by Mark Jones | Oct 26, 2012 | Game/Activity, Holiday/Seasonal, Preschool |
Make new beanbags to use with your fall teaching plans. Children will enjoy the beanbags. You will have opportunities to talk about colors and things to see outdoors in the fall. Remind boys and girls that God made a beautiful world and had a plan for the seasons....
by Mark Jones | Oct 9, 2012 | Parent/Family, Preschool |
As a teacher of preschoolers, I know the value of using play dough as a manipulative. As I observe boys and girls use play dough in learning centers, I notice their curiosity when they see play dough in different colors or smell the scents. Over the years, I have...
by Mark Jones | Oct 6, 2012 | Game/Activity, Preschool, Teacher Helps |
Enjoy making a box-top book to use with preschool boys and girls. The book can include a variety of box tops, or the box tops can be in one category such as cereal. Expand the idea to make an A-Z cereal book. After selecting box tops for a book, save the extra boxes...
by Mark Jones | Sep 27, 2012 | Game/Activity, Preschool, Teacher Helps |
The blocks center is an area in a preschool room with a shelf unit for blocks and space for block activities. Boys and girls need adequate space for block activities, preferably away from doorways and other activities. Consider placing some blocks in paper...
by Mark Jones | Sep 25, 2012 | Leadership, Parent/Family, Preschool |
When 2-year-old Caleb and his mother arrived at his Sunday School room, he began to cry and to resist going in. So she opened the classroom door and walked in with him, nearly tripping over another child. That child then began to cry, then others joined the chorus....
by Lana | Aug 31, 2012 | Preschool, Teacher Helps, Training |
Giving preschoolers appropriate choices enables them to make wise choices. Choices come with consequences. Preschool choices might include choosing not to paint at the easel and the consequence of not having a picture to take home. A preschooler might choose not to...
