We’ve been using counting mat to practice number sense all year. The students love them, but it was time to change the center up a little bit. My friend Tami at Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers posted this great picture of her students sorting the hearts from the sensory table into little labeled buckets. Genius!…
Valentine's Day
Heart Patterns
This week at the light table we added ice cube trays and a bowl of plastic hearts. (I found them at the craft store in the floral aisle.) That’s it — a simple invitation to play! It was fascinating to work alongside the students as they explored these pieces. I took pictures of one little…
Sensory Table Sight Words
Every month our sensory table is filled with something new. In February, it contains red and white rice. I was inspired by this post by my friend KTeacherTiff. She uses sensory tables in her kindergarten classroom to practice sight words. How fantastic is that? Of course the first thing the students do when exploring a…