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The Bottom Line is How We Talk About Kids Matters

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Rethinking how we talk about kids as educators

How we talk about kids matters. Here’s why. I’ve been teaching since 2001, and I’ve been a parent for about ten years. Add to that the fact that I’ve been immersed in the social media driven world of educational blogging for close to five years. Each “hat” I wear means I come into contact with aKeep Reading

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10+ Books About Pirates the Kids are Sure to Love

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Books about pirates preschoolers will love

Head to the library and check out some of these books about pirates! They’re a must-have for pirate week, one of my students’ favorites when it comes to preschool themes. I love finding great books to both read to students and recommend to others. And there are a few topics that are beloved with preschoolKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: Books, Pirates

Learning Shapes and Colors with Rainbow Rocks

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Create rainbow rocks to use while learning shapes and colors along with doing pattern and sorting activities. All of these fun rainbow activities will be perfect for your list of spring activities for preschoolers! Bright colors are one great way to catch the attention of preschoolers. And these rainbow rocks will do just that. They’reKeep Reading

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Colors, rocks, Shapes

Robot Sensory Writing Tray with Free Printable Number Cards

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Robot Sensory Writing Tray - work on number recognition, one-to-one correspondence, and fine motor skills - free printable number cards

This number writing tray is perfect for a preschool robot theme. Robots are one of those preschool themes that never fails to amuse the kiddos. And this number writing tray is a great way to incorporate both early math concepts and sensory stimulation into your robot lesson plans. Throw some loose parts, like nuts, bolts,Keep Reading

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Free Printable, one-to-one correspondence, Robots

Acts of Kindness for Kids Using DIY Heart Manipulatives

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Acts of Kindness for Kids Using DIY Wooden Heart Manipulatives

I think it’s important to not only model, bit also teach about kindness in any classroom setting. One way to do that is by encouraging acts of kindness for kids. Create some colorful heart manipulatives and a share a storybook all about acts of kindness for a well rounded lesson. This is a great optionKeep Reading

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Valentine's Day

Free Lion Ten Frames Printable

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collage of lion free printable with text that reads lion ten frames printable

Add this lion ten frames printable to your collection of math activities for preschoolers! Your students can use the 10-frames to practice a variety of important early math skills. Pair the lion ten frames with your favorite math manipulatives or even some lion toys. Or turn them into a game to get the kids evenKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning, Math Tagged With: Free Printable, Zoo

Silver and Gold Glitter Sensory Bottles that Sparkle and Shine

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The glitter sensory bottles are so much fun for the kids to make and play with! Add them to your list of sensory bottles for preschoolers! Sensory bottles are an especially useful tool in the preschool classroom. Preschoolers may be small, but they often have such big emotions. It’s important to have extra tools inKeep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: Glitter, Sensory Bottles

The Best Fingerprint Christmas Lights Frame

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This fingerprint Christmas lights frame is one of my favorite Christmas activities for preschoolers and kindergarten cards! The kids love making the fingerprint picture frame, and the photo shoot is always a blast! They put so much thought into Christmas frame craft and are so excited to gift it to their loved ones during theKeep Reading

Filed Under: Preschool Arts and Crafts Tagged With: Christmas, Hand Prints

Candy Cane Slime Recipe the Kids Will Love to Make

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Candy cane slime recipe for kids

Learn how to make scented Candy Cane Slime as part of your Christmas activities for preschoolers. This for festive sensory play incorporates math, science, and lots of good, old-fashioned fun! This is one of our favorite recipes to use when considering how to make slime with kids! Related: How to Make Slime with Kids HowKeep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: candy cane activities, Christmas, How to Make Slime, slime, Slime Recipe

Elkonin Boxes Using KORXX Cork Building Blocks

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3D Elkonin boxes using KORXX cork building blocks

Elkonin boxes are a very useful tool when it comes to preschool literacy activities in which we teach children about phonological and phonemic awareness. On top of that, they’re a great way to help early writers as they delve into writing beginning words. Today I want to share a way to make Elkonin boxes evenKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Block Center

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