Score! Keeping score and making marks.
There is nothing like a little hockey game to get kids doing a little mark-making! This class was filled with a whole bunch of kids who LOVE to play games [...]
Fill your classroom with opportunities to write!
I am a huge fan of inviting young children to write all throughout the day. In order to get my students writing all through out the day, I fill my classroom with lots of opportunities to write.
Ten tips for keeping a journal in preschool
I spent some time jotting down tips from my own experience in exploring journals in the preschool classroom.
Yarning up letters!
A great tactile way to review the alphabet is by making yarn letters!
Let’s get moving with a DIY action cube!
Get your preschoolers up and moving with these simple DIY action cubes!
Taking the word-wall beyond the wall
Taking the word wall beyond the wall and into other parts of the early childhood classroom experience.
A year long study of the alphabet
Exploring priorities as I reflect on my preschool year and the letter of the week.
The tools we write with in preschool
Use a variety of tools to help children build their writing skills!
N is for newspaper in preschool
This week, we used the newspaper in a variety of ways to help us explore the letter N... The newspaper is a great way to explore letters and numbers and [...]
Parent involvement in early literacy is the key to academic success
Parent involvement in early literacy is the key to academic success by Dr. Erika Burton of Stepping Stones Together Early childhood education sets the stage for future academic achievement. Whether you [...]