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Six Early Literacy Skills Your Preschooler Needs To Know Before Kindergarten -
Stephany Springer (43,257)     
Stephany Springer  
Preschoolers are like sponges so it is imperative that they develop these literacy skills to prepare them for a lifetime of learning at the top of the class. Early literacy is about helping your child get ready to read. Experts say there are six early literacy skills that every preschooler should... ( added 15 days 17 hours ago.) |
Camping Activities For Preschool Classroom -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Fall is a great time to explore camping in the preschool classroom. Many parents camp in the fall because of the cooler weather and crunchy leaves. Camping is a theme that can reach preschoolers on all their sensual levels. The smell of the outdoors, the crunchy sound of the leaves, the sight of... ( added 24 days 14 hours ago.) |
Preschool Activities For Fire Prevention Week -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
October 5-9 is Fire Prevention Week across the nation. Preschool is a great time to celebrate and bring that knowledge into the classroom. Discussing Fire Prevention throughout the classroom can offer fun educational experiences for preschoolers. Here are some activities for centers in your... ( added 32 days 17 hours ago.) |
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Columbus Day Activities For Preschool Classroom -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Columbus Day is fast approaching and preschoolers will love exploring and learning about Christopher Columbus. Preschoolers love adventure and bringing the holiday into the classroom will benefit the kids greatly by exposing them to the history as well as exposing them to the various lessons to... ( added 51 days 21 hours ago.) |
First Day of Fall Activities For Preschool Classroom -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
The first day of fall is Sept. 22. It is essential for preschoolers to know that different seasons exist so celebrating this day in your classroom is not an option. It must be done. Fall is my favorite time of year in the class. I always bring up a pumpkin spice candle from home to set the mood.... ( added 58 days 21 hours ago.) |
Open House Activities For The Preschool Classroom -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Parents love coming to the preschool classroom to find out what their child does all day. Open Houses on the preschool level can be done several different ways. It is important that parents leave knowing that their child during the day is safe, has fun and learns. Open house is a great time to... ( added 68 days 21 hours ago.) |
First Day Lessons For Preschool Classroom -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
It is the first day of preschool for many kids and the last thing you want to do is turn a kid to hating school from the very first day! First impressions are essential and kids have a knack of figuring out real quick if this school thing is going to be something fun or not. Kids naturally are... ( added 72 days 17 hours ago.) |
Tips To Practicing Reading Aloud With Your Child -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Kids are starting to prepare for back to school this month. As you stock up on school supplies, go back to routines and prepare for the fall, don't forget to prepare your child intellectually. One easy way to get them ready for school is reading aloud. Reading out loud is a necessary skill that... ( added 93 days 21 hours ago.) |
Summer Preschool Themes: Space -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Summer is starting to get hot, so why not step it up to capture the kids attention with a unit on space! Kids love pretending to be astronauts and learning about celestial occurrences. Get ready to shuttle through space with some very eager preschoolers. Here are some activities to make the week... ( added 116 days 15 hours ago.) |
Preschool Activities: Exercising Through Art -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Exercise is big topic around classrooms with headlines across the net screaming about childhood obesity on the rise. Why not bring some exercise activities into your art center for some healthy fun. Here are a few activity suggestions. Jumping Jack Painting Collect empty Pringle containers. You... ( added 119 days 19 hours ago.) |
Summer Preschool Themes: Sports Week -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Preschoolers love being active during the summer and having a Sports Week allows them to do just that. This theme can be done multiple ways such as highlighting a different sport each day or representing all the sports in the classroom. Here are a few activities to get your creative juices... ( added 130 days 16 hours ago.) |
Preschool Sensory Table: Recipes To Create The Sticky, Fun Stuff -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
We all know how much preschoolers love getting messy. A sensory table offers endless opportunities throughout the year, for kids to get messy while having fun and learning. As a preschool teacher, you remember playing with this stuff as a child, but may not know how it was made. Wait no longer.... ( added 134 days 19 hours ago.) |
Preparing The Preschool Classroom For Fall: Get Those Centers Stocked -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Centers are the fun areas in your classroom where kids learn without knowing they are learning. I love centers and if you are not teaching through centers, I invite you to change your method of teaching. Preschoolers are by nature highly social, creative, curious and talkative. They love doing... ( added 134 days 19 hours ago.) |
Summer Themes For Preschool Classroom: Dinosaurs Go Wild! -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
What preschooler doesn't love dinosaurs! It is summer, so it is time to make the theme bigger and better and nothing is bigger than dinosaurs. Decorate your room with lots of trees and strap on for a summer theme of fun. Here are a few suggestions to get you started with this fun theme. Story... ( added 135 days 20 hours ago.) |
Summer Themes For Preschool Classroom: Zoo Activities -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Kids love going to the zoo and it offers so many educational opportunities. Why not go the extra mile this summer and bring the zoo to your classroom? There are several ways to pull off the zoo theme. You can split the week into different continents highlighting animals from each continent or you... ( added 138 days 21 hours ago.) |
Summer Themes For Preschool Classroom: Circus Activities -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Summers can be challenging for teachers of preschoolers. It can be hot outside and kids can be more restless than usual. Add the extra stress of wanting to make their summers full of memorable events and it can all be overwhelming.
