What to have for dinner? OK complete transparency here, it’s rough going back after two weeks off of school! Is there anything in the house to take for lunch on Monday morning? Is there a chance that I got up early enough to remember to take something out of the freezer for dinner? Is the …
Save money 💰 shopping the Dollar Spot and using your imagination for Christmas! Look at some of the deals I found and let’s see what ideas we can come up with for these awesome items. SNOWBALLS Who doesn’t love a good snowball fight? Perfect size soft balls for little hands. And they don’t hurt when …
Fall is one of my favorite times of the year! Especially in preschool – and maybe with coffee flavors! We are exploring pumpkins, reading books about scarecrows, turkeys, and family. For October we had a blast with Go Away Big Green Monster and Glad Monster Sad Monster. In November some of our favorite Fall activities …
Starting a blog seems to be a common occurrence these days. I’ve seen so many ads for starting your own website or blog claiming that it is “easy”. I wanted to make some extra money 💰 from home and have had a desire to help new teachers in my field of special education for awhile now. I didn’t …
We play with play dough every day! We don’t keep it more than a few weeks, but sometimes it lasts the whole month if we keep it stored in gallon baggies between uses. We make our own play dough for 7 (actually 8) main reasons: 1. Cost! We use it so much …
FALL IS HERE!! My lesson plans can be found below. October is a FUN month to start talking about leaves changing colors, trees losing their leaves, apples and pumpkins, scarecrows, bats and spiders, and IF you are brave – monsters (friendly) and Halloween! One of our favorite things to start toward the middle of October and …
How likely are you to put your plans aside last minute and try something new? I spend a lot of time on my lesson plans. However, Believe me, I am not above looking at what I did this time last year and copying it! Our preschool doesn’t have a daily required curriculum so I design our …
Dinosaurs Dinosaurs Dinosaurs SO many of our kids LOVE dinosaurs! These are so much fun and can easily be taken with you in the car, in their backpack (well, if it’s OK with the teacher!), and to keep little hands busy at the doctor’s office or grocery store!! Can’t take those large cumbersome toys to …
Birthday Party with Life-like Cake Throwing pretend parties and serving slices of cake develops crucial social and speech skills. Cutting cake with the serving tool refines fine motor skills and teaches counting, shapes, and fractions. Includes 5 pieces of cake, 5 candles, serving tool, cake platter, and happy birthday decoration. Great value!!! Children can decorate …
One of our 3-year-old girls reading to the class! I LOVE my job! Kids enjoy playing “teacher!” Did you know that there is a preschool for children with identified delays or disabilities? Ages start as early as 2 years & 10 months and go through age 5. (until the child starts Kindergarten) And it’s …
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