I've seen these "I Have, Who Has" card games circulating the internet a lot lately, so I decided to make my own version for Pre-K to teach shapes (see

FREE Editable Name MATS perfect to use all over the classroom to help preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kiddos learn their names.

Request an invite to our “Supercharge Your Centers” course to learn how to implement independent and engaging Pre-K & Kindergarten centers!

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

A free printable sign in sheet template for Preschool or Pre-K. Use this template to create a daily morning routine that includes fine motor development. You can easily add pictures of your students to this template to make it more meaningful and easy to use. Perfect for writing practice and attendance tracking too!

FREE Editable Name Cards perfect to use all over the classroom to help preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kiddos learn their names.

Learn the 4 seaons for kids with these FREE seasons printables to color, cut, and spin. Way more fun than season worksheets!

How to set up and organize a writing center in your pre-k, preschool, or kindergarten classroom. See pictures of my writing center and material suggestions.

Use these free printable fish fine motor pattern mats in pre-k and kindergarten to practice fine motor and patterning skills.

These assessment forms for Pre-K can be used to record children's progress as you work with them during learning activities or observing them through

Journal writing with little learners is SO MUCH FUN (once they get the routine down)! It makes my teacher's heart overflow to see them drawing, writing, and sharing their ideas! I get to see them fall in love with writing and see themselves as writers! What a gift! In this post, I'm going to tell you all the details about how to implement journal writing in your classroom and get your kids excited about writing, too!

If you're just starting out as a new Pre-K teacher, here are some practical ideas, printables, lessons for beginning the school year in Pre-K or

Check out 30 free prompts and images for Question of the Day for Pre-K! Start off your morning with an exciting "Would you rather...?"

Pre-K and TK Back to School Worksheets. Name practice, fine motor skills, color identification, pre-k math skills and pre-k alphabet practice.

Looking for some fun all about me centers and activities? Check out this pre-k back to school activity pack!

Start with the basics like letters, numbers, feelings, and following directions with these simple but engaging back to school butcher paper activities for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students.

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

Curriculum themes and activities for start of school; September for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten; September Preschool Themes; Pre-K beginning of year.

Here are some printable center signs for your Pre-K or Preschool classroom. I have a free set of signs available, but the set of center signs in my

Learn how I set up my writing center for my preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students. Plus get a writing center FREEBIE!

These FREE Name Chants and Songs for Pre-K & Kindergarten are sure to have your students excited to practice important skills like rhyming!

This assessment pack focuses on basic skills students will learn during Pre-K and Kindergarten. This resource is PERFECT for informally assessing a student’s knowledge at the beginning, middle and end of each year. You can use this during conferences as well as showing progress throughout the school year. Please download the preview to see all that is included. Directions: Print on cardstock and laminate for durability or slip into page protectors! --Students can use a dry-erase marker to circle and write the correct answers. -- Rubric is included (multiple options for assessing throughout the year) Skills Assessed Student Name (writing first and last name) Writing Capital Letters Writing Lowercase Letters Identifying Capital Letters Identifying Lowercase Letters Identifying Letter Sounds A-Z Identifying Beginning Sounds A-Z Reading CVC Words (for short a, e, i, o and u. in color & b/w Identifying CVC Word Families (for –at, -en, ip, ot, and un both in color & b/w) Identifying Rhyming Words (in color & b/w) Story Telling (students tell a story about the given picture. In color & b/w) Sequencing (includes three short passages in color & b/w) Listening Comprehension (includes two stories with 3 questions each in color & b/w) Identifying Colors Identifying 2D Shapes (circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, star, heart, octagon, pentagon) Identifying 3D Shapes (sphere, cube, cone, cylinder, rectangular prism, pyramid) Patterns (AB, ABB, ABC, AAB, AABB) Counting 0-10 Identifying Numbers 0-10 Identifying Numbers 0-20 Writing Numbers 0-10 Writing Numbers 0-20 Assessment Trackers (for student records) Questions before you purchase? Ask away in the Q&A! If you notice any errors, please email me before leaving negative feedback. My email address is located on the credits page. Thank you so much! ************************************************************************************************************** Customer Tips: How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: • Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Each time you give feedback, TPT gives you feedback credits that you use to lower the cost of your future purchases. I value your feedback greatly as it helps me determine which products are most valuable for your classroom so I can create more for you. • Look for the green star next to my store logo and click it to become a follower. Ta-Da! You will now receive email updates about my store. *************************************************************************************************************

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Curriculum Map for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten for the whole year! Year plan, month plans, and week plans by theme.

Students all over are obsessed with Counting Stews and Brews™️. Who knew counting and sorting could be so much FUN! Students are ASKING to play counting stews over and over. They get SO excited when I bring out a new counting stew to match our learning theme.

