Printable assembly for classroom routines, including days of the week, months and weather. There are two versions: cursive writing and block letters. I recommend printing it in A3 size.
Mahora Primary School has undergone a transformation to a 21st Century learning environment.
Illustrated activity sheet describing a really fun whole class activity that involves the children running around pretending to be magic beans and avoiding capture!
Looking for STEAM activities to challenge your children? I designed 30 STEAM activities presented as stimulus prompt cards. They engage and challenge my children as they explore concepts in S cience, T echnology, E ngineering, A rt and M ath. STEAM activities take STEM activities to the next
FREE weather of the day cards. Show your class what kind of weather it is today or let them show you. Very suitable for early education / young kids and special education. There are 9 different weather cards. What you get: - 1 PDF with 2 sheets of the weather cards. One sheet with black text and one sheet with white text. - 1 PDF with a thank you message Also download my FREE days of the week HERE
What are the best websites for preschool teachers? The internet can be a teachers best and easiest way to find high quality information, lesson plans, project ideas, the latest research in the field.
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St Nicholas Early Education is our region’s leading provider of child-led, play-based early education and care for children aged 0-5.
The new Early Learning Hub at Stradbroke Primary School, designed by Das Studio, adopts Walker Learning principles for its students.
Develop a love for reading books and set your child on a path to lifelong learning and exploration. With the best preschool in Panchkula.
Teacher asks children questions and encourages them during morning lesson in preschool classroom. Circle-time. Pre-primary school education concept. Vector illustration for poster, advertisement. You'll get: 1 Ai file, 1 EPS10 file, 1 high-resolution JPG file (300dpi) If you have any questions, please feel free to email me [email protected] Thanks for following!
Chaulk Studio has broken down the walls of traditional closed-off classrooms by creating adaptable play spaces in Frankston Primary School.
Excellent ways to provide an accessible creation station for children and lots of ways to vary art inside the classroom with a variety of materials.
You might think I’m crazy but I like to do my weekly planning on a Friday night. The past school week is still fresh in my mind so if I missed a lesson, need to revise or move to the next lesson – it’s easy to plan while the past week is still buzzing around in my head. Planning on a Friday night
The importance of early childhood development should not be underestimated. The effects of learning in the early years are life-long.
Starting primary school is a huge milestone for parents and their children alike. It is essential to prepare your preschooler for primary school so that he adapts easily.
Here are our picks of the very best in 100 days of school projects for all of those extra crafty parents out there.
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Have you ever considered using storytelling in early math education? If not, I'm here to convince you! Storytelling is a wonderful way to ignite curiosity and foster understanding with our little learners. In fact, the complete How Wee Learn Primary Math Curriculum—from Grades 1 to 3—teaches math through storytelling. I'll tell you a bit more
According to Wikipedia, early childhood education is a branch of education theory that relates to the teaching of children (formally and informally) from birth to up to age eight. The benefits of early childhood education for children are almost countless as well as being long lasting. I have four children aged 9, 7, 5 and
Discover the key principles of montessori method that unlock curiosity, independence, and a lifelong love of learning. Read Now!!
This week I have got a guest blogpost from Lucy and the team at Peckover Primary School all about how they have successfully taken a Continuous Provision approach into Year One. Over to you Lucy…
My daughter has one of the best kindergarten teachers imaginable. She is caring, patient, and so imaginative. Her activities seem to seamlessly flow together, integrating all content areas. In short, she is amazing! One of the activities, that I really loved, was her newest addition to the blocks center. My daughter came home and told me that their "Blocks Center is really rocking the house!" That is high praise coming from my baby. A few days later, I got to go in and see this "rocking" center for myself. It really is amazing. It's so amazing that I decided to put my own spin on it and share it with you! The center has pieces of felt (or foam) for different symbols on a map. All the pieces are hand cut and are just a quick shape in different colors. The center that I made includes: rivers, lakes, roads, houses, bushes, and trees. You can get a free copy of the map key here. Print out the key and cut out felt, then you have all you need to make "Interactive Maps"! Cut out some pictures from a magazine and label them for specific places in the community. Simple and fun! The part I love the most about this activity is that it can include math, writing, science, social studies, and so much more! I wanted to include specific places in my version, so I went through my clip art and whipped up a few. I love how every map will be different and each child's personality can shine through. When I started making our version at home, there were only straight roads. This created a lot of protesting from my kids. Thus, a variety of roads were created. They were right, it does make the maps more interesting and realistic. As we played with the concept, I added task cards. This will allow kids to create maps with a model. It is really great for kids that have a difficult time starting an activity without direction. Sometimes, open ended play seems to overwhelm these children. Adding task cards with directions, allows these children to work from a task. AND task cards give kids practice reading numerals and using one-to-one correspondence. I also made blank task cards, so that partners could create tasks for each other. It's more fun to do a friend's activity, than one provided by the teacher. Why not capitalize on their enthusiasm for "being the teacher"? Adding onto the idea of "being the teacher", I love adding in partner games. Each child can have a turn I love adding a recording sheet to the activity, because it holds each child accountable for their learning and provides a physical record that is sent home to their parents. One thing I so appreciate about my daughter's teacher is that every center has some written or physical component that comes home. I am able to infer from the directions, or completed project, what my daughter is doing that day. I am able to ask her more specific questions about her day, after looking over the work that comes home. It allows me to get more meaningful information about my daughter's learning that day. I love having different recording sheets for the same activity. It can change the whole focus of the activity and it makes it very easy to differentiate. I hope you found some easy ideas to use with your kids. I love that you can just add felt and open up a whole new world... Get your kids excited about maps and the parts of their community with these hands on activities. Make your own, or find mine here. Head over to my blog, Differentiation Station Creations, to find some more activities to add your Blocks Center! Until next time,
When you enter into the world of Early Childhood Education it’s no doubt just about play and teaching! Educator’s alike would agree that observing and documenting children’s learn…
Relationship building is the single most important way you can impact a child's life. So often, kids actually can't learn from someone they can't connect with. I'm also convinced that building a strong relationship with a kid or young adult diminishes a huge number of behavior challenges. Many times
Find out how play schemas will help you create an engaging and effective learning environment and confidently plan learning experiences that perfectly match the cognitive development of each child in your class. Understanding play schemas and being able to pinpoint the ones your students are develop
An increasing amount of research continues to support play in early childhood development, and there are five primary forms or types of play in which
Inquiry-based learning essentials for engaging and equipping 21st-century learners. Learn about the different types of inquiry.
Reggio Emilia inspired learning This article includes information from Lee Longo, the director of Sound Beach Day School. Reggio Emilia is a philosophy of early childhood and primary education that dates back to right after
By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE and Cindy Green, BSc, RECE. We have written about our long-standing relationship in previous posts and how we connected when we were working at the same community colle…
You might think I’m crazy but I like to do my weekly planning on a Friday night. The past school week is still fresh in my mind so if I missed a lesson, need to revise or move to the next lesson – it’s easy to plan while the past week is still buzzing around in my head. Planning on a Friday night
