nursery Rhymes Retelling familiar stories is both a Common Core Kindergarten standard and included in Pennsylvania’s Early Learning Standards for Preschool. It’s important…
The Preschool Circle Time Routine That Will Make You Love Your Job
Preschool circle time is an important time of our day! It signals the beginning of “school” time for us, a transition from free play to educational activities we do as a teacher-led group. Keep reading to see what I mean! The Preschool Circle Time Routine That Will Make You Love Your Job (This post contains…
How to Make a Cheap and Easy Sight Word Center
Centers are the core of a quality preschool classroom. You can include sight words in your alphabet center or writing center to introduce sight words to preschoolers. This will help them learn to differentiate between letters and words. More advanced students may start to recognize and read the words. So here’s a super easy way…
