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 …
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 …
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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Phoenix teachers officially went back to school in July this year! And we have very little time to prepare for students to arrive. Our “first” event to prepare for is “Meet the Teacher Night!” Meeting the teacher is such an exciting time for kids each year. Who will my teacher be this year? Is she/he …
Keep reading to see 5 Reasons Why I use an iPod for all of our music! Music is a cornerstone of our program. We start the day with music and movement (wake-up) and we use music to introduce fun concepts, like greetings, body parts, pet names/sounds. We use music to clean-up and to transition between …
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Read to the end for FREE printables! Last year I discovered a Fun way to introduce students and parents to the room and to me during “Meet the Teacher” night! It was a huge success and I will be doing it again this year. This scavenger hunt accomplishes 5 things: It creates excitement and a …
