This Types of Cats clipart is perfect for a feline unit or even a mammal unit. The Tot & PreK-K Packs are a wonderful compliment to the Emergent Readers I shared earlier this week. Pair them together
Parent/Child class enjoying the Stretchy Band! Hi! Miss Carole from Macaroni Soup back with my new-found favorite prop – the S t r ...
Do you have blocks in your classroom? This *FREEBIE* is a great way for students to build a structure using a provided picture. The structures on each card are famous structures from around the world. There are a total of 20 structures featured (one on each card). Each card has the sentence: "Can you build ____?". The picture is labeled with the location in the world. Enjoy watching your students build some amazing structures! Some of the featured structures: * Big Ben * Great Wall of China * Taj Mahal * Stonehenge * Eiffel Tower * & more!
Work on recognizing numbers and putting numbers in order this summer with these fun and free printable missing number popsicles!
This dog clipart is so stinkin' cute! It makes me want to cave and let the kids get a dog...almost. But in the meantime, we'll enjoy the dogs of neighbors and have fun with this
Introducing the Great Big Ball to the class. Hi from Miss Carole at Macaroni Soup: Active Music for Kids! In 24 years of t...
Preparation for Gifted and talented education requires building a collection to practice at home. The post provides samples of "What's missing" quesitons.
WHEE! Miss Carole from Macaroni Soup! here in the Windy City with a musical activity you can do any time of year - wind or no wind, Chi...
I am so excited about these new Tot-PreK Packs!!! With my youngest now wanting to "do school" with the Middles, I thought these were the perfect addition to my printables! This week you can grab
Calling all parents of Minecraft fans!! Don’t miss these awesome Minecraft Handwriting Packs. Available in your choice of manuscript or cursive. CURSIVE- MANUSCRIPT- Have you seen our other Minecraft freebies? FREE Minecraft Math Worksheet Bundle {addition, subtraction, multiplication} Minecraft Chore Charts Minecraft Bingo Minecraft Fun Pack {PreK/K} Minecraft Multiplication Flash Cards Minecraft ... Read More about FREE Minecraft Handwriting Packs {Cursive and Manuscript}
Learn about community helpers through play! See how firefighters, police officers, doctors, dentists, and mail carriers help us every day.
Miss Carole of Macaroni Soup beating the bongo here! Let's talk about drumming with Pre-K and K children! You don't have to be a...
Have a chatty class? Do your talkative students get louder and louder during small groups until it feels like chaos? Do they talk when you're talking then ask you what the directions were as soon as y
Hey Kinder Friends, Just in time for Back to School comes the book Too Much Glue. You know I was excited to preview and read th...
Pencil Names - Name Building Practice Printable comes with eight editable pages, containing two pencils. Each pencil has pieces for two letter names up to nine letter names. Getting Pencil Names - Name Building Practice Printable
I am so excited! WE CAN PLAY! At an end of the year quick meeting the K teachers were told we can bring back a little time of play i...
Lessons, activities, interventions, and more for kindergarten, first-grade, second-grade teachers and special educators.
Welcome to my Art Room version 2013! I like to switch up my room a little bit every year because A) the kids notice and always like ooh-ing and aah-ing over the changes, and B) I get a little bored and need a decorative outlet, and my own home can only tolerate so much. My theme this year was somewhat "crayon-y," "crayon-ish,"...hmmm, "crayon-esque?" My art room is a former gym locker room so it is very twisty and turn-y in the entranceway, so bear with me. We've been doing quite a few Dia de los Muertos projects, so there are some fun 3rd grade skellies on display in the Art Room entrance too. Below is my "What are we doing today board?" Before EVERY class I would have students asking me, "what are doing in art today?," and while I love their excitement, I found myself continually repeating, "wait until the whole class is in the room," or "I will tell everyone when the class is here," or on my tired art teacher days, "HOLD YOUR HORSES." So, here is my solution. It's a large, old bulletin board I picked up at Goodwill, covered with white dry erase material, dolled up with some borders, and VOILA: The reading rug where I will often gather students to read a story and introduce our next lesson before transitioning to the art tables. Behind the book shelf is my art trading card board, which students may use if they finish a project and have extra time. I worked as a Special Education Teacher for a few years before transitioning into Art Education, so I have some tools I use for behavior management in my room, such as the Choice Chair, which is for kiddos who sometimes just need a break. Each class also has an Arty Party pocket, where they must work together as a class to demonstrate safety, respect, learning, and problem-solving, and in turn, earn a "crayon." When classes earn 9 crayons, they have an Arty Party (which might mean a special project, a dance party, or more). Here are some more snapshots of my room, including one of my favorite teaching tools: my "What you need" magnets. The magnets are color photos I took of supplies around my room, laminated, and then added some sticky magnet backs. These magnets are super helpful for students with special needs who benefit from visual supports for following directions. The art tables color coded with baskets showing students' jobs What You Need magnets The Got Time? Make Art station Art Room Jobs Inspired by http://mrspicassosartroom.blogspot.com/ Got the idea for the Cool Art fridge from http://mrspicassosartroom.blogspot.com/. I adore her! And of course, no art room is complete without a shelf of crazy art teacher props. In future postings, I am hoping to write a little more about classroom behavior management, as well as, some tips I picked up during my Special Education days, so stay tuned. Until next time, Get Smart and Make Art!
