How to make your own writing tray
A fun and interactive way to encourage handwriting in preschool! One of my favorite ways to encourage the children to practice writing their names is by setting out the writing [...]
Making memory books in Pre-K
Memory books are a wonderful keepsake that your students will treasure! My students made the sweetest Memory Books and I wish I could have shared them earlier but time just [...]
Good morning math!
Every morning when my students come to school, we jump right into a little loose parts good morning math! What started out as a simple way for the children to [...]
Daily attendance with individual stick puppets
Making our own stick puppets for our daily attendance board in PreK!
The name game
We've all heard of the "Name Game" song, but this is a fun large motor game with lots of different possibilities!
Paper name puzzle for preschool
Exploring our first and last names with a paper name puzzle in preschool!
Printing in the salt tray in prek
Using the salt trays to promote name recognition and pre-writing skills in PreK!
The value of name recognition in preschool
See how our names are an interactive part of our daily preschool classroom activities.
Digging up the letters of our name in preschool
Combining rice with a name search makes for a wonderful learning and playful experience!
Literacy Beginnings | Chapter 20 | Names
The most powerful and effective way for children to begin learning the complex process of learning about letters is by writing their own names." ~Carol Lyons Retrieved from Literacy Beginnings [...]