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Take your kids on a bilingual marine adventure with our ocean-themed Spanish resources and lessons. Books, songs and printables included!

Cute Dinosaur Worksheets for practicing alphabet letters, math, and literacy with free Dinosaur Printables and activities for a dinosaur theme!

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Help your child develop their pre-writing and fine motor skills with My Teaching Station

Do you teach a Community Helpers Preschool or Kindergarten Unit? You will LOVE this fun set of pretend play learning centers and no prep worksheets.

Learning About Europe | Trillium Montessori These are some of the activities we’ve enjoyed while learning about Europe at my school. Europe Printable Packs | Trillium Montessori Shop Be sure to check out the Europe themed printables in my shop. Unit: Europe | Pinterest Find more learning ideas and resources on my Europe Pinterest Board […]

Wondering what theme to teach your preschool child or class? Check out this list of preschool themes for use in schools, daycares, childcare centres or at home.

Determine the Left and Right directional position in this printable worksheet.

Grab your FREE hair salon scissor skills printable to use with your preschool and kindergarten students! Use at home and at school!

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Use this Free School Bus name puzzle to help your child learn to recognize and spell their name. Perfect for back to school!

Discover a treasure trove of free preschool printables. Get access to a wide range of activities, from counting to lacing cards, and more!

For our learners who need to work on foundational learning skills, such as simple matching, I have always love creating hands on task boxes put-in tasks and color sorting tasks. My classroom closet always looked like it could be featured on an episode of hoarders. I kept every shoe box, coffee container, baby jar, and

Introduce animal names to your child through these FREE ANIMAL FLASHCARDS from The Teaching Aunt.

Cute math worksheets for preschoolers witha fun camping theme! Print pdf file with camping worksheets for summer pre-k math worksheets.

Learn the concept of big and small by comparing animal sizes in this printable worksheet. Browse more comparing worksheets.

Montessori-inspired Asia learning activities and free printables for kids.

The final photos from my visit to Rosa Parks Preschool: This is a child painted embroidery hoop with a fine netting. I love the multi-colored yarn that the children used to sew on the netting. A wonderful collaborative art piece made with bottle caps. Love, love. These are called “Identity Panels.” I adore child's self-portraits. […]

Preschool assessments are a great way to record a child's progress throughout the school year. Last year, we had an cream party on the last day of preschool and I wanted to use an assessment that went along with our ice cream theme. Below is the assessment we used, you will also see a beginning of the year assessment with the same theme that has different wording. We had a lot of fun with this theme and will be using it about for this coming school year. Beginning of school year preschool assessment End of school year preschool assessment One of our activities for the ice cream party was this coloring page and poem.

Flowers, insects, and sunshine! Just in time for the month of May, and these Transitional Kindergarten May Worksheets! These printables have been a life saver for me! In the midst of distance learning, I have been sending these electronically to my parents to help my TK students continue their learning at home. You can also...

Looking for a fun Preschool Construction Theme for kids? Check out these 16 Hands-On Construction Learning Activities for Preschool or Kindergarten.

