Here’s my list of favorite blogs and articles from the last week. I would love to read your comments about any that you read. Curriculum and Activities “Want to Boost Your Toddler’s Development? Put a Toy Chicken on Your Head.” from Science Daily: When you’re silly with your students, they develop their ability to pretend. Who couldn’t…
Here’s my list of favorite blogs and articles from the last week. Would love to read your comments about any that you read. Curriculum and Activities Picture Walk: A Pre-Reading Skill – Children need to learn how to look at pictures in order to make predictions about the text. Developing this skill now will help…
Most preschool classrooms include calendar activities as part of their circle time. The class will add another number, identify the month and day of the week, and talk about what day it will be tomorrow and what day it was yesterday. Does your calendar time go something like this? Teacher: Today is Tuesday! What day is tomorrow? Children:…
I always had a science center in my classroom. Usually it included some natural materials of some sort- seashells, rocks, pinecones, leaves. Unfortunately, simply putting the materials on the shelf, even if they are part of an inviting display, does not guarantee the children will engage with the materials. Here are 6 tips for using natural materials…
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