The Benefits of Sensory Play Sensory Play is Related to Trying New Foods How cool is that? Children who are encouraged to play with fruit and vegetables are more likely and willing to taste the food. The play experience gives them a chance to explore the food without pressure to taste. Since the majority of kids…
Preschool
Free download! Bright Weather Poster for Preschool Circle Time
Free Weather Poster I made this simple weather poster for my own classroom. I don’t have a ton of pocket charts, or even the space for them. We do our weather review with this poster! I have this printed on a regular 8.5×11 page and laminated. I usually hold it during morning meeting and go over each…
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…
Spring Color by Number
Spring Has Sprung! Well, almost. I’m not sure whether to think Punxsutawney Phil was wrong this year or not. The weather has been springy, then wintry all over again here in PA! Actually, I know where that groundhog happens to live-and it’s not at Gobler’s Knob! I might just go give him an earful….
Dinosaur Number Fun
Dinosaurs are fun! Why learn numbers with dinosaurs? Because why not! My preschool boys are obsessed with dinosaurs right now. So I did my best to “follow the child” and create a pack that would engage my kids and help them to learn those number names that some of them struggle with. Counting with Dinosaurs Book…
How to Easily Teach Kitchen Safety in Preschool
How to Easily Teach Kitchen Safety in Preschool One of our daily topics this week was Kitchen Safety. Since I always try to create my plans around my state’s learning standards, I started searching for a relevant standard to tie in to our lesson. Fortunately, kitchen safety fits right in to PA’s Early Learning Standards. By…
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…
An Easy Brain Break That Will Help Your Students Focus
An Active Brain Break That Will Help Your Students Focus Get Rid of Winter Wiggles Are your kids more wiggly and have a harder time focusing during the winter when they’re cooped up inside? I know mine are! Not to mention the way the holidays and snow affect our school days and everyone forgets the…
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…