As a preschool teacher, summers offered the opportunity to do... ( added 145 days 19 hours ago.) |
Cinco De Mayo Activities For The Preschool Classroom Part Two -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
While Cinco de Mayo has little or no significance to Mexico, the day is celebrated in the United States as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. Many Americans, believe the day to be Mexican's independence Day, but in actuality that date is September 16. Cinco de Mayo offers a great... ( added 194 days 18 hours ago.) |
Educational Computer Games For The Preschool Classroom -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Let's face it. The days of not touching a computer until high school are long gone. Kids are interacting with computers from the beginning of school. They should be. The computer has become the center of every career in today's marketplace. As preschool teachers, it is our job to prepare the kids... ( added 243 days 22 hours ago.) |
Activities For Pajama Day In the Preschool Classroom -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
A fun theme day in the preschool classroom is pajama day. Kids love showing off their pajamas and slippers to their friends. Having a pajama day allows the kids to do this. As teachers, though, we sometimes struggle with the theme. How do we make it educational? How do we make it fun? Here are a... ( added 246 days 16 hours ago.) |
Activities To Help Preschoolers Develop Skills To Learn To Read -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Preschoolers love pretending to read. It is a great skill that leads to actual success in reading later. Your child may not be at the point where they pretend to read, but there are many activities to get them the skills necessary to make reading a success. Here are some activities to make sure... ( added 271 days 17 hours ago.) |
What To Look For When Choosing A Preschool/Daycare -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Preschools and daycares have a tremendous impact on your child's life. After all, the majority of your child's waking hours will be spent with this new caregiver. Therefore, it is important that the school or individual you pick has certain features that will benefit the child. The hardest... ( added 271 days 17 hours ago.) |
Go Texan Day Activities For The Preschool Classroom -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
While the focus of February tends to be hearts and love for the rest of the country, for Texas it means one thing: Go Texan Day! As the rodeo begins to start up with trailriders starting their journey, Go Texan Day is a staple across Texas. The preschool classroom should exude the western rodeo... ( added 272 days 16 hours ago.) |
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Teaching The Five Senses In the Preschool Classroom -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
This is without a doubt, my most favorite unit to teach in preschool. Kids love learning through the five senses. In fact, in every lesson or theme I teach, my goal is to stimulate each of the five senses. In order to teach on the five senses, let's review what the five senses are: sight, smell... ( added 283 days 16 hours ago.) |
Presidents Day Activities For The Preschool Classroom -
Stephany Springer (43,257)
Stephany Springer
Coming off a recent election, President's Day can be a fun day to celebrate in the preschool classroom. Kids should be exposed to the government and responsibilities of the government. Here are a few activities to make the day exciting for preschoolers. Art You can use your July 4th activities as... ( added 283 days 16 hours ago.) |
How to Prepare your Preschooler to be a Reader: A Reading Recovery Teacher's Perspective -
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Val Silver 
After ten years and hundreds of first-graders passing through my doors, I've discovered that several things seem to routinely affect a child's ability to become a successful reader and learner. Surprisingly, they appear to have little to do with reading at all. Fortunately, they are largely... ( added 285 days 11 hours ago.) |
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