Preschool Discussions

Preschool Experience

aryanbhatt — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 10:13:03 GMT

Hi , I wanna share my experience . Recently I have sent my child to Chennai'S Top Preschool Little Millennium and I have found that it's very interesting school. The school focuses on the overall - development of the child. My kid remains very happy in the school.

Instructional Strategies

persist — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 21:31:00 GMT

What is meant by the Sit and Stay Approach as it relates to Oral Language Development? Where can I find more resources on these approaches?

website for preschoolers

Erika — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:30:20 GMT

hello my name is Erika

I am a preschool teacher and I am constantly looking for fun and appropriate websites for my students get on. I found this cool website and I thought I would share with all the preschool teachers out there. My students enjoy this site alot, it's not only fun but it is also easy to navigate. New games are also being added weekly so revisit the site. the website is www.bluepixo.com

Coloring Pages

krishnayadav — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 05:19:31 GMT

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Celebrate this Happy New Year with Happy New Year Coloring Pages and paste them on walls to decorate your home. For more visit morecoloringpages.com, here you’ll get versatile and unique free online coloring pages for preschoolers.

Preschool circle time ideas

stephenteacher — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 01:21:41 GMT

Here are some preschool circle time ideas.

Stephen C

Just for Preschool Teachers

Shari600 — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:54:59 GMT

The Century of Dedication Sweepstakes - Just for Preschool Teachers

Hertz Furniture and Hygloss Products have come together to bring you a Century of Dedication Sweepstakes.

Win a four-branch top preschool activity table for collaborative and individual work from Hertz Furniture PLUS $150 in school supplies from Hygloss Products.

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Preschool Students and History - Teachers I Need Your Opinions

FaithMcC — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 04:19:38 GMT

Hello All!
My name is Faith and I am a currently enrolled in a Master's Program in Museum Education at the University of the Arts. For my master's thesis, I am exploring the topic of preschool programs in history museums. I have been a preschool teacher / assistant for the past five years and I have grown to feel that this group is often underestimated by the museum community and especially the history museums. I have been conducting research to test the viability of a preschool audience at history museum, but designing and implementing a pilot program at Hagley Museum & Library in DE. While the research I have been conducting has had positive results, I also want to gain information on preschoolers, history, and museum programs for preschooler from the teachers themselves. That is why I am contacting you all. I have set up a short survey online with questions that explore the topics I have discussed along with possible ways to create effective programming. I have focused on the areas of play, imagination, and personal context as ways in which to engage preschoolers in history. The questions also reflect this focus. I am hoping to gather surveys from 50 preschool teachers who have taught children ages 3,4, or 5.

The information I gain from your participation in this survey will be invaluable to me and I would greatly appreciate you taking the time to help me.

The survey is online and I am posting a link to it. If the link does not work simply cut and paste the address to your browser.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6F3SHZT

Thank you so much for you help!!

Faith McCarrick

Candidate for Master's of Museum Education
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Issue in a classroom

MissT — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:40:51 GMT

I am an assistant teacher in a 3 year old classroom. They have just all moved up into our class so its still early in learning the ways of our room. There are a lot of children for a small area which makes things more difficult. There is one child that is very hyper active and makes faces at the teachers. I know this child is trying to get our attention because they do something and look at me to see if im watching. I know to ignore the little things like making noises and such as long as it is not affecting any of the other children. I was thinking of trying to spend some one on one time with the child and trying to get to know them more and note their special interest. This is going to be difficult with so many children but I will do what I can. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

eLearning course for preschool teachers

Nurture — Thu, 26 May 2011 05:51:28 GMT

NURTURE preschool teachers' training course is an excellent way to upgrade one's knowledge in terms of the developmental stages among children, the age appropriate activities and getting the expertise as far as situational response is concerned.

Outer Space...Do or Don't...

heathindy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 01:19:46 GMT

I work in a multi-age room 3-5 and they have continued to show a great interest in Star Wars. Some things they have already been doing: bringing in the soundtrack on music share days, build space ships in block area, role play the characters and drawing pictures. To capitalize on the intrest I've considered allowing a study to be done on outer space to further their knowlege of space. Here is the problem... DAP says outer space is not appropriate because they can't touch, smell, hear... well you know. I'd like to know if anyone has any words of wisdom out there, I would love to hear it!

PBS Teacher Toolkits - Free

Audreyhb — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:15:08 GMT

WNET, the PBS station in New York, is distributing free Teacher Toolkits for the PBS show, Franny's Feet.

