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Easy Photo Cards for Mother’s Day
I must admit that when it comes to cards, I am a slacker. This is true in my personal life, and in the classroom. In the classroom I tend to be the teacher who gets out the collage materials and lets the children go to town, and then hopes that the glue will dry in time to put the cards in an envelope. If you tend to plan ahead a little better than I do, here are some really cute photo cards that you can try with your students! Cupcake Liner Flower Cards Photo Message Card Photo Card and Flower Sidewalk Chalk Photo Card Chalkboard Photo Card These adorable cards…
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Mother’s Day Keepsakes
If you’ve been reading Preschool Ponderings for a while, you know that my goal for holiday gifts for parents is that they should be something that Mom or Dad will actually want to use. I’ve seen a lot of crazy gift ideas – bracelets made out of toilet paper rolls, candles made out of melted crayons, popsicle stick picture frames – but there are also a ton of really incredible ideas out there too. Here are a few of my favorites: Keepsakes with children’s photos Photo Coasters Photo Pendants Photo Keychains Photo Magnets Thumbprint art Thumbprint Keychains Thumbprint Magnets Thumbprint Vase Things Mom can use at work DIY Notepads Post-It…
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Creative Mother’s Day Celebrations
I’ll be honest here, Mother’s day is not my favorite holiday to celebrate with my preschoolers. It is a highly personal holiday – each family celebrates very differently, and I don’t want any of my students to feel like their family’s celebration is not the “right” kind of celebration. I do however love to throw a party, and I think that these kinds of events allow families to decide who is going to attend, and to help prepare their child for the event before it happens. I know that Muffins for Moms breakfasts are really popular, because the alliteration is cute and muffins are easy, but if you are thinking…
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Friday Freebie – End of the Year Checklist
Happy Friday! This week seemed to drag on forever, I am so happy to see the weekend! That said, it’s never too early to start thinking about the end of the school year. This free End of the Year Checklist from Mrs. Irvin’s Toolbox will help you start planning for all of those end of the year to-do’s! Download your copy and have a wonderful weekend!
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New Resources
I’ve been working on a ton of different projects lately, and while doing so have stumbled across some new resources – and rediscovered some old favorites. Here’s a few that I wanted to share with you: Early Learning Resources Ohio – This site is personalized for teachers and program administrators in Ohio, but there are similar sites for other states. I cannot say enough good things about the resources that are available to subscribers; templates, forms, policy samples, discounts, every time I log on I find something different and this would have saved me so much time when I was an administrator! Child Care Aware – this site has a…
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Teacher Inspiration
It’s definitely that time of year when I feel myself needing a little extra inspiration. The weather is so nice, my weekends are so busy, and I just want to do fun summer things – even though it’s not quite summer yet. If you’re feeling the same way, here are some quotes to help you get through the rest of the spring! Optimist Quote Follow their lead Quote Be who you needed Quote Funny teaching Quote Silly Quote
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Procrastination
I know that I usually write about preschool – some kind of activity, or assessment, or curriculum, or something at least slightly related to teaching so this one is a little bit of a stretch, but let’s get real for a minute. It’s usually pretty easy for me to sit down and write a blog post. I enjoy it, and I love the topics that I write about – but this week I can’t seem to get out anything that I want to share. I had a bunch of posts about seeds planned, but I must not be very excited about them. This is probably because I’m a terrible gardener,…
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Friday Freebie – Earth Day Matching Book
Happy Friday! I hope that you have a beautiful spring weekend for your Earth Day celebration! Today’s freebie is an Earth Day matching book from File Folder Heaven. This little book would be perfect for a center, individual, or small group activity. Go download your copy and enjoy your weekend!
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Earth Day Round Up
If you are still planning your Earth Day lesson plans, or if you’re searching for activities to make the exploration last all week long, here are some of my past posts to inspire you! Quotes for Earth Day Earth Day Science Activities Earth Day Super Hero Masks Earth Day Graphing Freebie Make sure to check back tomorrow for another great freebie!
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Practicing Conservation in Preschool
Conservation can be an abstract concept for preschoolers, they haven’t had a lot of experience with the world around them, and it can be difficult to understand why they might need to save water or electricity. There are some things that you can work on in the classroom to help children understand conservation practices and why they are important. Save paper scraps in a basket for children to use for cutting or collage projects Turn off the lights when you leave the room, or leave the lights of during certain parts of the day and enjoy natural lighting Use dry erase boards instead of printer paper Set up recycling bins…
