Most children love our four-legged and feathered friends. Transform the dramatic play area into something extra special! This Vet Clinic can be a wonderful way to tie in science, math, cooperative play, and literacy skills all in one dramatic play area. It also encourages empathy, and can even help a child who might be feeling…
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Our Half-Day Preschool Schedule
One of the questions that I receive from other teachers, more than another other question is, “What does your preschool schedule look like?” This is a tough question to answer because although our routine is the same every day, the schedule is a bit flexible and it’s very much personalized to suit the needs of…
Butterfly Sun Catchers
Spring is in the air, the preschoolers are starting to get restless and you need an art project that requires no special supplies or preparation. Enter these creative butterfly sun catchers! Butterfly Sun Catcher supplies are simple: wax paper colorful tissue paper glue sticks The process is simple, too: Cut the wax paper into butterfly…
Wind & Rain Process Art
We love any art project that is process-based, and can be transformed into something fridge-worthy that we can send home. This Rain & Wind Process Art project is the perfect example. The kids made so many observations about the paint as they worked, so it turned out to be a good science experiment and oral…
Fruit Loop Graph
Fruit loops are a great learning manipulative! Students who are otherwise unlikely to work at a math center will jump at the chance to sit and play with cereal. I like to buy the big generic bag at the dollar store for this center. For this activity, I paired it with a foam block and…
Taco Dramatic Play
Spice up the dramatic play center by taking a trip south of the border to visit the “Fiesta” Taco Stand Dramatic Play! This tasty pretend station is a fantastic companion for preschoolers that love the Pizza Parlor and the Pancake Cafe. Bienvenidos!! With a few simple changes to the basic “kitchen” area, the Taco Stand…
Alphabet Write & Wipe
Our preschoolers need lots of opportunities to practice writing in ways that are developmentally appropriate. Sometimes we practice writing the letters of the alphabet in salt trays and, of course, we always practice writing our names. Another way that our students like to practice is with dry erase markers. We made these Alphabet Practice pages to…
The 10-Second Shoe Solution
The preschoolers are all lined up on their little footprints ready to go outside for recess when we notice that one little girl with backwards shoes. “Sara,” I say, “Your shoes are on backwards.” Sara responds, “Which one is wrong?” Seriously, though, this is the story of my life. We spend 30 minutes putting on…
Hospital Dramatic Play
Another month means another fun dramatic play center for our preschoolers! The area is our kitchen, and we leave it as a plain housekeeping center for a week or 2 each month. During the other weeks, though, we invite our kiddos to serve pizza or pancakes at a restaurant, fly to far away places in an airplane, sell cookies…
Name Books
We spend a lot of time learning to recognize, spell and write our names in preschool. I am always looking for hands-on ways that the students can practice. They love things that they can practice in class and take home, like their Name Folders. When I saw the idea for Name Books on Fun-A-Day I knew…