CREATING ART FROM WHAT CHILDREN KNOW AND EXPERIENCE It's a blazing hot day in Tucson, Arizona.  You sit down to dinner and even though it's still in the 90's, many of us in the Southwest crave a bite of ''Chile'' with our food.  From the oldest to the youngest, it's part of our culture.   In one of the preschool classrooms I have the great honor ...

Tips for new teachers: It's always a good idea to have a good plan for arrival procedures. Think about where you will be picking up your students in the morning. Will they come straight to your classroom or will you pick them up from a designated location? Whatever the case may be, you and your students need to know what the ...

ENGINEERING GAMES for ADULT LEARNERS Happy July 4th to everyone from my home country of the U.S. and welcome to all of you from other parts of our beautiful world.  For those of you who are new, I'm Enrique, Musician and Producer,  Founder and Director of Early Education of the F.A.M.E. Foundation.  My blog today is a vlog, a video blog.  It's an ...

Today, I have English and Spanish resources for the Common Core Standards.  I created the I CAN posters in a super hero theme. I also translated the Kindergarten Language Arts component. Some of the standards are broken down for you. They are written down as a checklist for each category of Language Arts.  You can place them in your ...

RECOGNIZING THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE LOVE Hello!  If you're new to this blog, welcome and I encourage you to scroll through the many blogs of my colleagues.  From Debbie Clement to Dr. Danny Brassell to Mimi Chenfeld and many more.  My blog today is actually a vlog.  A story told almost completely in video.  Enjoy how teachers Melissa and ...

Pre-K and Kindergarten graduations are coming up. This is an exciting occasion for parents, teachers and students. It is so much fun preparing an end of the year program followed by the graduation ceremony.  In the past, our students have presented the following songs: -I am a promise (Soy una promesa) -The world is a ...

FOSTERING THE CREATIVE PROCESS with FLOWERS and CHOICES(El FOMENTO DEL PROCESO CREATIVO con FLORES y OPCIÓNES) This story tells itself with images.  Children from the Sunnyside Head Start program, which my F.A.M.E. Foundation works with, were introduced to flowers as you can see below.  Also, welcome to my many friends and colleagues from ...

Hello. My name is Lidia Barbosa. I am the author of Kinder Latino and Kid's Reading Activities.  It is an honor to be invited to collaborate with Pre-K and K Sharing. My first language was Spanish. I was born and raised here, in the United States.  Being a bilingual education teacher has been a very rewarding experience. I have taught 2nd grade, ...

Welcome to Day #8 of our St. Patrick's Day Blog Hunt.  I hope that you are enjoying blog hopping for freebies:)  If you are new to this site, feel free to look around and follow if you want.  Today's freebie is a thematic clap the syllables activity for your literacy center. This is perfect for our bilingual students.  Paying attention to ...

Kids love the story of The Three Little Pigs (Los tres cochinitos.). This is a sample of a Spanish graphic organizer for identifying the main idea (la idea principal) of a story.  In this activity, the students are expected to sequence and summarize the plot's main events. A good teaching strategy that you can use is the ...