PreK + K Sharing

The Very Busy Spider- Children's Art and Literature

Paintedpaper — Sun, 19 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT

I just love Eric Carle's wonderful books! Guess what? So do my students! In my art classes, we studied creepy creatures that you might find in a rainforest. One class created fabulous spiders out of painted paper inspired by his book, The Very Busy Spider...(read more)

"W" Sitting Alternatives: Needs + Rationale

Debbie Clement — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:43:00 GMT

What is “W” sitting? Marianne Gibbs, EdD, OTR/L Gibbs Consulting, Inc. “W” sitting occurs when children sit on the floor with their legs bent in the shape of a “W”. Observe your students today and see how they sit on the floor at school and home. Do they...(read more)

Where the Wild Things Are

Carie Ramirez — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

I am so excited to be able to share the work of one of my co-workers! Her name is Jo Ann Hamer, known to her co-workers as JoJo! JoJo is a middle school art teacher now, but used to be our Kindergarten and First grade Art teacher until our district decided...(read more)

DRUMS: Rat-a-tap-tap Rhythms with Reasons!

Miss Carole — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:00:00 GMT

Miss Carole of Macaroni Soup beating the bongo here! Let's talk about drumming with Pre-K and K children! You don't have to be a music teacher to engage your students in drumming exercises that will benefit their brains and bodies. Today's blog will get...(read more)

Montessori-Inspired Flower Math Activities

Deb Chitwood — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT

By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now Last year, I had a post here with Montessori-Inspired April Showers Activities . Today, I decided to add some Montessori-inspired May flower activities. I used some great free printables I found online to create...(read more)

Moving from Counting to Math

Carolyn Wilhelm — Tue, 14 May 2013 06:00:00 GMT

It's the 14th of the month, are you ready for your freebie from Wise Owl Factory? This month I read Help Me Learn Addition, which is a math picture book with activities based on the kindergarten Common Core State Standards (CCSS). It has ideas for helping...(read more)

Don't Blame the Parents... Work with Them

Bill Corbett — Mon, 13 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT

A big frustration for preschool teachers is having that child in the class that demonstrates a behavior that is challenging and disruptive. You have tried everything to get the child to cooperate so the next step is to contact the parents. The director...(read more)

THE COLORS OF MAY

Mary Jo Huff — Sat, 11 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT

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kindergartners meet louise nevelson

Joanna Davis — Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:00 GMT

If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times...I LOVE talking to kids about art! Especially abstract or surreal art...there are a LOT of "why?!?'s" and "that's silly!'s" so we sort of make a game out of it. Louise Nevelson was this week's Kindergarten...(read more)

Re-Creating The Masters: Famous Works Interpreted By Little Hands

Ayn Colsh — Tue, 07 May 2013 09:00:00 GMT

Hello again from Ayn at little illuminations ! In our Pre-K classroom, most of our art is process focused. Occasionally, though, we do a product focused project like this one. During NAEYC's "Week of The Young Child" this year, our school had special...(read more)

End of Year Writing Freebie

Jennifer @ Simply Kinder — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:45:00 GMT

That's right! The end is close enough that we can start prepping our kids for the big transition to first grade! I am ready, are you? (Well sort of ready!) Recently we wrote stories about why we are ready for first grade. Focused on what we know and of...(read more)

MAKING HOMEMADE DOLLS! A Study in Critical Thinking and Creativity

Enrique Feldman — Sun, 05 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT

WHAT ARE CHILDREN CAPABLE OF? Perhaps a better question would be what are they NOT capable of? Great to have you back visiting my blog, which is part of collaborative blog here at PreKandKsharing. It's always a pleasure to share what I've learned from...(read more)

Book and Art: The Rainbow Fish

Erin D — Sat, 04 May 2013 07:30:00 GMT

We borrowed The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister last week, and just fell in love with it! Naturally, we had to come up with a craft to go along with such a wonderful story. This time, I asked the children what they thought would be fun to do and clay got...(read more)

Happy Mother's Day -- Around the World

Debbie Clement — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:00:00 GMT

Happy Mother's Day from the Beezy Teacher, teaching Kindergarten in Germany Take a look at these kinder-made 'mommies' that are relaxing around our classroom! Look closely and you'll notice that they are clothed in pages of 'samples' from a wallpaper...(read more)

An Increased Focus on Developing Young Brains!

Deborah McNelis — Thu, 02 May 2013 07:00:00 GMT

by Deborah McNelis Recently an increased focus is (finally) being placed on young growing brains! There is a great amount of discussion about ensuring that all four year old children have access to quality early childhood education. But, an issue arises...(read more)