Assessments play an important roll in understanding how much a child knows and where we can better meet their needs.  Assessments also helps students identify their own areas of strengths and weaknesses.  As educators, we uses assessments before, during and after learning, but they can also be fun for the kids. Today I used our whiteboard ...

As educators, we all LOVE books!  We LOVE to buy books!  We LOVE to collect books!  We LOVE books in our classroom!   We LOVE talking about the latest and greatest book!  Picture books, chapter books, easy readers...they are all so WONDERFUL!!  There is nothing better than having a classroom full of wonderful books for our students to read. ...

Helping a child learn how to read can be one of the greatest experiences for teachers and/or parents!  When children begin the reading journey, it should be both FUN and EXCITING!  Our Ready2Read program does just that!  We have combined both phonics (through word families) and sight words to make learning enjoyable!  It is amazing how quickly ...

President's Day ActivitiesThis week we are studying President's day and we are celebrating George Washington and Abraham Lincoln's Birthdays. We started out with the movie Getting to know Abraham Lincoln (click below for a preview) and a song we also did a movement activity where we started out small and grew taller and taller like Abe Lincoln.  ...

Torn paper snowmen Today is fun Friday!  This week I decided to post some of our winter crafts and art projects.  I didn't post these before and they are so cute I didn't want them to get forgotten in my dusty picture files ;) Our art display line Our hand print tree and snowmen glyphs from (Deanna Jump) snowmen glyphs The kids do the ...

Do homeschoolers really need a preschool program like Abeka preschool? If someone can't afford Abeka or just needs some guidance on how to continue teaching their child even more than they have already taught them, then here are some ideas and guidelines for preschool that will give your child all they need. Abeka Preschool ...

Welcome to the Literacy Beginnings book study blog party! Today I am covering the introduction “Living and Learning in the Pre-Kindergarten Classroom” as well as the first chapter, “Growing Up Literate: PreKindergarten for the Future Generation“. I hope you will join in the conversation by leaving a comment below or posting reflections on ...

I hope you will be joining us for the Literacy Beginnings book study blog party. Our party will kick-off here at Pre-K Pages on Monday, July 27th, there’s still time to get the book if you’re interested. So, you’re probably wondering why I’m talking about the party again if it hasn’t even started yet, right? Well hold on to your hats because ...

I’m so excited about the Literacy Beginnings book study blog party! We will kick off the party on Monday, June 27 with each chapter hosted by a different blogger. There’s still time to get the book if you want to join in the fun. I’m also planning for a fun contest to go along with the book study, stay tuned for more details! Here is a list ...

This June, you can join Kabongo in a month long celebration of Father’s Day. To make this celebration extra special, Kabongo is giving away a Flip Video camera worth over $100 in their Kabongo Loves Dads Sweepstakes! To enter, go to Kabongo’s Facebook page and click on the Sweepstakes button. Fill in your name and address, and you’re done – ...