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…
How to Make Your Preschoolers Listen Without Yelling
Do you feel like you have to yell to get your students’ attention? What about around the end of the year or special days when their energy level is high? Or are you a homeschool preschool mom who sometimes gets frustrated with your little one? Here’s some ideas you may not know about (or might…
How to Teach Emotions in Preschool and Avoid Meltdowns
Most people picture preschool as a room full of 4-year-olds running rampant and screaming at each other while you try to keep the classroom from catching fire. And it does feel like that some days! So here’s some research based tips to help your preschoolers keep their emotions in check and display self control. How…
How this Free Bulletin Board Header Can Increase Focus
How this Free Bulletin Board Header Can Increase Focus Limit Decorations to Increase Student Focus Did you know that most of your decor should be useful or student created? Teacher created or purchased materials that are just for decoration can actually be visually distracting and hinder your students’ focus. Posters and displays are fine if you…
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…
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…
How to Earn TpT Credits for Free Resources
Have you ever bought resources from TeachersPayTeachers.com? Did you know you can earn credits towards future purchases by leaving reviews on the products you purchased? You can! It takes only a few minutes, gives you points towards free resources, and helps the seller gain recognition, as well! Here’s how to get your TpT credits. How…
How to Teach Handwriting in Preschool
The way kids grasp their tools in preschool will set the stage for later writing in school. So it’s important that they’re taught right from the beginning, before bad habits set in. Or they might end up like my daughter: straight A’s in every subject but handwriting! Here’s some tips to help your little learners…