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Sorry, that page must have moved. I am sure you will find it below: Actvitiy Idea Place: Activity Index For School or home Beanbags make terrific Kids Furniture . They have removable Foof Chair Covers which makes for easy cleaning. They are also comfortable and fun! Plus Kids can make and decorate their own Beanbag Chair covers as a fun rainy day project. Beanbag Chairs are perfect for kids of all ages! Animals: Ants Birds Bugs, Bees and Butterflies Cats Circus Desert Dinosaurs Dogs Ducks Farm Froggy Fun Fish/Under the Sea Polar Animals Teddy Bears Zoo Animals Seasonal/Holidays: Acorns April Showers Rain and Rainbows Beach Fun Camping Chr Read More Go to Site Activity Ideas from A to Z Votes:0 Aa Art Activities Apple Trees Have the children paint apple trees using green, red, and brown tempera paint and pieces of sponge. Have each child tell something about their painting. Write out what the children say in their own words, then have them find and circle the letter A s that appear in their recitations. Accordion Folding Teach the children to make accordion folds. Have each child create something that makes use of the accordion fold, such as a bird with wings, a woman wearing a skirt or a simple paper fan. Movement and Games Acrobatics Teach the children some simple stunts, such as the log roll and forward somersault. Alligators Let the children pretend to be Alligators in a swamp. Call "Alligators Go!" and "Alligators Stop!" When the Alligators are all going, they make the short Read More Go to Site Animated Picture Book Big/Small Votes:0 NEXT PAGE Read More Go to Site Back to School Unit Votes:0 Back to School Unit My Back to School Unit is a mixture of activities since we are adjusting to school, going over rules, and assessing what the children know. I do a lot with colors, color words, shapes, letters, names, etc. Books: ( I will add more when I am back at school and can look on my shelf) Chrysanthemum Bad Boris Goes to School The Wheels on the Bus Brown Bear, Brown Bear Franklin Goes to School Gus the Bus Nathan Goes to School Mary Wore Her Red Dress Brown Rabbit?s Shapes Brown Rabbit?s Colors Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Mrs. Bindergarten Gets Ready For Kindergarten The Kissing Hand Poems/Songs/Charts: Orange is A Carrot Color Word Poems Marching Around the Alphabet Number Rock ABC song/ABC chant Shape Poems Colors What is your Name? Poems for Parents Activities: 1. ?Hot Cow?-(a n Read More Go to Site Beginning of School Year Votes:0 Beginning of School Year Click here to return to Tammy's Teaching Tips Themes Page BEGINNING OF YEAR I use different shapes (circle, triange, square, rectangle) cut from the die machine and cut out a class set of 5 different ones. Then I program each set with a different skill. For example, I have a set with their first names in all capitals, a set with their name in upper and lowercase letters, a set with their address (street), a set with their last names and a set with phone numbers.(Address and phone number sets have their initials on them. We start with the set that contains name in uppercase because that is the way we write it to start. They have to find their name on the table when they come to check in in the morning and bring it to me . I start with us spelling it together and pro Read More Go to Site Candle Ideas Votes:0 Candles Have the kids bring in candles from home. Keep a collection of them in the classroom to sort, count, and seriate Photocopy and laminate a picture of a menorah or candelabra to keep with the playdough. Children roll playdough to make candles and practice one to one correspondence. --Mailbox Magazine Learn and role play the rhyme, Jack be Nimble for this unit. Have Jack do different things with his candle stick such as "walk around" "go under." Talk about boys vs. girls by letting the children choose if they want to be Jack or Jill. Add candles to the playdough table. The kids can roll out candles, make candle holders, or make birthday cakes. Talk about melting and melt some crayons in the oven. Use aluminum muffin liners in a muffin pan. The resulting crayons are Read More Go to Site Clothing Votes:0 CLOTHING .... by Debra Wrights Family Child Care Provider Surrey, B.C. Clothes are important to children. clothes help children identify themselves and others: &quot She's a doctor. &quot Children struggle with self-help skills associated with wearing clothes, &quot My zipper is stuck.&quot They have opinions about particular colors and styles: &quotBlue is best,&quot &quotDresses are prettier.&quot And they are transformed by dress-up clothes: &quot I'm a daddy.