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At the beginning of the year I like to focus on NUMBERS!. The first week of school, I like to review numbers 1-5 to get a feel for how well my student know their numbers. Then, each week I focus on a number for the entire week and teach them a variety of ways to show […]

When I moved to Pre-K, I completely changed how I ran my classroom. I went to a more center based, student led system, as opposed to a teacher led classroom. The biggest thing I had to adjust to, was I let the STUDENTS CHOOSE what center they go to, I let STUDENTS CHOOSE when they change centers. And do you know what? It was NOT mad chaos like I expected! Once we set expectations and taught them the appropriate social skills to communicate, it was so easy! This post does contain links, both affiliate and regular. Use them to find some great centers for your classroom, and help keep this blog running J Center Management Each of my centers has a card on it with two Velcro dots, and each of my children has a name tag, with a Velcro dot on the back. When my kids aren’t at centers, on the wall is a list of all our names and another Velcro dot. So, if we transition to centers after a whole group lesson, it is easy to call names and they go get their names and pick a center. If we are working in small groups, half of my kids can go grab their names. Another way I managed changing centers, was using clothes pins. If there were two dots open, that meant there is room for two kids. If both dots are full, the kiddos must wait until someone leaves. At first there were lots of tears and begging to get into a specific center (usually it was Magnatiles!) But all we had to do what teach them Social Skills. Being patient is a big skill we must learn. I also, don’t make friends leave a center because they have been there too long. Once we get past the bumps that come along with any center time, it is smooth sailing. Center Options So, a big question I get asked frequently is “What center options do you have in your classroom?” So, a quick reminder, I teach Pre-K, so my centers are free play centers. The first set of centers, that are a must have in our room, are building centers. Our number one pick, that is always full is our block center. They love seeing how tall of a wall they can build! They also love using these houses and cars from Lakeshore Learning. When they are by my desk I can hear them making sirens and pretending to be Officer Hofficer! (In which he is usually arresting someone for some silly crime, like not picking up their mess!) Another one of their favorite building centers is Legos. They LOVE to make things with Legos. I am adding little Legos this year to our centers. I really want them working those fine motor skills. I just love this table I made! I asked on my Facebook if anyone had an old two leveled side table, and a wonderful friend just happened to be getting rid of TWO! So, she gave them to me, I painted them, and added a Lego brick plate. This gives them a place to be stationed. A place for our Legos to live, so they aren’t spread all out across the classroom! Right now, our Magnetic Center is looking a little weak. Since it is the beginning of the year, they are exploring our center. We have magnetic letters, name with their picture, and those cute magnetic numbers and shapes that I found at the Target Dollar Spot! Eventually I put STEM activities in the magnetic center! They love playing with gears and funnels! Another one of the centers that is always full, is my train table! This table is the best thing since sliced bread let me tell you! Again, it gives the center a place to live. The train tracks are not running all around the room. However; it does give it a better ramp for them to go flying across the room (no matter how many times I tell the kiddos that trains stay on tracks and airplanes fly through the air!) I bought the train tracks and trains from Ikea, and they are super durable! I inherited this big sturdy storage system (again, from Ikea!) I use as our main center storage system. I bought these great containers from Sterilite, you can get a 6 pack for about $31 from Amazon, and they fit perfect in them. In these center tubs, they put their name on the center cards, pull the tubs out, and find a place in the room to work. In these tubs I have Pattern Blocks, Lite Brites, Bristle Blocks, Unifix Cubes, Mr. Potato Head, and Mega Blocks. Also in this station, I have all my puzzles. The puzzle center card is on the side of the storage system. You can read about what I use to store my puzzles HERE. I also got tired of searching for the “lost pieces”. As a result, I bought ANOTHER Sterilite container with a snap lid, added some vinyl, and the kids now know if they find an extra piece to put in the lost pieces container. Also, if they are missing a piece, they know exactly where to look. One of my favorite centers in my classroom, is our library. I store my books thematically. I put only a few books out at a time. They also have a tub of puppets to act out what they are “reading”. You can read HERE all about my classroom library. Another popular center is the Art Center. Yes. There is paint. We are going to try something new this year! But our art center typically has construction paper, crayons, stickers, markers, daubers, and pencils. We also added composition books to our Art Center this year. They will be labeled with a name, so each child has an art portfolio to take home at the end of the year. We are testing out a type of light table this year. I found an old overhead projector in our surplus pile. I took off the arm, and will be placing some contact paper over the screen to dim the light just a little bit. Now we have a light table, that didn’t cost me an arm and a leg. This is also one of my found treasures. The same table as my Lego center. Underneath the second level, is a basket of light table goodies. They will change as the year progresses. Right now, they have stacking cups, refreezeable ice cubs, and our Magnatiles. And last but certainly not least, is our dramatic play center. Right now, it is set up as a kitchen. We have baby dolls, baby beds, vests, community helper hats, pots and pans, food, plates, silver wear, and most important of all, the actual kitchen. This is right next to our sensory table. As the year progresses it will turn into an auto shop, grocery store, doctors office, and flower shop! I hope you found something that can help you with your classroom and centers! Make sure to follow me on Facebook and Instagram, where I share ideas all the time! You can make the center cards yourself, but to save you the time and energy, I have these listen at TpT. They are editable too! So you can call the centers whatever you want.

When parents drop off school supplies on Meet the Teacher night, crayons are tucked away nicely in student desks. Or, they are placed in colorful tubs on the tables to share as community supplies. However, do learners know how to use them correctly? Teaching Procedures Teachers spend the first few weeks of school teaching nothing but

Center time management is so important for our little learners and the classroom. No matter what system you use, it's important for students to know the expectations for the classroom centers. Our center time is an hour each day which is a huge block of time for students to play and learn!

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