writing
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What’s in my writing center
While there are no shortage of preschool lessons and activities on Pinterest (Follow me!), sometimes it is harder to find great activities that can stand alone in a center. I thought I’d start a new feature where I shared what is in each of my classroom centers. I rotate the materials in each center every two weeks, so these change constantly! Here is what I have out in my writing center at the moment: Lowercase letter shape match-up. This is a simple activity that is easily differentiated. Children who are struggling with their lower case letters simply match up the shapes of the magnet letters with the outlines on the…
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It’s cold outside!
It has finally gotten cold and snowy in our neck of the woods, which means no more outdoor play time and planning lots of extra activities to keep our energetic kiddos busy. Here are a couple o the things that we have been working on: Masking tape resist snowflakes: simply use making tape to make snowflake shapes on a piece of white paper, then let the children paint over the tape. We used different shades of blue paint with a little extra sparkle, but silver or gray would be pretty too! When the pint has dried you can peel the tape off and you have white snowflakes. Name snowmen: this…