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Get ready for the new school year with Franny’s Feet! Franny’s Feet is a PBS series that introduces children, ages 3-7 to the wonders of exploration and promotes multicultural and global awareness. In every episode, while helping her grandpa in his shoe repair shop, Franny slips on a pair of shoes and asks, “Where will my feet take me today…?” The possibilities are endless from the mountain tops of Tibet to a tea ceremony in Japan!

With Franny…Global awareness, science, math, geography, and language arts are woven together with delightful storytelling for a seamless, entertaining, and interdisciplinary learning experience.

Sign up to receive the NEW Franny’s Feet Toolkit!

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Franny's Feet Free Teacher Toolkit

Audreyhb — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:12:19 GMT

Sign up to receive the NEW Franny’s Feet Toolkit!

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great coloring contest to do with your students

katelyns33 — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:20:48 GMT

Crayola has a great go-green contest that I found on Facebook:

School might be out for summer, but that doesn’t mean you have to put away ALL your pens and pencils! Crayola is encouraging kids to get creative this summer by drawing their dreams for a greener planet for their “How I Dream in Green.” To enter your students the contest, long into Facebook and visit: http://tinyurl.com/32dnzav. Ten winners from grades K-8 will be named as Crayola’s first Green Team members and win a trip to Crayola headquarters in Easton, Pa.

Reggio Emilia Approach

slotter — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:22:39 GMT

What are your thought on the Reggio Emilia approach? What are your experiences?

Teacher Appreciation Week

learningA-Z — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:06:29 GMT

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Big Pumpkin Patterns

mlwteach — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:57:50 GMT

Does anyone know where I can find the patterns to the book "Big Pumpkin by Erica Silvermann?

Free Downloadable Student Activity Sheets

RosannaLyn — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:53:51 GMT

As a classroom teacher, I liked to integrate children’s literature with Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, and Language Arts. Every time that I wrote an activity sheet for a book, I always felt like I was reinventing the wheel. Then, I had the opportunity to write eight social studies textbooks for a major book publisher. I included enhancement and enrichment activities that used literature. I included ways to use literature in my workshops and the feedback was positive. Recently, my first children’s book was published, Tofu Ling, with Raisykinder Publishing. I and the illustrator, also a teacher, wrote activities to enrich and enhance the story and the publisher printed them at the end of the story. Also, at the Raisykinder Publishing website we created activity sheets that can be uploaded, saved, and printed for free in the pdf format to coordinate with each of our books. I was hoping that I could get some feedback on what teachers thought of the activities, the concept of putting activities at the back of the book as well as free downloadable activities on the website. The website is under Raisykinder Publishing – if you can’t find it let me know. Thank you

Free Downloadable Student Activity Sheets and Ideas

RosannaLyn — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:39:37 GMT

about a situation with teaching Pre-k

lovelylbb99 — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:25:22 GMT

I graduate college april 2007 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education Degree and I got a job in homestead teaching Pre-K at South dade childcare center with catholic charities in September. On Feb 26 I found out that somebody complained to me about forceing a child to sit down in another spot. I told this child to move from where he was sitting and he didn't listen so I pick him up and let him sit down next to me. My assitant did the samething with another child the next day and she didn't get in trouble at all but I did. They put me on suspension from Feb 27 with effective pay but it is March 21st and I haven't heard anything from anybody yet. I have been emailing and leaving message but nobody calls me back so I need to know what to do about this situation? It is really upsetting about this situation and now I don't know if I would be comfortable to go back and teach Pre-K. I love substituting and I would like to go back and substitute. Do you think I will be able to substitute at MDCPS while I'm on suspension? How can I find out about it? Any suggestions of what I should do? I love to work with children but I really need help on disciplining the children or having them work quietly..

Lori Burstein

SAD to leave my Class of Kids for a new job - need advice

Fuscoam — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 02:03:09 GMT

I just graduated from college last year and took on a job as a preschool teacher...i thought it would only be a transistion job while a better paying job would fall into place for me. Well eight months later I am still with my same kids, sharing laughs and memories and boo boos and owies. I had completely fallen in love with them and had given up many job offers to stay with them. However, I got offered another ob working with preschoolers but with better hours and more incentives - i knew my kids were moving up soon so it would be a perfect switch. However, i cant stop crying. I think about my 2-3 year olds crying when I told them I wouldnt be back anymore except to visit. I really honestly have been crying non-stop and cant seem to get ahold of myself. Maybe its because Im not a mom or Im super sensitive to begin with - but if anyone has any advice to give it would really help. I just keep picturing the tears in their eyes and holding on for dear life as I walk out the door. Many of my parents were upset as well to hear I was leaving - but I assure them I will be back to visit. I just cant sleep and cant stop weeping.

Need help.