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Freebie Friday: Movement Charts
Happy Friday, we made it through the first week back to real life! The one thing that I love about January is that after having jam-packed weekend throughout November and December, my weekends finally feel like they belong to me again. I am looking forward to getting a lot done around the house this weekend, because I’ll finally have the time. Earlier this week I gave you some ideas for indoor movement games, today’s freebie goes with this list perfectly! The free Movement Chart is from Chanda at Pink Oatmeal, the chart is meant to help you track your students’ movement activities, to make sure that they are participating in movement…
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Book Study… Kind of…
I just ordered Becoming Young Thinkers: Deep Project Work in the Classroom (the latest release from Judy Harris Helm). I have been looking forward to this book since I found out about it at the NAEYC Conference, and I wanted to not only read it, but also to do a book study here on Preschool Ponderings. While I was waiting for it to get here (thank goodness for Amazon Prime 2 day shipping because I am IMPATIENT) I was introduced to bible journaling. Seriously, go check out that link, it will blow your mind. I almost said “forget the book study, I’m ordering a bible and starting to doodle.” But then…
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Preschool Social Studies Activities
I haven’t done a focus on the standards since before Thanksgiving, the holidays have a way of distracting me! I thought that we could pick up where we left off – so here are some activities for another social studies 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: GeographyTopic: Spatial Thinking and Skills This standard specifically relates to maps, and the understanding the our world…
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Large motor activities that can be done indoors
Winter. The one word that strikes fear into the heart of preschool teachers everywhere. cold winter days seem so much longer because the kids don’t have the opportunity to run around outside. At three, four, or five years old, the opportunity to run wild is a necessity. Kiddos can only sit for so long before they get restless, it’s normal and completely natural, but it makes teaching them so much more difficult! During the winter I make sure to give my students just as much time for active motor games that I do during the rest of the year, but these activities have to be a little more structured because…
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January Currently
I realize that it is January 5th, so I may have missed the boat on the Currently, BUT, today was my first day back at school, so in my mind, it’s really the beginning of the month – those last 5 days didn’t really count! Listening: I’m working at Starbucks this afternoon. Sometimes I love their music selections, other times… meh. Today is one of those days when I really have no clue who is playing, or even what genre it is, but I am hyper-focused on my work because I’m not actually listening to the music. Loving: I do not like to give gift cards as gifts, but I…
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One Word Resolution
Resolutions. Love them or hate them, it’s time to consider goals for the new year. I tend to make general goals for the coming year, so when I read Primary Powers’ post on one-word resolutions, it really resonated with me. It also reminded me of One Little Word, something that I had read about last year, and am looking forward to implementing in my life this year (check out Ali Edwards’ Blog for a great explanation). The idea that one word can shape the way you view the entire year is refreshing – it reminds me that everything is a matter of perspective. So this year my word is: I’m…
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Holiday Cookie Party Recap
Before officially finishing up at school before the holidays, we had a great big holiday cookie party. I shared my plans in this post, but I also promised to share photos from the party, so here they are! For table activities we had cookie patterning, a freebie that I downloaded from Stuff from Steff. I also made gingerbread play dough, and set out cookie cutters and rolling pins to encourage gingerbread cookie making! The last of my table activities was my gingerbread lacing cookies (find out how to make these here). While some of the kiddos were doing table activities, others were baking up a storm in the cookie shop…
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Friday Freebie – New Year’s Sequencing
Happy Friday! I hope that you had a great Christmas, but the fun isn’t over yet! It’s time to get ready for new year! It’s always really hard to find New Year’s activities that are truly appropriate for preschoolers. They don’t really understand resolutions, nor do they completely get the concept of a year, or time for that matter. This product is completely appropriate, and works on building some really important skills. This Size Sequencing Set for the new year is from Color Me Kinder and includes new year-themed pictures in a number of different sizes that children can practice putting in order according to size. Each image comes in color…
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Merry Everything!
I think that that is the best way to be politically correct and celebratory, so Merry Everything! I hope you have a wonderful little break! I’ll be back on Friday with a fun freebie for you, enjoy your time with family and friends!
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So close I can feel it!
I have always worked for schools that are open year-round, so the week between Christmas and New Year is the longest break I get, and it goes way too fast! This year I have plans to get some work done and do some major relaxing! Sleeping in! Sleeping in is one of my favorite things in the world, I love waking up and knowing that I can lay there for as long as I want. My body would naturally sleep until 11am and stay up until 2am if I let it. spending time with family and friends. This is huge for me, I have 8 days off and I already…
