Extend the love for reading all throughout the preschool classroom with these amazing literacy based ideas from Teach Preschool!

I always say, one can never have too many children’s books. With every children’s book there is always a way to expand the book into all parts of the early childhood classroom experience. Explore Teach Preschool and find out ways you can promote literacy and language throughout the early learning environment!

Cotton ball blizzard in a box

Before the real snow started to fall, our class discovered that a surprisingly fun substitute for snow turned out to be three bags full of large, fluffy cotton balls. Cotton balls certainly don’t have all the qualities of real snow but they are white, fluffy, and do a nice job promoting conversation and pretend play when used to create a cotton ball blizzard in a box…

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Holiday in a box

I find that at the end of any holiday we celebrate at home or in my classroom, I often have a variety of different objects left over. A fun and simple way to use up those holiday left-overs is to invite your students to make their very own “Holiday in a Box!”… To make a [...]

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Reading Jan Brett and making our own gingerbread playdough

Reading the wonderfully illustrated book “Gingerbread Friends” by Jan Brett and making the best smelling gingerbread playdough ever!

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P is for penguins and pinecones

We read the book “Penguin and Pinecone” by Salina Yoon then expanded the book into our art, science and other content areas throughout the day!

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Count a mouse story telling props and game

Retelling the story “Mouse Count” by Ellen Stoll Walsh with our story telling props and then playing a mouse count game!

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Magical moving dots

Create a little mouse magic with these super simple moving colors!

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DIY mouse shape dice game

Playing our own DIY Mouse Shapes Dice game in preschool as a large group and in free play!

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Storybook games

Anytime I find a children’s book that is really well written and I know my students will enjoy it – I try to think of ways to expand on that book.  One way I expand on a children’s book is by coming up with a story book game… In my previous post, I shared with [...]

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Our new white shoes

Having fun reading the delightful children’s book “Pete the Cat” by Eric Litwin and making our own white shoes too!

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Reading “The Popcorn Book” by Tomie dePaola and more popcorn action

Reading “The Popcorn Book” by Tomie dePaola and exploring the facinating world of popcorn in our outdoor classroom and discovery table!

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Exploring robots inside and out

Exploring gears as we take a look at the inside and outside of robots in preschool!

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Ffffff is for fish

Enjoy the book “Blue Sea” by Robert Kalan then have fun painting these beautiful fish in the sea!

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More buttons, buttons, buttons

Working on our fine motor skills, patterning, and counting as we had more fun with bright and colorful buttons!

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Buttons, buttons, and more buttons

Reading “Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons” then we were off to have a little fun of our own with bright and colorful buttons!

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The number game

Exploring our numbers with the book “One” and a fun number game!

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Lots and lots of dots

A colorful and simple process to go with the wonderful children’s book “Lots of Dots.”

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