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Book Boxes {Storing Children’s Books in the Classroom}

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I make a ton of books with my preschool students throughout the year.  They’re fun to make, and they get kiddos interested in writing and reading.  Needless to say, my students like to read their books over and over (and over and over).  This is great for teaching them how to read, so I don’tKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Childhood Classroom, Early Learning Tagged With: Book Making

15+ Name Activities for Preschoolers

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Previously, I detailed the name kits I usually make at the beginning of the school year.  Here are more name activities for preschoolers that I’ve used with my students. Listed below are a variety of activities based on students’ names.  Some of the activities relate to each child learning his own name.  Others are aKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: feature, Names

Fine Motor Control and Scissor Practice with The Cutting Pool

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You definitely want to use a “cutting pool” in your preschool classroom. It is a SUPER FUN way for children to practice fine motor control and scissor skills. Related: Fine Motor Number Activity for Preschoolers I have used the “cutting pool” when teaching both kindergarten and preschool.   It’s a fun way for the kiddosKeep Reading

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Child-Made Bulletin Board Ideas: Interactive Writing Displays

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As I’ve previously said, I am passionate about early literacy!   The way we learn to read and write fascinates me.  I love teaching children to read, write, and enjoy the whole process of literacy.  Specifically, I like using meaningful activities to teach the kiddos. I like to use children’s writing as part of bulletinKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Childhood Classroom, Literacy Tagged With: Bulletin Boards, Writing

Water Bead Experiments!

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Between cleaning, errands, and some lazy down time, we decided to do some water bead experiments.  Engineer really wanted to examine how the beads from yesterday, left in water overnight, compared to an unused package.  He thought it was the coolest thing that we filled 6 cups with big water beads, while the “baby beads”Keep Reading

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Exploring Water Beads

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Ever since I heard of using water beads in a sensory table, I’ve been dying to play with them introduce them to the kiddos.  A couple of weeks ago, I taught a week of summer camp at my preschool.  What a perfect time to experiment with the water beads!  Engineer was in my camp class,Keep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory

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