Preschool Classroom Organization Ideas: Whole Group, Small Group, Stations...OH MY!
Learn what every preschool classroom needs to fulfil the academic and social needs of 3-5 year olds.
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Teach students about the reasons birds need nests and materials birds use to make their nests. Take the students outside to collect materials to make …
Continue ReadingPreschool Tag Games: Variations of Tag for Preschool
There are so many great variations of tag for preschoolers! This article will discuss strategies to liven up the good old-fashioned version, as well …
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Review the material in the Red Badge of Courage and prepare for class discussion with these sample questions and answers
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Late August or September is the perfect time for a sunflower theme in your preschool. Giant and sunny flowers are abloom this time of year, and …
Continue ReadingTeaching Short Stories: Ideas for a Short Story Unit
Short stories are an effective way of capturing your students’ attention, and can also provide great literary examples of terminology English …
Continue ReadingThemes in the Old Man and the Sea: Analysis
Prepping for a class discussion? Or just want to impress that cute girl in your English class? As you’ll learn in this study guide, The Old Man …
Continue ReadingThree Early Literacy Tips for Parents: Encourage a Love of Reading in your Children
Parents are a child’s first teacher, and the preschool years are full of learning. A child’s early literacy skills are greatly influenced …
Continue ReadingUse These Four Fun Early Writing Activities in Your Preschool Class
As fine motor development becomes more pronounced in young children, they are ready for the first forays into preschool writing activities. There are …
Continue ReadingA Review of the Free Online Program BBC's Real Chinese: Learn Mandarin Chinese
Would you like to learn the most useful words and phrases in Mandarin Chinese? BBC offers a fun beginner’s course in Mandarin, “Real …
Continue ReadingA Lesson and Activities for Spanish Vocabulary About Professions
Spanish students can enrich their vocabulary through focus on specialized terms. This article provides a specialized Spanish vocabulary list of 25 …
Continue ReadingCasus Belli and Casus Foederis: Translating Nominative-Genitive Latin Phrases into English
Many Latin phrases found in English are Nominative-Genitive pairings. Often, these phrases are a part of recent rather than ancient history.
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