This set of Emotion Picture-Word Cards includes happy, angry, afraid, surprised, excited, silly, sad, and worried. This set has 8 word cards. Find more word cards in the Picture-Word Card collection. I prefer to use picture-word cards in a pocket chart near my writing center. That way, the children can take them out of the pocket chart and take […]
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Preschool Snack Store
Today’s post is written by Bren, a contributor to PreKinders. A couple of times a year I open a “Snack Store”. During centers the preschoolers take turns ordering their snack. They each get 5 pennies and a menu that lists the items (with pictures) and their cost. We spend a few minutes talking about the […]
Author Posters to Help Children Learn About Authors
This is just a very simple idea I wanted to share about making author posters for your classroom. During the book study recently, some of us were talking about author studies. Author studies can be very, very simple, especially in Pre-K. I think some teachers feel intimidated when they think of doing an author study […]
Digital Learning: Good News and Bad, The Read Aloud Handbook, by Jim Trelease, Ch. 7
Today I’m hosting Chapter 7 of the Summer Book Study of Jim Trelease’s book The Read Aloud Handbook. Find more details about the book study here with a schedule. Chapter 7 is titled “Digital Learning: Good News and Bad”. I love technology and I love my gadgets. I believe digital learning has a place in education. However, I also […]
The Stages of Read Aloud, The Read Aloud Handbook, by Jim Trelease, Ch. 3
Today I’m hosting Chapter 3 of the Summer Book Study of Jim Trelease’s book The Read Aloud Handbook. Find more details about the book study here with a schedule. Chapter 3 is titled “The Stages of Read-Aloud”. This chapter was full of great information! I will just touch on a few points. Reading Aloud in Early […]
How Often Should Parents & Teachers Read Aloud to Children: An Interview with Jim Trelease
The Book Study got off to a great start this week with Chapter 1 hosted by Scott Wiley of Brick by Brick. Now it’s time for a Q&A break with Jim Trelease, the author of The Read Aloud Handbook. Question: It’s no secret that national, state, and local mandates as well as standardized testing have […]