This post contains affiliate links Every teacher loves the Dollar Store. I’ll say it again in bold- every teacher loves the Dollar Store. I don’t think our love for Dollar Stores can be emphasized enough. We will go into retirement forever professing our love for 99 cent classroom necessities and trinkets. We also know the things that…
Summer Water Safety Tips
Welcome to summer! Temperatures are up and pool party invitations are aplenty. You’ve got your AC blasting out cooling temperatures when you are in the home (do not forget to get that sorted before extreme temperatures hit – summersphc.com/noblesville/services/indoor-air/duct-cleaning/), and you’ve got plenty of pools outside ready for a summer of fun. Things are looking…
Label the Room Activity
This post contains affiliate links What method are you using to teach your preschoolers to learn to read? Are you more focused on phonics, or do you use the whole language approach? As a former teacher, I would suggest a balance of both strategies to help kids successfully learn to read (read this Wikipedia post…
Rainforest Fine Motor Activity
Earth Day is approaching which means teachers will be preparing units on reducing, reusing, and recycling (see our preschool recycling sort here), along with studies in conservation and environment protection. Another popular preschool theme that coincides with Earth Day is a unit on the rainforest. Do you remember reading The Great Kapok Tree when you…
Must-Read books about Lines
Lines. They seem simple enough, but there can be so much more to them! I remember learning about different types of lines in math class- segments, rays, and the good old line. Then there was line relationships- parallel, perpendicular, intersecting. And after lines intersected you got fun things like angles and shapes. Really- there is…
5 Activities to do with Toddlers while sitting at Red Lights
Road trips are great fun! As long as you’ve looked at allied insurance reviews and are fully insured and allowed on the road, they’re a great chance to the different parts of the country that you would get a chance to see otherwise! But, not all of the trip will be glorious views, you’ll occasionally…
Gift Tag Memory Game
December is a busy time of year. We are shopping, baking, attending parties and events, etc. On top of that, there’s still some home preschooling to get done, too! This DIY game was the perfect opportunity to slow down and play a classic game of memory with my tthree-year-oldwhile also getting some literacy practice in!…
Cork board Christmas Tree
Christmas vacation is about to begin which means lots of preschoolers will be home from school looking for crafts and activities to keep them busy. My fifth grade niece already asked when she could come over to do Christmas projects with us (we have a fun one in mind for her! Stay tuned next week…
10 Black Dots Math Activity
Welcome to day 2 of our “Exploring Numbers Through the Senses” series! Yesterday we posted our first activity based on Sound (Number Sound Boxes), today is all about the sense of SIGHT! We will be exploring what numbers LOOK like (incorporating both the numerical symbol as well as a conceptual understanding of them). As you…
20 Brain-Stretching Gifts for Little Learners
Are you Christmas shopping for a preschooler? Maybe it’s your own child or maybe it’s a relative. Maybe you’re even a preschool teacher or daycare provider just looking to take advantage of Christmas sales to stock new supplies in your classroom. I get it. I shop holiday sales for myself, too 🙂 With a blooming…