Fun Preschool Math Activity Ideas Using Pasta
Use a variety of dry pasta shapes to create macaroni math manipulatives to help your students improve and practice a variety of math skills. Here are …
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Pre-K and Kindergarten Friendship and Sharing Lesson Plan Based on The Popcorn Dragon
Begin your popcorn theme by reading a cute story about a dragon that helps preschoolers understand the importance of sharing along with how to get …
Continue ReadingTeaching Kindergarteners to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle: Science Lesson Plan and Activities
Students can form Earth-friendly habits at an early age that can continue throughout their lifetime. This lesson teaches students practical ways to be …
Continue ReadingInteresting Facts and Fun Activities for a Preschool Polar Bear Theme
Whether they are polar bear pros or unacquainted with the arctic animals, your preschool class can learn something new about these interesting bears …
Continue ReadingPreschool Polar Bear Lesson Ideas: Films and Books as Teaching Tools
The perfect time to study polar bears with preschoolers is during the winter months. A polar bear is the largest member of the bear family and ones …
Continue ReadingPirate Theme Arts and Crafts, Games and Activities for Pre-K
Young children love to pretend and parade as pirates. Plan activities where your students sail to an imaginary island full of cross-curricular …
Continue ReadingLeap Year Day Activities for a Preschool Class
Leap Year Day only comes once every four years. Why not try some fun activities with the kids to make this day special?
Continue ReadingOutdoor Play Space Assessment for Preschoolers
Children learn through play. Research supports this idea within the classroom, but what about out of it? What can teachers do to enhance students’ …
Continue ReadingWhy Play-Based Preschool Still Matters
The push for higher reading and math scores has led to schools pushing traditional academic instruction to the lower grades, specifically kindergarten …
Continue ReadingHelp Preschoolers Identify and Express Emotions Using The Rhino Who Swallowed a Storm
Actor and director LeVar Burton’s career has spanned television from Roots to Star Trek to Reading Rainbow. Burton has published his first children’s …
Continue ReadingFun Craft Ideas for Preschoolers Stuck Inside
Whether you live where blustery winds and snow are frightful or rain has soaked the outdoor play areas, have no fear. Creative crafts and activities …
Continue ReadingHow to Set Up Differentiated Writing Centers
An interest in print and writing comes naturally to young children, especially when they are provided authentic and developmentally appropriate …
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