Using Wooden Peg People for Family Theme in Prek My director found a set of wooden dolls for us to use in our classrooms this year and the family theme seems like the perfect opportunity to introduce them to my students. This set is colorful, without being the standard rainbow bright colors. As with most […]
School Theme in PreK Crafts Since it is the beginning of the year, school theme crafts are simple and go along with books being read this week. The school shoes craft above is great for practicing using glue sticks, assessing whether students have ever used stickers, and noticing if students recognize right side up for […]
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 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 […]
Family Theme Block Area Family theme week in PreK seemed like a great week to get out the play house I purchased at Lidl, along with the furniture and people. This was out in the block area all week long with a variety of students playing with it. During our family theme we also found […]
During most school years my PreK students have loved using dot markers. I generally rotate a dot marker activity as one of my centers every few weeks. There are a few reasons why I felt the need to create new alphabet dot marker pages for my classroom. Students love using dot markers and do not […]