&quot Encourage your children's awareness of themselves and others by helping them explore the many facets of clothing. Concepts Here are some concepts children can understand about clothing: People everywhere wear clothing. People wear clothing to keep their bodies covered, protected and comfortable. Clothing is designed to be wor Read More Go to Site Eric Carle Votes:0 Main Eric Carle Author Study: Eric Carle Eric Carle is my FAVORITE children's author/illustrator. His pictures are gorgeous and his storylines incorporate many important concepts for young children. books: The Very Hungry Caterpillar The Very Quiet Cricket The Very Busy Spider The Grouchy Ladybug Today is Monday Have You Seen My Cat? A House for Hermit Crab Animals, Animals The Secret Birthday Message Draw Me a Star Rooster's Off to See the World Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me Pancakes, Pancakes My Apron The Official Eric Carle Website Ideas: 1. Make pancakes. I always like to begin by brainstorming how one makes pancakes and coming up with a recipe for pancakes. It is always interesting and hysterical (i.e. 6 cups of flour, 14 eggs, 1 teaspoon of oil, 2 cups of sugar, etc....). I share Read More Go to Site Gayle's Preschool Rainbow - Activity Central Votes:0 Gayle's Preschool Rainbow - Activity Central " Where Early Childhood Teachers Find Ideas" Preschool education activities and early childhood education lesson plans that give preschool children choices. Ideas for pre-k and kindergarten teachers that enrich classroom curriculum are arranged by theme. Plus easy at home fun learning games. There's even a search function and an opportunity to submit your own ideas. To receive announcements about updates in an occasional newsletter, enter your email address below and click the 'Join' button. It is NOT necessary to include any additional requested information. Join Pre-k News! Activity Central " A rainbow of preschool education activity plans" In the Me, My Family and Friends Theme there are early childhood education ideas, activities and lesson Read More Go to Site Ideas for teaching about America Votes:0 Learning about our country and the world in which we live needs to be an activity that is woven into the kindergarten curriculum. The major way we study the United States is through music. We sing one patriotic song each morning. I have them printed on illustrated charts. We learn one song per month during most months. When there is vaction time within the months, sometimes we keep the same song for two months. At the beginning of each month when the song is introduced, we discuss the meaning of the words and concepts in the songs. Complicated songs like America probably take at least a week to get through all the symbolism. Here is a run down of the songs we use and the major concepts taught through each song. This takes only a few minutes daily. 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Teachers are forever searching for good literature that will be suitable for rotating group activities. The daily Literacy block puts pressure on teachers to provide exciting, stimulating tasks for those children not participating in a Guided Reading session. Here are some ideas enjoyed by many children in Prep to Year Three classes. The Terrible Underpants Kaz Cooke These activities can be adapted to suit any primary grade. Ask the children to design a pair of super fantastic underpants. They can draw them or you can provide them with a template. They can then write about the special affects thes Read More Go to Site Mouse Unit - If You Give A Mouse A Cookie Votes:0 ? "If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" Unit Pre-School Themes & Activities Unit submitted by Nancy (Higgiq) Read the Book:? " If You Give A Mouse A Cookie" by Laura Joffe Numeroff Illustrated by Felicia Bond - Published by Harper Collins Children?s Books, 1985 Many ideas are from the Mailbox Preschool Magazine Aug./Sept. 1998 issue (as indicated in the unit below by page #'s). Due to copyright we can not copy the activity instructions onto this page.? Copies of Mailbox are often available at your local library or visit http://www.theeducationcenter.com/ ? ? Monday Circle Time: Read: If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff Poem: "Cookie Poem" (Mailbox p42) Song:? Who Stole the Cookies From the Cookie Jar? Large Motor Activity:? "Rollin? In Dough" (Mailbox p43)? Let the kids roll the Read More Go to Site parent's page preschoool curriculum ideas Votes:0 C u r r i c u l u m i d e a s home message board crafts ideas nursery rhymes International Day Check out how to count in different languages and then talk about how each language is similar or different. Numbers Italian Spanish Japanese French 1 uno uno ee-CHEE un 2 due dos nee deux 3 tre tres sahn trois 4 quattro cuatro shee/yohn quatre 5 cinque cinco goh cinq 6 sei seis roh-KOO six 7 sette siete goh sept 8 otto ocho hah-CHEE huit 9 nove nueve koo neuf 10 dieci diez zehn dix International Cooking Let the kids try foods with spices from all over the world. Allow the children to smell different spices and talk about how they smell different or the same, and what is their favorite. Here are some common spices Cardamom - Malalbar, India, Jamaica Caraway- Europe, Asia, northern United States C Read More Go to Site Preschool Black History Activity Theme Votes:0 P r e s c h o o l Black History Theme Activities for Teachers of Young Children Early childhood education Black history activities and lesson plans for teachers of preschool children. You'll find action rhymes, songs, art and crafts, a game, a skit and even a rap song in this theme that enhances curriculum and celebrates the contributions of African-Americans. E-mail Gayle to include your favorite Black History activity. Print this Theme Preschool Black History Activities Black History: Jackie Robinson During this preschool activity from Elizabeth O . children discuss their favorite sport, build vocabulary (conflict, unfairly, athlete, league) and listen to the story " Young Jackie Robinson, Baseball