I feel more like a blog stalker than a blogger lately. I've been reading The Daily 5, but then when it comes time to link up I get lost in OPP (other people's posts), and FORGET ABOUT IT if I hop on over to a Daily 5 Pinterest board, I get lost for hours. Any...ways... we adopted the Common Core so I was planning to meet my Kinder Team this summer and plan our units, but I'm moving on up to First Grade. I mentioned the Daily 5 book study online, so we're planning some D5 things out together. (Click the pic below, way below;) if you'd like a copy of a checklist we put together). 1. Establish a gathering place for brain and body breaks. I've always had a whole group carpet area, but I've got my eye on one of these and it would incorporate my love for polka dots. I don't call it anything special, but we sing a cute song about going to the carpet. 2. Developing the concept of "good fit" books I love the concept of using Goldilocks and the 3 bears, (especially because we have it readily available in Spanish). Thank you Tammy for your freebie! I'm going to work on one in Spanish for my teammates. 3. Create anchor charts with students I love creating anchor charts with my students. I like to have them visible around our whole group area where we discuss strategies, phonics, etc. After we work on a new chart, I would usually try to place it up high on my teaching wall/carpet area bulletin board so that we can easily make references it. 4. Short, repeated intervals of independent practice and setting up book boxes I love the book boxes from IKEA! They're cheap enough that I wouldn't mind replacing every year, the kids can decorate them, and did I mention they're cheap? I love Kindergarten, Kindergarten, she has some really cute ideas, and I love how she put kids pix on the boxes, so Kinder friendly and just plain adorable! 5. Calm Signals and check in procedures I've used Whole Brain Teaching class signals and have loved them. But I don't think it would be as calm as using a xylophone or chimes. As far as check in procedures I think I'm going to do some blog stalking and get some ideas. :) 6. Using the correct model/incorrect model approach for demonstrating appropriate behaviors. I absolutely love the idea of stopping when I see an inappropriate behavior so that students are not practicing wrong, practice makes permanent. And now for your freebie, hope you can use :)
Counting and recognizing the teen numbers can be a bit tricky for a preschooler. I've been working with my preschooler on mastering those numbers lately and decided to put together this preschool pumpkin lacing activity
We have had indoor recess after indoor recess and I've noticed that my students have a particular interest in 'building 'this year. Perhaps...
Today, I’m sharing 20 FREE Rhyme Time game boards we have used to continue the rhyming fun! Rhyming is such an important pre-reading skill. My almost 4 year old loves playing simple rhyming games wherever we go. I’ve even created a DUPLO rhyming activity for her as well as a Roll-a-Rhyme game. *The free download ... Read More about FREE Rhyme Time Game Boards
As we work on more comprehension strategies in my classroom, I've noticed that many of my students don't know what the word "prediction" means! So, I hurried and created a mini-lesson to help! First, you introduce what predicting means {guessing is what I compare it to} and use these cards to hang on the board: Then, you tell them that when they predict what is going to happen in a story, they can say one of the following: We then read the book, Do you Want to Be My Friend? By Eric Carle. {source} This is a perfect book to predict! The mouse is looking for a friend. On each page it gives a hint as to what animal he will ask to be his friend {it shows their tail}. I have my kiddos raise their hand if they can predict what animal it might be. They will say: I predict... or I bet... or I think... After that, we practice our predicting skills! I use these animal posters and cover up most of the picture and have them predict what animal it is. {so when you download this mini-lesson, you'll have to cut out your pictures and find a piece of paper to cover up most of the picture} They record each animal on their recording sheet. Afterward, we go through to see if their predictions were correct. Click {HERE} to download the predicting mini-lesson! Oh and I have some reading responses that I put on my TpT store for Free {11 pages!!!!!}! Go grab them {here}. Ok...like the title of this post said...I've got one rhyming/matching game. Some of my sweeties are having a really hard time with rhyming {I've never really had a problem with it in years past}. I'll say, what rhymes with {mop} and they'll say {cat}. It's quite frustrating, but I just smile REAL big and say, no let's try again. Needless to say, a few do not have rhyming down quite yet. Here's a rhyming/matching game! {click the picture to download for free} Ok... so I've done rhyming games, word families, and songs....NOW WHAT? How can I help my little sweeties with rhyming when they just aren't getting it? HELP! clipart and/or fonts copyright DJ Inkers clipart copyright thistlegirldesigns.com clipart copyright scrappindoodles.com
Cute, FREE Printable Robot Worksheets to practice math & literacy while having fun with robot activity sheets for preschool and kindergarten.
