When trouble is abound in your Preschool or Kindergarten classroom, Sandi is here to save the day! Sandi is an incredible, seasoned, and passionate Kindergarten teacher here to solve your preschool classroom management woes once and for all! Here are Sandi's 7 tips for making sure your Preschool classroom is running smooth and peaceful. Preschool
This is my new classroom this year!! This post will be mostly pictures but I hope you can get some ideas for your own classroom! Dramatic play area....still a work in progress. I used those 3M small hooks to put onto the back of a toy cubbie to hold our dress up hats. Ohhh.....the beauty of organization before the children start school Our school bought these pocket chart holder/rack things for us this year.....very nice of them but I just felt it was too bulky and I wanted my chart on my white board above our group rug so I re-purposed it into our dramatic play rack. This has been my family tree for about 5 years. I made it and laminated after the first one I made my first year was ripped and wrinkled by the end of the year. Every year I send home an apple cut out of construction paper to each family with a note attached explaining to the families to please decorate their apple and add a family photo. We then attach all the apples to our tree and it stays up all year. I made mine but I think these are cute! So let's talk walls!! In my new classroom I have a huge white board, I have never had one in a preschool class before.....I wasn't quite sure what to do with it.....Where was I going to put my circle board?? So I turned to good old Pinterest and found this tend in classrooms. Divide the board up with 'borders' ..... GENIUS!!! So I divided up our board into the areas we needed. I have since found these AMAZING magnetic boarders!!! They are solid magnet on the back and work like a charm to divide up your white board! You have to check them out! Click the links above to see a bigger picture! So my new favorite wall!!! Options I have plans for this board!!! Ok so I bought bamboo clothes pins and flat tacks and glued the tacks to the back of the clothes pin. I know I know GENIUS!!! Wish I could take credit but again....thank you pinterest! So these are my amazing plans. I took a picture of each of my kiddos holding a mini white board with their name on it. I am going to print out the pictures wallet size and attach them to each clothes pin so they will always have their art work in the same spot for them to view their masterpieces! Let's talk PRESCHOOL ORIGINATION!! This year, these are our cubbies, I went into the 'office supply' section of walmart and saw the ID badge holders and knew that is what I wanted to use for our cubbie tags. I then bought name stickers at the dollar section at Target and cut them and slide them into the ID badges. Perfect fit and I can re-use them each year!!! HERE IS MY TEACHER BASKET My teacher basket sits under my chair next to the circle carpet....now I don't always sit in a chair most of the time you will find me sitting on the carpet with the kiddos but every once in awhile especially during morning meeting, you will find me in the teacher chair. My basket holds all my calender pieces, stamps, stickers, our weather board pieces and our classroom shaker. I used to use a bell, for years I used a bell but I took my son to a music festival and I fell in love with this shaker, it was made in Nigeria and made out of nut shells, it makes such a lovely sound but is still loud enough to get all the kiddos attention. I LOVE it!!! and lastly this is my "song pail" in my song pail I have Popsicle sticks and on each Popsicle stick I have written down songs that I know.....I know A LOT of songs. Whenever we are needing a transition or just want to sing some songs I pick a friend to come select a song. It's fun and it helps me to not always sing the same songs over and over!!! Ok...now how do you keep a classroom neat and organized when you have 3 and 4 year olds??? I will tell ya!! LABEL, LABEL, LABEL!!! Ok, I can hear ya now...."ummmm, they can't read" To you I say.....LABEL in PICTURES!!! At our school we follow ECERS, and a part of that requires 70minutes of child-directed play. That means that for 70 minutes in our day all the children in our classroom are allowed to choose what and when they want to play with something. Now I don't know about you but I am a bit OCD and the thought of children taking out toys and having free range makes me squirm in my seat!!! With that said....I start my year off right.....label with pictures and explain to the kiddos that every toy has a home. block area magnet board Block area/building zone manipulative I printed out wallet size pictures and taped one on the shelf and one on the toy bin itself! We are a month into school and all our toys still are in their homes!! art center Science center Thanks so much for stopping by!! Please feel free ask any questions! Stay tuned for my post on take home bags and show and tell bags!!! 1
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WAHOOO! The BIG classroom reveal! I made some new additions to my rainbow classroom this year and kept all my fun makeover items from last year, too! When I was taking the pictures for this post, I thought of a few more things I wanted to update. It is always a work in progress! I am always adding new activities, taking out the old, putting up new student work, taking down the old, and organizing.
Use this poster to outline the expectations and procedures during your preschool classroom's Family Style Lunchtime. Great for GSRP, Head Start and other Pre-K classrooms! ...
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Alphabet Journal in Kindergarten: Use directed drawings for each letter in the alphabet as a way to teach children their ABC's.
You don't need to feel stressed when designing a new classroom! Here are my 6 easy steps with a free printable checklist.
Four-year-olds enrolled in Head Start made smaller academic gains when they shared their classroom with 3-year-olds, according to a recent study.
Use classroom jobs to help develop independence, leadership skills, for classroom community, and as a behavior management tool too!
Now that Open House Night is over, my thoughts quickly start thinking about the first week of school. We normally don’t have library classes that first week, but I do go visit all the classrooms just to say hi and introduce myself. I warn the teachers during inservice the week before that the... Read more
The foundation of my classroom management plan is the intentional creation of a caring classroom community. I want students to know I care about them. I want to know what is happening in their lives, both in and out of the classroom. I also want my students to care about each other. When students feel cared for ... Read More about Creating a Caring Classroom Community
The beginning of the day can be stressful. You are trying to greet students as they walk in at different times, answer questions, help students unpack and settle in, all the while taking attendance and hot lunch count and listening to announcements to make sure you don’t miss anything important for the day. In the...
Tips and advice for preschool and kindergarten teachers about how to handle a disruptive child during circle time.
On the fence about using a classroom economy with your students? Check out the 7 benefits of this classroom management strategy!
This spring is presenting new challenges for teachers all across the country. Some of us are getting ready to go back to the classroom for the first time this year. Some of us have been in person all year, but we are about to get new virtual kids. Some of you have been in the ... Read More about Classroom Management and Expectations
You’ve probably got about 80,130 things swirling around in your head that you want to do before the school year starts. It’s such an exciting time!
Use a soft start to your school day instead of morning work. A soft start helps build classroom community as students start the school day.
The one thing teachers don't have a lot of besides money is time. There's never enough time in the day to finish everything that needs to be done!That's why today, I'll be sharing my 10 favorite classroom purchases; items that have saved me time or made my teacher life easier.Some of these things I've used for a very long time and I couldn't live without in my classroom, while others may be new to you.My purpose isn't to get you to buy a bunch of things. Instead, I'm sharing my perspective about things that I like and have found helpful in the classroom.That way, you won't have to waste your time and money on stuff you don't need.
We love sharing our favorite resources, books, classroom supplies and teacher stuff with you. When we do, we may earn money or products from the companies mentioned in this post. This does not affect our choices in what to recommend. Rest assured, we only recommend our favorite products to you! You can find our full ... Read More about Welcome to My Classroom!
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What are the first ten minutes like in your class? Is it calm? Is it organized? Are students engaged, socializing, and under con...
A few years ago, I decided to implement a few NEW things in my daily classroom routine. Morning tubs was at the top of this list and I'm glad I did it! My
I have been inspired by my 2.5 year old son's love and fascination with "Toy Story" lately to use my Mr. Potato Head as a classroom manageme...
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