Circle Time

Building block literacy and story telling

May 5, 2012

Building our own stories through block play in circletime…

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Exploring seeds in the gardening center

March 22, 2012

Exploring seeds in circle time and in our cardboard box gardening center…

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Exploring Dr. Seuss stripes in preschool…

March 1, 2012

Counting and creating with our Dr. Seuss stripes in our prek classroom!

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Exploring penguins in preschool

January 12, 2012

Using our new issue of Scholastic Classroom Magazine to help us explore all about penguins!

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Exploring capital and lowercase letters with my preschoolers

October 18, 2011

Exploring upper and lower case letters with my preschoolers…

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Preschool circle time idea | Grab a spot

August 3, 2011

  I am so blessed each day by the folks over at  Teach Preschool on Facebook! They are always giving me great ideas and when I hear of something really cool, I like to try it out. A few months ago, we were sharing ideas for sitting in circletime and among the many wonderful ideas, [...]

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A daily review of the letters of the alphabet in preschool

October 25, 2010

As part of our morning greeting, we take a few short minutes to review the letters of the alphabet. When we review the letters of the alphabet, we sometimes sing the traditional alphabet song. Using the alphabet song helps the children remember the order of the letters. As an adult, I still use the alphabet [...]

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Who has come to preschool today?

October 16, 2010

Part of the morning greeting routine in this two year old class includes a creative way to take attendance. On the wall the teacher has two large laminated poster boards. One of the poster boards says “Our Class.” All the children’s names are on this board when they arrive to school each day. The other [...]

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Morning greeting and calendar and weather time in preschool

April 20, 2010

I always start my day in preschool off with a morning greeting time which includes exploring the calendar, weather, seasons, and a brief review of basic concepts. Let me show you some of the ideas that can be included in a simple morning greeting time. Sing the Hello Song! I love to sing the Hello [...]

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