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Sneak Peek Open House in PreK
It is finally time for back to school so we are ready for our Sneak Peek Open House for PreK. Sneak Peek Open House Classroom Door Since I did not get an entire year as Rainforest Friends, I am keeping this theme for another school year. I did freshen up my door with some leaves […]
Back to School Giveaway and Sale
Back to school time is finally here after a very strange spring and summer. To celebrate that Teachers Pay Teachers is having a one day sale on Tuesday, August 18th and I am having a Back to School Giveaway of a $10 TPT gift card. The sale code is: BTSBONUS20 which will help you save […]
How to Edit Text in an Editable PDF
Sometimes you open a pdf you found or purchased online that is editable. However, you are not sure how easy that is going to be to do yourself and are hesitant to mess with it. Since I have been creating my own editable pdfs for myself lately I thought it would be a good idea […]
Getting Organized with PreK Theme Labels
Some time between the end of one school year and the beginning of the next I go through my sliding drawers of theme based supplies and reorganize them. Some themes get put away elsewhere for the year, while I make space for different theme materials. I had a few PreK theme labels that were quite […]
Rainforest PreK Classroom Sneak Peek
I am taking a look back at how I started last year with my Rainforest theme classroom as I get in gear to set up for a brand new year: After a whirlwind week of getting everything back together after waxing the floors, we had our Sneak Peek of our Rainforest PreK classroom. Classroom Door […]
Creating a New Student File
At the beginning of the year you are busily making lots of things with students’ names on them. You think you are just about ready with everything when in walks your director or principal with news of a new student. Suddenly you need to have one of everything ready for the new student. Here are […]
Australian Animals Theme Summer Camp
After a very long time not teaching in person I was able to have students again for an Australian animals theme summer camp. Summer camps this year revolve around different countries. Since preschool students love animals I focused on the animals of Australia during this three day camp. Australian Animals Measuring Students use the cubes […]
Summer Cooking Camp in PreK
After our preschool graduation we hold several three day camps in the summer for our preschoolers. Our first camp had a cooking theme. We made the following recipes during the cooking camp: Pizza Roll Ups This was our first day’s snack. I chose something I knew most students would like for the first day to […]
About Me Theme Lesson Plan for PreK
About Me Theme Class Books For our About Me theme week in PreK lesson plans I started out over planning the number of books we would read. I forgot to think about the amount of time it would take to share our About Me bags and to read our two class books. My lesson plans […]
Family Theme and Letter P in Prek
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 […]