As a former reading teacher and lover of all books, I absolutely love when I can find great books to use in our preschool units and of course to share with all of you. We recently studied weather, you can see my post on Journaling here, which can be very scientific. My kids aren't quite at the stage where they will sit through long nonfiction books even with super cool pictures. So I always try to find fun picture books that we can use as well. Boy did I hit the jackpot this week! There … [Read more...]
What We Do Wednesday: Family Vacation
After a wonderful week away in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, I feel like I have finally caught up enough to get back to my computer! Our family vacation was wonderful, relaxing, and busy all at the same time. What is your favorite way to vacation as a family? We enjoy anything that involves water and lucky for us our family vacation spot this year included both a beach and a pool. Until next … [Read more...]
Letter W Books We Love
I don't know about all of you, but I am having such a hard time focusing on our letter and staying on my crazy preschool schedule. I would so much rather sing Christmas songs and make fun Christmas related crafts, but we carry on! :) Here is a list of books related to the letter W that are great for any daycare, preschool, or homeschool. I have also added any and all activities that we did related to these books. If you want more ideas for the Letter W don't forget to check out, Letter W … [Read more...]
Letter W Preschool Activities
We had a wickedly wonderful time with the letter W this week! :) Our brief but fun physical activity for the week was wiggling. We had so much fun wiggling through out our morning board activities and as we listened to Christmas music. Check out more ways to Exercise Through the Alphabet here. Theme: Our theme this week was whales, after reading Jonah and the Whale. We had a blast exploring whales by watching YouTube Videos about them. The girls LOVE watching videos of whales … [Read more...]
DIY Preschool Morning Circle Time (Part I)
Updated 11/19/15: Video added to the bottom. When I jumped into this preschool ball game a few months ago, I was overwhelmed to say the least. Preschool is so different from middle school in SO many ways, and middle school is the only thing I've ever taught. Even working as an ECE (Early Childhood Educator) is much different from trying to create my own in home preschool. So I decided to start small. Circle Time! I've seen it in day cares, observations in elementary classrooms, … [Read more...]
