We’ve enjoyed making and experimenting homemade made play dough all year long … and by far the most favorite was the “mystery play dough” we made last week! In the “great minds think alike” category … Deborah Stewart at Teach Preschool did the same activity recently (stop by and see what her class did with their play dough). I made up a batch of homemade play dough beforehand,
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Do you use reward charts at home? Are you looking to start using one and need some ideas for getting started? Victoria Ballard, founder of The Victoria Chart Company shares with us some tips for parents who are want to get started, as says that “parents involvement is just as important as the child’s when it comes to using the chart.” Here are some
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Just in time for Father’s Day, the “Preschool Blogger Network” has gotten together to share a host of ideas that you can do with your children (or class) to celebrate the special men in their lives. We have each paired a book with activities or gift ideas to go along with Father’s Day. The story I chose is “Me with You” by Kristy Dempsey,
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Need a last minute idea to make with your child (or children) for Mother’s Day? A one of a kind gift? I saw this idea in a copy of FamilyFun magazine – and thought this would make a great Mother’s Day gift for Mom’s, Grandma’s, Aunt’s … and anyone who loves to read! This does require some adult effort and supervision, but there are some additional
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We will be celebrating the end of our preschool year in a few weeks. We have a whole-school celebration in our town’s high school auditorium for all the family, friends and teaching staff who attend. Last year, instead of purchasing store-bought graduation hats (which were getting kind of expensive to keep purchasing), we made our own. Here is how we made ours to celebrate
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Today I spent the morning volunteering at a Scholastic customer appreciation sale … as the title of this blog post says, it is a teacher’s DREAM to see all those great children’s books on sale!! Discounts … 25% off … 50% off … books for $1 or $2 … oh my! Teachers from school districts around the state came in with large purchase orders
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Ok … so now it’s MY turn to show you one of the video ideas we filmed for a video series for ehow.com on a variety of preschool-related topics. Please … be kind! This was my first time doing this type of thing! 🙂 The topic for this video is outdoor craft ideas for preschoolers. Since the videos were shot inside – my ideas
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For Mother’s Day, a fun story to read to your class is the book called “Five Minutes Peace“, about a mother elephant who only wants to have five minute’s of peace and quiet from her energetic children by taking a bath, (of course, her children have other plans!). The Book It opens up the conversation about how Moms need a rest sometimes (just like
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A few months back, Tressa and I each filmed a video series for ehow.com on various preschool-related topics. The topics we were asked to do were based on what people were searching for on their site. We’ll be sharing some of the video clips from time to time here on our blog. The first one we wanted to share is appropriate for this time
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During the past couple of weeks there has been a lot of debate over the way that the Town of Middletown, CT was handling behavioral issues with elementary school students. Many reports have mentioned the use of “scream” rooms for children who needed to be removed from classroom situations. (Click here for the full story). As you can imagine there has been much debate
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