Beginning readers need books! PreK-K love their own books! Mr. Know-It's Little Sight Word Books are easy to read and they are developmental. They start with one word on a page (a color word). New Sight Words are added with each of the eight books. Reading these easy books on their own gives students confidence! Sight words are: see, a, I, like, the, do, you, can, is, of The Sight Words are incorporated into the books, worksheets, and writing activities. Students also practice the words on Talley Sheets until they know all ten of them and become Know-Its. This download will give your new readers a jump-start into success! Don't miss the FREE download "Back to School and All Year with Mr. Know-It PreK-K." This will help you become a Know-Its Classroom! Did I mention FREE! (Have you FOLLOWED ME?) https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Back-to-School-and-All-Year-PreK-K-1181395
Emotion Preschool/Pre-K/Kindergarten Themed Activities THIS IS PART OF A BUNDLE HERE: Preschool/Pre-K Theme Bundle This preschool/pre-k/Kindergarten Emotion themed resource is full of hands-on ideas and activities perfect for use at home or in the classroom. This resource includes a variety of emotion/feelings themed activities to supplement and add value to your themed learning plans. Activities focus on basic early learning skills in the areas of math, literacy, and MORE! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW LINK ABOVE to see what style activities are included. (This is NOT just a print and go pack) INCLUDED *All activities that include color prints also include a B&W option MATH -Emoji Clip & Count #’s1-12 -Monster Face Ten Frames #’s 1-20 -Emotion Pick & Trace Numbers -Emoji Addition (make five) -Happy Shapes (2D shape match) -Silly Face Nonstandard Measurement -Count & Graph Feelings -Missing Numbers Printable -Monster Patterns Printable LITERACY -Feeling Dotty Letter & Number Formation -Monster Rhymes -Emotion Write-the-Room -Feelings Emergent Reader -Emotions Letter Match -Emoji Syllable Punch -Letter Mats: Ff, Ee, Ss, Hh -Spin & Write Name/Sight Words Printables -Penmanship Feeling Sentence Match OTHER (Science, SS, Sensory, Art, etc.) -Monster Feelings Color Sort -Scissor Skills -Emotion Themed Play Dough Mat -Monster Emotions Play Dough Tray -Todd Parr Face Craft -Roll & Chat Feelings -Create a Calm Down Kit & Calming Strategies Book -Spotlight Faces -Calming Sensory Bottle -Butcher Paper Loose Part Faces -Emotion Chat Printable -Listen & Draw Printable Please ask any questions you have BEFORE purchase. Thank you so much! Kelly McFarland LOOKING FOR OTHER GREAT RESOURCES? JUST DAB Printables Bundle Alphabet Letter Mats Number Flip Books Letter and Number Tracing Strips KEEP IN TOUCH Click HERE to follow my store and be the first to know about new product releases! Follow me on Instagram HERE to keep up with ALL the things and get to know ME! Visit my BLOG for tips, activities, freebies, and more! Keywords: feelings, emotions unit, prek feelings unit, social emotional, feeling themed activities, emotion themed centers, kindergarten themes, kindergarten centers, preschool centers,
Kindergarten Worksheets help your kids get off to a great start. It’s the start of their education. Help them reinforce skills and concepts in Math, English, Phonics and more. There are many to choose from so print them all and they can practice learning even more. We also have many more educational coloring pages, activities […]
Put Me in the Zoo by Dr. Seuss is a preschool favorite. Enjoy the book along with the learning activities in this Pre-K unit study.
