Teaching in the Digital Age, by Brian Puerling Chapter 2: Using Photographs and Images to Inspire Dr. Jean Feldman hosted this chapter, so be sure to head over to her blog to read her response to chapter 2. Everyone who is responding to the book via blog is linking their post in the “linky”, so […]
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Beginning of School Activities
Pre-K & Preschool activities for the first days of school. Find more Beginning of School Activities for Pre-K In the beginning of the year, we spend a lot of time talking about rules and practicing rules. Our lessons and activities are centered around learning the rules and procedures of the classroom, but the children are […]
Teaching Shapes in Pre-K
There are lot of ways to teach shapes in Pre-K. Here are a few ideas I use in my classroom. Memory Game Put three shapes on a tray, cover them with a cloth, and take one away. Uncover it and children guess which shape is missing. Another way to play is to have the children […]
First Days of Pre-K
Many new teachers, or teachers new to Pre-K, ask how to begin the year. How to survive the First Days of Pre-K! The best advice I got as a new teacher was to forget about apples and themes and any “cutesy stuff” for the first few weeks of school, and focus on teaching them how […]
We Love Mo Willems: Making Pigeon Books with Kids
My class loves Mo Willems’ books! They just can’t get enough. We have almost every book in the Pigeon series in our classroom. The wonderful thing about the Pigeon books is that the audience can interact with the Pigeon. Since we do “Bookmaking” (as in the book Already Ready: Nurturing Writers in Preschool and Kindergarten) […]