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Friday Freebie – Valentine’s Day Writing Paper
Happy Friday! This was a surprise short week for me with my snow day on Monday, so it flew by! Since Valentine’s Day is next weekend I’m saying that this is the official start of Valentine’s week (yes, Valentine’s week) who doesn’t love taking time to share their love with people who are important?! I’ve got some tricks up my sleeve for my favorite people, and since I’ll see them at different times throughout the week, I’ve made it Valentine’s week 🙂 Today’s freebie is one of the first things that I created for my Teacher’s Pay Teachers store, it’s a great little freebie that you can use a few…
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Valentine’s Day Bags and Boxes
If you’ve ever hosted any kind of Valentine’s Day Party in the classroom, you understand the need for some sort of container to corral all of those cards and treats. I generally like to create ours in the classroom – it makes my life easier because I know that everyone will have one and they will all be the same size. I think that spending the week prior to the big day doing little activities to get ready helps my students understand what the day is all about, and it ensures that they will know what to expect, because they’ve been a part of the planning. In the past my…
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Social Studies Activities for Preschool
It’s Wednesday, and here at Preschool Ponderings, that means time to focus on the standards. Every Wednesday I choose an Early Learning Standard and share a number of activities that can be aligned with that particular standard. Remember, the Standards that I use every day, and am most comfortable with are Ohio’s Early Learning Development Standards – you can review them here, however I’ve found that even if your State’s standards differ, many of these activities can still be aligned similarly. I’ve rounded up some great ideas today!Domain: Social StudiesStrand: GovernmentTopic: Rules and Laws This standard really focuses on rules, why we need them, and how they keep us safe. You…
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Valentine’s Day cards that Preschoolers can make
I love Valentine’s Day, and I will take any excuse to help my students show their family members how much they care about them. I think that Valentine’s Day is a a great way to practice sharing feelings and emotions, and I always make sure to have card making supplies available before the big day. My students make a ton of cards, they are nothing if not prolific! I thought I would round up some easy ideas that anyone could try, because a little inspiration is always a good thing. Having a few ideas also helps to narrow down the supply list! How easy are these? From I Can Teach…
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February Currently
I’m linking up with Farley at Oh Boy 4th Grade for February’s Currently! I love February, it’s full of fun, quick holidays (Groundhog day, Valentine’s Day, Mardi Gras, President’s Day) and it goes so fast. Listening: I have a snow day today (yay!) and I actually got out of bed early enough to watch morning television. This is a big deal because I’m usually the queen of sleeping late, but I’m going to use every minute of this day! Loving: This is the first big snow that we’ve had this winter and I love it! I always say that if it’s going to be cold we better have some snow…
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Friday Freebie – Candy Heart Sorting
Happy Friday! Can you believe January is almost over? It seems like it has flown by! I’m jumping on the Valentine’s day train because I love Valentine’s day. I wanted to make sure that I had a chance to share a couple of Valentine’s Day freebies with you, so I’m starting a bit early. This Conversation Heart graphing set is the same one that I have been using with my class for the last four years. It is from Pocketful of Centers, and she thought of everything. The set includes a page for sorting, a page for counting each color, and a page for graphing. I use these three pages…
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Preschool Printables for Valentine’s Day
I love to celebrate holidays with my students, and Valentine’s Day stands out as one of my favorites. As an adult, you either love Valentine’s Day, or you hate it, but little one’s haven’t yet developed a reason to hate it. I love that I get to encourage my students to share their love with everyone, and they’re happy to do so! Over the years I’ve collected a ridiculous amount of Valentine’s Day activities, but my favorites are the one’s that I’ve put together for my students. Each year I’ve tweaked them just a bit and I am so proud of the collection that I’ve put together, so I had…
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Reggio inspired writing centers
On Monday I talked about how my classroom is ever-changing. I am constantly rotating materials in my centers, so thought I would give some examples for different center materials. Once I gathered a ton of materials for a particular center it was much easier to switch them out frequently. When it comes to the writing center, my students especially love the following language-related materials: Clipboards filled with PLENTY of paper (my students tend to be quite prolific!) A variety of writing utensils (pencils are always available, but I switch in pens, colored pens, colored pencils, markers, crayons, etc.) Alphabet stamps Dry erase boards and markers Mini notebooks I also like…
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Reggio inspired math centers
Yesterday I talked about how my classroom is ever-changing. I am constantly rotating materials in my centers, so thought I would give some examples for different center materials. Once I gathered a ton of materials for a particular center it was much easier to switch them out frequently. When it comes to the math center, my students especially love the following math-related materials: Scales (authentic bathroom or kitchen scales, as well as balancing scales) Calculators Abacus (I have a Melissa & Doug Classic Wooden Abacus that my students LOVE) Rulers, yardsticks, and tape measures magnet numbers I also like to add things that students can manipulate with each of these items,…
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Creating a dynamic preschool classroom
Do you remember visiting your friends’ homes as a child? Their toys were so much more fun to play with that your own, and their bedrooms/backyards/playrooms were WAY better than yours. You never understood why they wanted to come to your house, but they felt the same way, your stuff was more interesting than what they had. This is because it wasn’t the same old stuff that you played with every single day, your play things were boring because you were used to them, and they were always available. This idea is true in the classroom too. My students don’t want to use the same materials every single day, nor…
