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PreK teacher and creator of teacher and student friendly products for early learning
Rainforest Bulletin Board for Back to School
Building My Back to School Rainforest Bulletin Board Normally I use my bulletin board in the hallway to display student work. However, for our Open House I did not want to leave it blank so I came up with a Rainforest bulletin board based upon our room theme that I would add student work to […]
Creating Felt Board Pieces for PreK
Felt Board Pieces Project With a couple unexpected days off I decided to work on a project I have been meaning to do. I am creating new felt board pieces for my classroom. I came upon a blog post about using freezer paper to assist creation and finally managed to purchase some at the local […]
Fun and Games in PreK and a Giveaway
Game for our Bible Story In PreK we like to play games to practice skills. We begin with simple games and play some of them over and over again with different themes. Sometimes I use our Bible Story as a basis for one of our math games, like the Lost Sheep Game. In the Lost […]
Polar Theme in PreK
Since we usually do our Polar Theme in PreK during January it is unpredictable how many days we will get for the theme due to snow days. I try to make the best of it and cram as much as I can into the time. One of my favorite art projects that goes along with […]
Back After the Blizzard and Finished Our Penguins
My Favorite Penguin Art Prjoect One of my favorite art projects in my PreK class every year is this penguin art project with sponges. I am reviving these project examples from my lost blog in anticipation of this year’s crop of penguins in a few weeks. Creating the Penguin Feet Aren’t their feet cute? I […]
Winter Theme Books and Songs for PreK
During our winter theme week I have many favorite winter books and songs to share with my students. Some of them work well with a hibernation theme as well. I have several felt and magnet sets to go with some of these winter books that I will share sources for below. Photos of book […]
Winter Theme in PreK (and real life!)
Winter Theme in PreK delayed by SNOW Having Christmas break for two weeks had me ready to teach all about our winter theme in PreK. My room is set up for our winter theme in PreK and I am ready to see all of my PreK friends. However, the faint chance of snow flakes took […]
Welcome to School Theme in Prek
Welcome to School in PreK Start with the familiar at the beginning of the year. We start with learning to recognize our names in many ways. Each child gets a chance to build his or her name with these jumbo cubes. You can find the printable letters that fit the cubes in my Jumbo Cubes […]
Teddy Bear Theme in PreK
Teddy Bear Theme Questions For our first short week of PreK we celebrate a Teddy Bear Theme to help students learn about their new classroom. Each day starts with a Question of the Day like the one above. The teddy bear themed questions can be found in the Rainbow Bears Centers in my shop. My […]
Prepping for a Rainforest Theme in PreK
I am still in love with the rainforest theme, so I am able to keep several decorations within my classroom. This gives me some time to get creative with my bulletin board to begin the year. Once the year starts the board is mostly covered with student work, but I wanted something fun on the […]