Teaching Tools and Resources

Colorful and educational rice bottles for preschoolers

March 21, 2011

I have been playing around with rice bottles to see what I can do to make them both fun and educational. I love all the different versions of rice bottle, also called “I Spy” bottles, I have seen on other blogs and since I whipped up all that colorful rice a few weeks ago, I [...]

Organizing your teacher bag for preschool

February 26, 2011

I think I have hundreds teacher bags laying around. I get them from all sorts of places but mostly from conferences I attend. Several months ago, I shared how we organize our teaching materials for the week. My main purpose in using a teacher bag is to make transitions between activities go smoothly and to [...]

Our favorite ways to glue in preschool

February 4, 2011

Gluing with Cotton Swabs Cotton swabs make a quick and easy way of adding glue to art activities – when you are done, just throw the swabs away. The drawback is that if you use one swab too long, it gets kinds of stringy so you need to have plenty of fresh swabs around to [...]

The value of scooping and pouring and counting candy corn in preschool

October 27, 2010

If there is one area in my own professional development that I have come to appreciate more than ever, it is the value of sensory play. I have always included sensory play in my lesson plans but it hasn’t been until this past year that I have really taken the time to sit down with [...]

Rainbow tracing in preschool

October 25, 2010

Rainbow tracing is a simple technique for helping children work on their fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination, and beginning writing skills. The technique is fairly simple. You give each child at least three different colors of crayons and a shape, number or letter to trace. The children begin by tracing the shape with their finger. [...]

Put a spark in your story time by Tammy Flowers

September 18, 2010

As an early childhood educator with a heart for literacy, I am inspired daily by the awe in a child’s eyes as they lose themselves in a simple storybook. As the pages are flipped, we naturally alter our voice to make magical characters come to life; seizing the attentions of even the squirmiest child and [...]

Simple read-aloud circle time tip for preschool

September 8, 2010

I have written several posts about reading aloud to preschoolers and this is a little tip you might like to use for one or more of your read-aloud opportunities… Whenever possible, I like to collect the characters of popular children’s books like “Madeline” by Ludwig Bemelmans and “Arthur” by Marc Brown. When I go to [...]

If you send a preschool teacher to buy a gallon of milk…

September 2, 2010

If you send a preschool teacher to buy a gallon of milk… She will stop by the paint store on the way and ask the paint guy if it is okay to take a few color swatches. And if he says “Yes,” she will ask if it is okay to take two of each color… [...]

We made our family apple tree in kindergarten

September 2, 2010

This was the first week in Kindergarten so I wanted to drop in and welcome the new group. Of course, most of the children I already know but it was fun to see how much they have grown and quite amazing to see that they will be the new big kids on the block. During [...]

Let's make our own bulletin board in preschool

August 25, 2010

This class participated in making their own pond to display on the class bulletin! The teacher rolled out a large sheet of bulletin board paper and set out some blue finger paint… And the children used their fingers to spread the paint all around… After the entire piece of paper was a pretty blue, the [...]

My pre-k handwriting book

August 18, 2010

This little handwriting book is simple to put together and keep on hand to help children practice their handwriting skills. The cover of the book is printed on the computer on heavy card stock. Pieces of lined paper are placed in the center of the book and another sheet of heavy card stock is placed [...]

My list of must-haves for preschool teachers!

August 11, 2010

I am linking up with…. Babbling Abby: for the Teacher Must-Haves! A Beautiful Mess and Five Minutes for Mom: for Wordless Wednesdays! What are your ‘must-haves’?

Choosing scissors for your preschooler

July 14, 2010

Scissors come in all different shapes and sizes. Here are just of few of my observations of different types of scissors.

Handmade paint brushes for preschool

July 12, 2010

Make your own paintbrush in preschool!

Creating a stick puppet stage for your preschool classroom

March 5, 2010

A week or so ago, I blogged about the use of puppets in the preschool classroom. At that time, I showed you a very plain puppet stage – all white with no bells and whistles. Now I want to illustrate the potential use of a display board once you get it all fixed up! I [...]

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