
Read and then press here!
The children’s book “Press Here” by Herve’ Tullet is always a favorite in our classroom and I love it because there are just so many ways we can expand the book all throughout the classroom.
I spend a lot of time reading the very best children’s books I can find and then build on the ideas, characters, or illustrations from those books. The goal of each read-aloud experience is to help young children develop a love for reading and to build connections between reading and their everyday world.
The children’s book “Press Here” by Herve’ Tullet is always a favorite in our classroom and I love it because there are just so many ways we can expand the book all throughout the classroom.
Each year, Read Across America day falls on March 2nd in honor of Dr. Seuss Birthday. Whether you choose to read a Dr. Seuss book or prefer to read other
With the winter days still around, it is nice to bring a little color into the classroom right now. This past week we have been exploring oranges and we definitely had
Amazing and affordable literacy discovery bottles for the early childhood classroom!
A fun and creative process that will encourage teamwork in your classroom! Whenever I can find an idea that our whole class can work on together in a successful way,
Exploring leaves outside and extending the fun inside with our Alphabet Tree letter review!
Today with our preschool class, we explored the different colors that the leaves change into as this season progresses, observing different greens, yellows, oranges, and even browns!
Reading a fun story about cookies, retelling the story then expanding on the topic of cookies as we made our own creative puffy paint cookies in preschool!
We read the book “Ten Little Caterpillars” by Bill Martin Jr. then enjoyed a little counting and patterning of our own ten little caterpillars!
What do you do if you have a kid who loves bugs? You find a book about some bugs and spend lots of time playing with pretend bugs and looking for real bugs too!
We took an “up” walk to see if we could spot anything stuck in the trees…
Exploring the word “up” through a fun building block and dice game.
The study of x-rays, bones, and our bodies turned out to be quite an interesting and fun experiences as the prekindergarten age children worked to complete the skeleton of a paper boy in our classroom.
We recently spent time exploring “under the sea” and the children created one of our old favorite paper plate activities – the polka dot painted fish.
This week we have been exploring waves in the ocean through our literature, art, water play, and other experiences in preschool.
An amazing water play process that combines literacy, motor skills, and water play! You won’t want to miss the fun with this one!
We read the Dr. Seuss book “In a People House” and then spent time exploring things you can find in a people house all around our preschool classroom.
We recently spent a few days exploring different types of weather. We also focused a great deal on raindrops and clouds. This simple activity that I would like to share
In celebration of Dr. Seuss week, our Pre-Kindergarten class enjoyed the book “There’s No Place like Space” as well as a few space related activities we had set up to explore around the classroom.
Exploring a new art process with a book and a pair of real chopsticks!
You quickly learn that if you don’t want a preschooler to do something then just start your sentence with the word “Don’t!”. Come see what my preschoolers are saying, “Don’t push my button!”
We recently introduced the letter Kk, and with Valentine’s day coming soon, we thought it was most appropriate to explore hugs and KISSES.
To introduce this our new shape unit we read the new book “Hearts are for Loving” and played this fun and colorful game in preschool.
We are waking our bears after a long winter’s sleep. Come and see our celebration of our hibernation in preschool!