My dramatic play area changes monthly. In January, we had the grand opening of our Preschool Shoe Store. The Shoe Store provides opportunities for the preschoolers to expand their vocabulary, practice social skills and fine motor skills, as well as explore math concepts. Today’s post was written by Bren, a contributor to PreKinders. The Shoe […]
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Preschool Music Center
Today, I’m excited to introduce a new writer for PreKinders.com: Bren, who is a Pre-K teacher in Illinois. Bren has long been an email friend of mine, and I thought it would be great if she could share her awesome ideas here. Here is Bren’s classroom Music Center. I love how organized it is. — Karen […]
iPads in the Preschool Classroom
Teaching in the Digital Age, by Brian Puerling Chapter 8: Multi-Touch Mobile Devices Bring the World to Our Fingertips Today I’m hosting Chapter 8 of Teaching in the Digital Age for our Summer Book Study. I was glad to see that Puerling did not talk about game-style apps for kids because those are not my […]
School Picture-Word Cards
This set of school picture-word cards includes 18 school related words: apple, bus, book, chair, crayons, glue, paint, scissors, paper, pencil, eraser, ruler, back pack, lunchbox, school, globe, notebook, chalkboard. There are more sets in the Picture-Word Cards collection. This set is great to use at the beginning of the school year. How to use the […]
Color Word Cards
Here is a new set I have created to add to the Picture-Word Cards collection. This Color Word Card set includes red, pink, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black, white, and gray/grey. How to use the word cards: There are a few ways you can use these picture-word cards and display them. Punch a hole […]
My Previous Pre-K Classroom
This is a photo tour of a previous Pre-K classroom I had. You might also want to see my current classroom. This is the circle time area. I have a teaching easel on the left. In the center, there’s an open-ended materials shelf for the block center. The cabinet with TV was rarely used, but had […]