Two Points: This is MY method, and not necessarily right for you, your teaching or care philosophy, your set-up, or your students. Curriculum participation by my students is VOLUNTARY. I invite them to participate, but if they choose not to, then that is fine. I usually offer them a choice of a few of the activities and let them decide where we start and where we go. An engaged child learns, a dis-engaged child rebels. The 3-year rotating curriculum is theme based. Some times we stick to the plan, but usually I observe what they are interested in learning about, what they are asking questions about, and suggest up to three different themes they can choose from for us to study. I make my own 3-year rotating curriculum for many reasons: Packaged curriculum is often only one year. Since I teach for 3 years, this would be redundant. Most packaged curriculum focuses on skills my students master early. My 2s count to 20, know 11 colors, know most of their phonics, uppercase and lowercase letters, 10 shapes and some of their numbers and I still have 3 years of curriculum to teach them. They often are worksheet intensive. My students usually are cognitively advanced from their fine motor skills. I have 4 year olds that still can't write well. If I had relied on worksheets for the last 2 years, there is no way they would have the skill sets they have. Worksheets are also not considered Developmentally Appropriate Practice [DAP] for children under the age of 8. We use them here for writing practice starting at age 4. [Yes, worksheet-intensive public schools are not using DAP for kindy through 3rd grade!] They can be expensive. If you are purchasing worksheets, why would you spend even $1 a week/$52 a year when you can purchase a 400 page Scholastic preschool workbook from Sam's Club for $8 that covers probably more material, is most likely aligned with the public school expectations, and is colorful. Colored copies are NOT affordable to make from packaged curriculum. Most [ALL!] preschool learning should be interactive. Pinterest is a better source for ideas. My students change every time I do a theme. I have to be able to tweak it to the interests and capabilities of those currently in my care. Plus, I'll find more interesting activities on Pinterest, have an idea for a new game, etc. It's a constant evolution to keep my curriculum relevant to our current group, situation and resources. However, curriculum planning and creation is very time consuming. Even with older curriculum I spend several hours going over it prior to teaching - updating, creating new materials, purchasing and setting new classroom decorations. While I have had my 3 year curriculum, this year I found myself wanting a more specific schedule to focus on specific skill sets for this particular group of children. Most of these skills can be incorporated into our themed curriculum, or they take 5 minute sessions to pop into our day. I have two groups, the younger preschoolers are 2-3 years old and the older ones are 4-5 years old, all at the same developmental and skill set level within their group. This makes it easier, as I can tailor everything to just 2 groups. If I were to have additional levels of children, then it would be tailored to each level. Children here are taught at their developmental level, not age. Asychronastic development is normal, so I may be teaching a child at various levels depending upon the subject matter. For the younger preschoolers, I came up with this structure. For the older pre-k students, I came up with this one. For instance, both of them have Measurement & Comparison on Friday for Reasoning. However, for the younger students, this would be a more/less, longer/shorter, big/little, etc. activity, while the older students would be measuring with rulers, yardsticks, tape measures, measuring cups, unit blocks, foot steps or themed units, and graphing the measurements to compare. Same skill set, differentiated at vastly different levels. Even this needs conditional tweaking. All the pre-k's know how to spell their last names now, so that is no longer a relevant skill activity for music and will be changed out. In another post I'll get into the curriculum components and the importance of each. For instance, how counting on Friday teaches 1-to-1 correspondence and creating method processes for counting groups of objects. CLICK PICTURES TO VIEW LARGER I use this MS Word template, available for FREE on TPT, for curriculum planning. Often, the daily skill sets above are either already incorporated, or can easily be incorporated, into the theme planning. For an example of a completed curriculum unit, check out our Owls Theme. Each monthly theme is broken down into 4 sub-themes. For instance: SPACE Astronauts & Rockets The Universe Our Solar System Aliens & Robots We also have a musical component, often classical, and an art component, often a master, and Spanish vocabulary component that we incorporate. This planning form may not include all games, file folder games, manipulatives, room-set up, etc. that I utilize. For those of you trained in curriculum creation, I do NOT do a full curriculum development for each activity. With having these children usually from infant to school-age, I keep an internal evaluation of progression and plan out only weekly learning objectives. Since I am creating the activities for my personal use, I do not need to create written procedures and evaluations. My curriculum is stored currently in file folders in a large office bookcase unit. I would like to get it into boxes so that I could have EVERY theme-related item, including dress-up, room set-up, manipulatives, etc. together for an easy pull. File boxes will most likely be the easiest, but they do take up a lot of space. In each file some of the things I probably have: Completed planning sheets All the books I own for that theme Flannel board Sentence and word walls File folder games Samples of previous crafts DVDs CDs Coloring pages Mini-book(s) Build-a-[theme item] game Curriculum creation is one of my great joys. I love the research and compilation, the creativity and excitement of bringing something fun and educational to my students. Learning is rarely linear. Children take developmental leaps, sometimes in odd directions. As a teacher, it is important that I keep each one challenged without pushing or inhibiting their growth, and that takes constant evaluation and a good eye for when those leaps happen so that we can move on to a higher level of instruction. When we do an activity, I constantly question if they WANT to do another round, another activity, and I usually cut them off while they are still engaged. I want them wanting more, and they will usually ask if they can continue. One of the most important desires and abilities I can instill in them is that of self-directed learning. So as they choose to go off with their rulers after we've spent several minutes doing a measuring activity, conferring between themselves as to procedures and what to measure next, I step back and let them. They know I am here as a resource, rather than an intrusive director. It is my job to ensure that when I invite my students to learn, they glow with excitement and anticipation of a fun, interactive, playful time. The results, so far, have been astounding. A few of my complete curriculum units are available through my TPT store. Apples Dental Ice Cream Penguins Rainbows St. Patrick's Day Valentine's Follow Connie -'s board Classroom on Pinterest. Tags: preschool, child care, pre-k, curriculum, development, teaching, education, homeschooling, homeschool, home, school, preschool curriculum development, planning