Trucks theme for preschool. Cars and Trucks activity for kids. Get creative with teaching kids shapes and colors. Boys, Toddlers, Preschoolers of all ages will love this build a truck activity
This Beach Theme for Preschool has over 45 activities and preschool lesson plans to enjoy the beach in your preschool classroom!
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If you're looking for free printables for teaching at home, at school, or online, you've hit the TREASURE TROVE of freebies from This Reading Mama!
Is your child going to be in Pre-K? Do you want to prepare over the summer for Pre-K? My child is going into VPK in the fall and I wanted to keep his learning going through the summer. I have a Preschooler who loves to trace, color, and practice his numbers. This packet is a great way for him to practice this summer and I put it all in a special folder that he is super excited about. Click HERE to DOWNLOAD the Summer Preschool Packet Easy to print and store in a folder. Fun Interactive Reading Logs Manipulative Cards for Review Click HERE to DOWNLOAD the Summer Preschool Packet A fun and engaging NO PREP packet students will want to do every day of the summer! This packet is just plain fun. It reviews key skills for Preschool, it also has manipulatives, coloring, and tracing too. FEATURES: ✔3 Pages of Engaging Monthly Reading Logs (June, July, & August) ✔20 Pages of Activities (with pencil and crayons/markers) ✔9 Pages of Manipulative Review Cards ✔1 Cover for the Summer Preschool Packet ✔FUN activities on reviewing Preschool skills (Tracing, Shapes, Colors, Numbers, and Letters) ✔Example of folder used and how to organize items for easy use! ✔Lots of coloring fun. I’ve intentionally designed this packet with lots of pictures and borders to color. A MUST: Using a set of crayons or markers. ✔Any updates or additions in the future are FREE after purchase. I hope your preschooler enjoys growing, learning, and reading this summer too! Happy Teaching!
I’m super excited to be linking up some of my blogging friends to bring you a great “Fall Into Savings” sale. EVERYTHING in my store is 20% off including already discounted bundles. A few of us are also sharing our favorite products on our blogs that we think you might love. I wanted to share […]
This Play-dough Slicing is the perfect activity for toddlers to practice and improve hand-eye coordination and so much more!
I’ve had felt on the brain lately! I really like making kid activities from felt because the look super cute, it’s easy to work with and they last. So today I made a land, air, water fe…
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Free Preschool Worksheets from SuperstarWorksheets.com Free preschool worksheets and preschool printables for homeschool & classroom teachers. We've created thousands of free preschool printable worksheets, games, activities, and more! You'll find preschool alphabet worksheets, preschool math worksheets, preschool reading worksheets, preschool writing worksheets, and even a free preschool assessment!
We've been learning about different animals and their habitats this week and are currently onto the rainforest. One of our favorite rainforest animal is the Toucan which is the inspiration for todays craft! This Toucan craft
You have to see this fun drawing game for kids we played at our art summer camp in our children's art studio in Charlotte, NC.
Hey y'all! Over the past couple of weeks I've had some questions from teachers about how I use Class Dojo in my classroom and utilizing my...
Hopefully this is my last week off from school since I've been sick. If I was at school teaching this week, here's what we would be doing!...
Learn about snowy owls. Then create this snowy owl winter craft for kids as you discuss what you've learned. Great for an arctic animal preschool theme.
We spent a lot of time exploring with our 5 senses. Here are few things we glued into our science journals. We sorted things that we see, h...
We are working on telling time in first grade and I wanted to share this cute song in case anyone else is teaching time right now. This is another one of those songs that I have known forever but that I don’t know the origins of- if it’s yours let me know! We’ve been singing […]
These free community helper sort and classify mats are so much fun for kids learning about people who help us! These mats come in two styles, blank mats
We've got 15 fun ways to teach patterns to preschoolers -- plus free printables!
Yup...I caught the bug that has been going around my classroom. I don't have a fever, however but I have this annoying cough and keep losing...
Has Encanto been on repeat at your house too!? My Reagan has easily seen the movie over a dozen times. If we are honest though, I love it too. A movie about family, gifts, color, helping others, culture, and community is a magical mix! We’ve listened to the soundtrack, watched the movie and now crafted […]