Hero " (A troll-First-Start Biography). Materials: Child size t- shirt, white butcher bloc Read More Go to Site Preschool Education Arts & Crafts : Seasons Votes:0 Join Our Newsletter Holiday Ideas for Preschoolers! Visit Our Sister Site: AskThePreschoolTeacher | PreschoolColoringBook | PreschoolPrintables | Alphabet | Arts & Crafts | Books | Book Reviews | Bulletin Boards | Calendar | Circle Time | Computer Related Reviews | | Dramatic Play | Felt Board | Games & Outdoors | Incentives | Learning Letters | Math | Music Reviews | Music & Songs | | Parent's Corner | Science & Sensory | Snack | Teacher's Lounge | Theme Days | Theme Topics | Useful Recipes | Arts & Crafts Months March Arts & Crafts 100th Day Alphabet Animals Baby Back to School Beach & Ocean Bugs Camping Characters Circus Clothes & Shoes Colors Community Helpers Dental Health Disney Family Farm Fire Safety Flowers & Plants Food Forest Friendship Garden Graduation Hats Health & Safety Hol Read More Go to Site Preschool Nursery Rhymes for Special Occasions Votes:0 P r e s c h o o l Nursery Rhymes for Special Occasions Rhyme Navigation Animal Rhymes Counting and Number Rhymes Every day is an exciting learning day in the life of a preschool child. Throughout this early childhood education rhyme theme collection there are fingerplays, songs and poems for special days, just take a look at all the rhyme themes to your left. On this page there are rhymes that will help enhance preschool activities and lesson plans for seasonal holidays. Print this Theme Community Helper Rhyme Theme Nursery Rhymes, Fingerplays and Songs Insects and Bugs Self and Family Rhyme Theme Transition Time Rhymes Transportation Rhyme Theme Search the Preschool Rainbow My Valentine Sing this song to the tune of "The Muffin Man Oh, will you be my valentine? My valentine? My valentine? Read More Go to Site Preschool Zone - Teaching Ideas Votes:0 Teaching Ideas for Early Childhood Special Educators Don't reinvent the wheel - there are lots of ways to share teaching ideas on the web. Choose from: [actual ideas sorted by theme] [Linda's database of teaching ideas] [links to other sites with teaching ideas] Ideas sorted by Theme: (A indicates a link that will take you to a new web site. All other links are to pages on this web site.) Animals including farm, zoo, water, birds, bugs Apples Art The Best Play Dough Recipe Ever Other putties from Idea Box : fruit putty , goo-blek (cornstarch and water) , goop (starch and glue) , oatmeal dough , or look for more . Early Childhood.Com Art Ideas This site also has a page for sharing teaching ideas, but they are not sorted in any way. Send your ideas to me, and will post them here under an app Read More Go to Site Rebus Rhymes Coloring pages: EnchantedLearning.com Votes:0 Advertisement. EnchantedLearning.com is a user-supported site. As a bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. Click here to learn more. Become a member of Enchanted Learning. Site subscriptions last 12 months. Click here for more information on site membership. $20.00/year or other amount (directly by Credit Card ) $20.00/year or other amount (via PayPal ) $20.00/year or other amount (for sending a check by mail ) $20.00/year or other amount (for subscribing by school purchase order ) As a thank-you bonus, site members have access to a banner-ad-free version of the site, with print-friendly pages. (Already a member? Click here. ) Enchanted Learning Software Rebus Rhymes Printouts to Color and Read: Mother Goose and Other Rhymes Go t Read More Go to Site teacher.nick.com - Your Classroom Connection to Nick Votes:0 Nick Web Sites Let's Just Play's GO HEALTHY CHALLENGE! Worldwide Day of Play is September 29th! Click here for resources to help you plan your own event Take the Challenge: Visit everythingnick.com: To find out how to get your students more physically active To apply for thousands of dollars in grant money through the Let's Just Play GIVEAWAY (beginning October 2007) For additional resources, partner and contact information and much more. Tune in to upcoming LJP Go Healthy Challenge monthly episodes on Nick: Aug. 26th at 8:30pm EST Sept. 28th on Cable in the Classroom Sept. 29th at 8:30pm EST on Worldwide Day of Play! To view previous episodes visit TurboNick.com Tune in to a Cable in the Classroom premiere episode of Nick News! Friday, Nov. 2 and shown again Wednesday, Nov. 21 EST Nick Ne Read More Go to Site The Official Eric Carle Web Site - Caterpillar Exchange Bulletin Board Votes:0 Caterpillar Exchange This is a bulletin board where teachers and parents using Eric Carle’s books in creative ways can submit their ideas. We have heard from a number of enthusiastic teachers, parents, librarians, booksellers and children about the programs that are being taught using Eric Carle’s books as the focus or as the starting point. Some are reading and writing projects, some are science and math projects, some are art projects, and some projects combine all sorts of activities. We hear from prekindergarten care givers and we hear from 5th grade art teachers. Due to a large volume of posted messages, we have changed the format of this page. Please use the link below to submit any ideas you would like to share with other interested fans. We will then post your idea in t Read More Go to Site

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