Are you getting ready for back to school? Do your students love to cut and paste? And I bet they LOVE to talk about themselves! Well, if you want something fun and engaging to do the first week of school that will carry throughout your school year, check out this All About Me Notebook! The…
Literacy
My Simple Trick That Keeps My Classroom Library Organized [Free Download]
Is your daycare or preschool library area always a mess? Mine is! Who has time make sure the kids always put their books away nicely?! But I also hate it when books are laying all over and end up broken. Scroll down to see what I did about it and get your free printable! Free “Book Return…
Preschool Learning – Are Letters Really Important?
Has anyone ever questioned your preschool program because their child didn’t know the letters? You probably know that early academic abilities do make a difference. But should letter recognition be the main focus of your preschool? Keep reading to find out what current research says about teaching the alphabet to preschoolers. The Amazing Truth About Preschool – What Does Research…
Spring Read and Color Books for Emergent Readers
Spring has sprung! Or at least, the calendar says it has and the weather is trying to catch up around here. My kids can finally go outside to dig in the dirt and sand, instead of the rice sensory bin that inevitably gets tracked throughout the house! So I thought I’d make a few new products to…
Letter Game for Fun Phonics Practice! [FREE Download]
You probably already know that kids who can tell the beginning sounds each letter makes are better prepared for school and go on to be more efficient readers. So I made this game so we can have easy and fun phonics practice in my own preschool program! Your Preschool Needs This Fun Letter Game [FREE Download] Letter Matching…
Making Letters Fun with Alphabet Coloring Pages
Every preschool teaches the alphabet. For good reason! The letter names are one of the first things children will be learning when they start kindergarten. Even young kids can learn some of these letter names and sounds. This gets them ahead of the game and they’ll be more prepared for school. Why Simple is Better Preschoolers and kindergartners are different. For…
Valentine’s Day FREEBIE!
It’s hard to believe, but the first month of 2017 is already coming to a close! That means I need to get my butt in gear if I want to look good on the beach this summer ? That also means that Valentine’s Day is coming up! Valentine’s Day is not a huge deal in my…
Letter of the Week: I
Our letter last week was I. Normally, we’d be a few letters ahead of this, but we were pretty laid back in December and got off course. BUT, everyone’s happy and healthy and learning in less formal ways, so that’s what counts! Even when we don’t follow our plan book, we’re always talking about…
All About My Family Freebie!
With Thanksgiving quickly approaching (where did November go?!), we’re spending some time in PreK discussing families and thankfulness. Here’s some freebies I’d like to share from some of my best selling packs! Click each photo to get the PDF for download. The first page is from my All About Me Interactive Notebook: A Cut and Paste…
How to Teach Printing the Easy Way
How to Teach Printing the Easy Way Learning to print letters is a new focus in kindergarten. For maybe the first time in their lives, students are expected to recognize and write letters. This is challenging for a lot of kids that are just even learning the letter names! Keep reading for my insider secret to…