These FREE Learn My Name & Address Printables is perfect for helping preschool and kindergarten age kids to learn their name and address.

Come and enjoy 8 exciting Pokemon math worksheets with us. In this article, you will find worksheets based on various math activities.

Preschoolers love to pretend play. X-Rays are a lot of fun to look at and learn about. Check out some fun x ray activities for preschoolers.

Make beautiful paper amazon orchids for Mother's Day, Valentines' Day, Easter or for a preschool rainforest theme. Cricut template included.

The preschool years are a time of exploration and discovery. They are also filled with learning a lot about what makes us unique individuals. Recently, I started working with my toddler on identifying and naming body parts and reading various All About Me Books. Today we’re sharing a fun all about me preschool science activity...Read More

I think it’s safe to say that ALL toddlers love a trip to the zoo. We are lucky to have a pretty fantastic zoo close to where we live so we take full advantage of that and visit every few weeks or so. Madelynn always loves seeing what the animals are up to, so I knew this […]

Nature School is your outdoor learning companion. Nature School provides activities designed to deepen your child's experience. It gives you simple ways to incorporate literacy, numeracy, fine motor development, sensory play, and crafting into your time outdoors. Nature School walks you through 7 themes using everyday outdoor materials: rocks, sticks, leaves, flowers, dirt and sand, water, and shells. As you go through each theme, we help learning unfold naturally by exposing your child to activities that focus on: literacy, numeracy, fine motor development, sensory experiences, and crafting. You will receive: ✓ Coursebook with 35 Hands-On Nature Activities✓ Printables to Extend and Beautify Learning✓ Suggested Nature-Themed Books Enrich your child's learning through outdoor exploration!

Our Elmer be a rainbow wall sticker is perfect for decorating your child’s bedroom or playroom with an Elmer the Patchwork Elephant theme. This design features Elmer with the quote ‘Be a Rainbow’ beneath and is perfect above a bedhead or piece of furniture to create a primary feature for your room. The design is available in two sizes: regular and large. ELMER BE A RAINBOW WALL STICKER SIZES (APPROXIMATE) Regular size pack: 42cm x 42cm Large size pack: 64cm x 64cm The design is part of our official Elmer the Patchwork Elephant wall stickers collection featuring lots of different Elmer wall sticker designs. The collection includes personalised and stickaround packs in a variety of sizes - make sure to take a look at the whole collection in our shop! ABOUT STICKERSCAPE WALL STICKERS Stickerscape’s wall stickers are made in the UK from the highest quality, ultra-thin removable vinyl. Each sticker can be quickly and easily applied to walls, doors, windows or any other smooth flat surface, with full application instructions included. Please note that this design is made up of one large sticker that is applied in one section, supplied ready-to-use on transfer paper, so that application is fast and simple. However, the text can be applied in a different location if you wish. The wall stickers are also easily and cleanly removable from painted walls. Please note that Stickerscape’s wall stickers are designed to work most effectively on normal matt painted walls – if you have a different paint finish and would like advice on the suitability of our wall stickers then please get in contact with us.

Help kids learn the provinces and capitals with this super-cool printable map puzzle!

A fun and free printable Dino pre-writing activity for toddlers and preschoolers. Kids will love playing while learning important skills.

Use Pokemon cards for a simple math activity. DIY Pokemon math sheets. This is one way to use your child's current favorite thing to learn.

Following directions can be a challenging task for preschoolers, and it can be frustrating for parents and teachers to constantly repeat themselves. But don’t worry, these 10 simple and fun activities help your little ones master the skill of listening and following directions. So get ready to have some fun while teaching your preschoolers an ... Read more

Preschool weekly themes: A list of over 100 ideas for weekly preschool theme ideas, plus a free printable planning page