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 children and my fellow teachers with all of you from around the world.  Enjoy!Enrique, Founder ...

ART and CREATIVITY: An Important Gift for Children Hello EC Community, My presentation at NAEYC 2012 in Atlanta, Moving is Learning:  Dancing Across the Curriculum, was on Friday, November 6, with special guest Debbie Clement!Dancing to Debbie Clement's song Monkey Fun at NAEYC 2012 In my introduction, I talked about how dance can offer ...

It's Enrique here and thanks for stopping by to check out my blog.  I have the most wonderful relationships with so many great preschool and kinder classrooms.  I'm so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with so many lovely teachers, children and parents and the thanks they show fuels in such an authentic way! If you're been reading my ...

A RAINY DAY WITH MISS CAROLE! Rainsticks have become very popular as classroom instruments in the past 25 years.  You can find them at powwows, in music stores, in international craft stores and at educational conferences.  They are fun, really do sound like rain, and whatever their origin, they’re a delightful addition to world music. Where ...

By Deborah of Teach Preschool A couple of weeks ago, we explored butterflies and caterpillars through a variety of different experiences. In the process of exploring butterflies, I had planned for my students to make a coffee filter butterfly... But then I attended a workshop at the IAEYC early childhood conference where the speaker ...

Hello Pk+K Sharing blogging friends! My name is April Larremore but in the blogging world you may know me better as “Chalk Talk”.  I’m thrilled to have been asked to stop by as a guest blogger today.  Wanting to stay in line with the “artsy” feel of Hello Pk+K Sharing, I decided to share my thoughts on the importance of teaching young children ...

If you were given a box, a wooden spoon, tape and muffin liners what could you create?  This is one of many activities you could do in the classroom and at home to inspire creativity with your children.  In a recent IBM poll, 1500 CEO’s identified creativity as the single most important trait for leaders in the future.  I don’t know about you, ...

  Who doesn't have tons of TP rolls laying around? I thought I would give an Honorable Mention shout out to some of the best ideas we have found out there for TP roll crafts. They kids will love them, parents will keep them, and you can finally clear out that huge box of them on the shelf! Make a silly monster from recycled TP rolls. Why wait ...

We love Elmer the Elephant. Long after we have read all his stories (multiple times) it is always nice to have some remembrance of him around. We have found a wonderful adaption of him along with a few friends! Materials Needed for Elmer the Elephant and Friends Ideas from ctpublog.com ½ yard patterned fabrics   heavyweight ...

''Here the heart may give a useful lesson to the head, and learning wiser grow without his books.'' -William Cowper One of my children started painting the other day.  She painted one painting, she painted two, three, four, five, and continued painting until nearly the entire drawing rack was full.  What she learned from this I do not know, ...