Unfortunately, we are going to have to limit attendance next week to 45 or 50 kids, because there were just too many to do these activities smoothly. 64 kids 5 babies 52 adults 121 total I don't know if there is any rain in the forecast, but it is officially monsoon season in Arizona so we celebrated it with a rain theme. Rhymes (skipped the "Good Morning" song since it was going to be a very active storytime) "Come Under My Umbrella" Watch video of song here Come under my umbrella, umbrella, umbrella (make umbrella with hands above head) Come under my umbrella It's starting to rain (fingers wiggle moving downward) With thunder and lightning (clap and spread arms above head) and thunder and lightning Come under my umbrella It's starting to rain "Rain is Falling Down" Rain is falling down (wiggle fingers moving downward) Rain is falling down Pitter patter, pitter patter (clap hands gently) Rain is falling down.... SPLASH! (clap above head) "Itsy Bitsy Spider" Books: The Thingamabob by Il Sung Na: An elephant finds a "thingamabob" and experiments until he discovers what to do with it. If you have an umbrella, it's fun to OPEN it unexpectedly when reading about how the thingamabob sometimes surprised the elephant. Tap Tap Boom Boom by Elizabeth Bluemle: It's a mad dash for shelter as rain sweeps into an urban neighborhood. The subway is a perfect place to go for shelter. I previously read this book with group of kiddos (ages 3-5) letting them use rhythm stick to tap together whenever I read, "Tap, tap," and tap above their heads whenever I read, "Boom, boom," - which comes up often. They quietly held the sticks while I was reading and waited for their cue. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN in my group today. The kids were banging incessantly while I read even though I stopped a couple of times and asked parents for their help. I had to stop this activity, collect the sticks, and read The Big Storm by Nancy Tafuri instead. Movement Songs: Here is Sara, a teen volunteer, working hard to put a scarf and a long piece of string into 55 bags (yes, we ran out) to use in our movement activities today: "Mud Puddle Jump" Listen here The kids used their pieces of yarn to form a mud puddle in which to walk around, jump into, splash in, and shake the water off. "The Ants Go Marching" I always play a little of this video so the kids understand what the song is about before we march like ants using our scarves as umbrellas: Ending Activity: Make a rainstorm using your hands. I tell an Arizona monsoon version of this activity. It's really cool if you actually listen to what's going on: http://bronxriver.org/puma/images/usersubmitted/file/015_CreateARainstorm.pdf Evening Family Storytime: I decided not to try the Tap Tap Boom Boom book in the evening since there are often many little guys there and read The Big Storm by Nancy Tafuri instead. The lovely Miss Erica helped bring this story to life by puppeteering the critters who scamper out of the rain into shelter while I read the book. The two bears were in the back of the "cave" the whole time but no one seemed to notice so it was a fun surprise when they came out at the end of the book: Miss Erica (fantastic, creative librarian that she is!): Check out this week's full Flannel Friday Roundup. Thanks for hosting, Hannah at Lovin' the Library! Flannel Friday Roundups on Pinterest
These Missing Number Clip Cards are fun and great for increasing counting skills.
Use this free printable preschool and kindergarten Missing Number Math Activity to practice number recognition and sequencing for 0 to 20.
20+ Simple Hands-On Activities That Help Build Fine Motor Skills - with fine motor skills going missing at preschool, try some of these hands-on invitations to help strengthen fine motor skills | you clever monkey
Children in the level of K and Pre K also can enjoy Minecraft. Here are included in Minecraft for K and PreK: -->ABC Minecraft Style -->Beginning level -->Counting by 2s puzzle -->Drawing Lines -->How Many -->Kill a Creeper -->Lacing Cards -->Matching -->Maze -->Minecraft ABC puzzle -->Minecraft Beginning Sound Clip Art -->Minecraft Dice -->Minecraft Dot Marker -->Minecraft Graphing -->Minecraft Patterning -->Missing Alphabets -->Missing Beginning Sound -->Not Like The Others -->Number Clip cards -->Number Practice -->Ordinal Number -->Scissor Practice -->Sight Word Tiles -->Simple Puzzles -->Simple Sudoku -->Size Sequencing -->Skip Counting -->Tic Tac Toe
Hey Science Friends, Lots of things are going on in Science! And I finally got a good picture of our Science Gnome so I had to share it...
4 storytime snacks that are sure to make reading fun for your little one! Great for toddlers, preschool, pre-K, and kindergarten.
