Prekinders - prekinders.com - PreKinders
General Information:
Latest News:
Emotion Word Cards 21 Aug 2013 | 04:24 am
Today I’m adding a set of Emotion Word Cards to the Picture-Word Card collection. I prefer to use picture-word cards in a pocket chart near my writing center. That way, the children can take them out...
Preschool Snack Store 14 Aug 2013 | 03:12 am
Today’s post is written by Bren, a contributor to PreKinders. A couple of times a year I open a “Snack Store”. During centers the preschoolers take turns ordering their snack. They each get 5 penni...
Author Posters 31 Jul 2013 | 05:53 am
This is just a very simple idea I wanted to share about making author posters for your classroom. During the book study recently, some of us were talking about author studies. Author studies can be ve...
The Read Aloud Handbook Ch. 7 29 Jul 2013 | 08:25 pm
Today I’m hosting Chapter 7 of the Summer Book Study of Jim Trelease’s book The Read Aloud Handbook. Find more details about the book study here with a schedule. Chapter 7 is titled “Digital Learning:...
The Read Aloud Handbook Ch. 3 16 Jul 2013 | 03:43 am
Today I’m hosting Chapter 3 of the Summer Book Study of Jim Trelease’s book The Read Aloud Handbook. Find more details about the book study here with a schedule. Chapter 3 is titled “The Stages of Rea...
Q&A with Jim Trelease 10 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
The Book Study got off to a great start this week with Chapter 1 hosted by Scott Wiley of Brick by Brick. Now it’s time for a Q&A break with Jim Trelease, the author of The Read Aloud Handbook. Ques...
Ideas for Lining Up Your Class 9 Jul 2013 | 06:00 pm
I typically line kids up by calling girls first then boys, or vice versa, just to avoid a stampede. A few times, I’ve had a volunteer parent or newbie substitute … or one time a middle school teacher…...
Fish Play Dough Counting Mats 3 Jul 2013 | 05:59 am
Since all I can think about is the beach lately, I decided to make some ocean/beach theme play dough math mats! I also have a whole page of play dough math mats you can find at the link. Print the ma...
DIY Classroom Furniture 26 Jun 2013 | 01:41 am
Do you read this blog with Google Reader? Since it is closing July 1st, I’d like to invite you to subscribe to this blog through email updates. However, if you prefer RSS readers, I recommend switchin...
What to do with loose and broken parts 19 Jun 2013 | 04:23 am
You know how sometimes you pull back a shelf and discover that game piece that went missing weeks ago? Or, just when you’ve put away all the little pieces to a manipulative set, you find one in the cl...