listening skills

Musical Chairs Art: inspired by The Artful Parent (and give-away)

The beautiful book “The Artful Parent” inspired this fun activity – Musical Chairs Painting!

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!

Teaching in the Digital Age: Using Audio Recording to Capture Powerful Moments

Audio recordings in the preschool classroom is an excellent way to assess and support learning. Come and learn more about audio recordings as we check out chapter 4 of “Teaching in the Digital Age”.

The art of music in preschool

Exploring the sounds of music in a most unusual way in our preschool classroom…

Head outdoors for a listening walk

We read the children’s book, “The Listening Walk” by Paul Showers then headed outdoors with a checklist in hand to do our own listening walk!

The listening game and celebrating National Book Week 2012

Enjoying the wonderful book “The Listening Walk” by Paul Showers and playing a super silly listening game!

Easter egg math

A terrific exercise in math and listening skills using plastic Easter eggs in our preschool classroom.

A kitchen timer and a preschooler

The use of an egg timer to promote play and learning in preschool!

This doggy project was more about using our listening ears and organizing our materials than it was a project for creative art although there was some creativity involved as well. Each of the children were given precut pieces of construction paper to put together their own dog for the Letter of the Week – The [...]