I am currently in my 10th year teaching. My bachelors degree in Art and masters in Curriculum and Instruction have given me the opportunity to teach a range of levels, including preschool and college, a lot of elementary school, and some middle school.
Give your students to focus they need with these counting bears printables that pair with balancing scale activities.
This printable has three levels of difficulty which teach and reinforce the following math skills:
1. basic number sense and quantity relationship skills
2. one to one correspondence skills
3. number identification skills
4. measurement skills
This printable also pairs perfectly with my Preschool Math Unit: Measurement. If you're looking for math lesson plans for the entire pr
The Daily Lessons in Preschool Literacy Curriculum is designed to equip early learners with all the right skills that will prepare them for reading — when it comes time. This comprehensive preschool literacy curriculum makes teaching pre-reading skills in your classroom or homeschool is engaging, low-prep, and effective. These daily lessons take the guesswork out of teaching preschool literacy because we did the research for you. When you get these year-long lesson plans with our systematic sequ
This pack of 12 number identification and counting games are designed with preschoolers, kindergarten and first graders in mind. Featuring numbers 0-20, these activities are more than matching and guessing.
This used to be a pack of only 5 activities, but now it has number identification activities! Wow!
Here's what's included:
⚫ Fishie Friends Number Identification Clip Cards - Students use clothes pins to select the correct number by counting and reading the number word on the card.
⚫ Vis
Daily Lessons in Preschool Mathematics is designed to teach your preschooler all five disciplines of math without the boring worksheets! Children enjoy a variety of targeted daily math activities, including new skill work, review activities, literacy integration, and independent practice. This product is a bundle of all nine preschool math units and includes EVERYTHING YOU NEED to teach preschool math for an entire year! WHAT MAKES DAILY LESSONS IN PRESCHOOL MATHEMATICS DIFFERENT?Daily Lessons i
These phonological awareness preschool lesson plans make a great addition to any literacy based preschool program. Included are 40 weeks of no prep phonological awareness preschool lesson plans which offer over 160 unique activities! Concepts for phonological awareness preschool lesson plans include:developing listening habitslistening for wordsidentifying rhyming wordsgenerating rhyming wordsblending syllablessyllable segmentationsyllable countingblending onset and rimeinitial soundslistening f
This dinosaur themed unit is designed specifically for preschool and pre-kindergarten students! It can even be scaffolded for toddlers and would be a great compliment to kindergarten intervention.
Included activities in this DINOSAUR UNIT FOR PRESCHOOLERS:
~ 8 circle time activities
~ 4 literacy activities
~ 4 math activities
~ 2 writing activities
~ 2 vocabulary activities
~ 2 science/engineering activities
~ 2 art activities
~ 2 fine motor activities
~ 2 gross motor activities
~ 1 sensory ta
Preschool and Toddler Portfolio and Skills Assessments are the best way to track your preschooler’s progress.
In this resource you will receive:
~ Preschool and Toddler Portfolio Template
~ Portfolio monthly skills checklist
~ Developmental assessment for toddlers
~ Developmental assessment for preschoolers
~ Skills assessment for toddlers
~ Skills assessment for preschoolers
~ Teacher guide
***ALL PORTFOLIO AND ASSESSMENT RESOURCES ARE FULLY EDITABLE, MEANING THAT DATA CAN BE TRACKED ON THE
It’s no secret that there is a link to writing and learning how to read. It’s also no secret that preschoolers gravitate toward fun learning activities. That’s where alphabet letter formation activities come in, like these alphabet beginning sound cards. These letter formation cards can be used in three different ways, and the skill level of your student will determine which instructional approach you take. > > > Finger tracing > > > Dry erase tracing followed by finger t
The Complete Daily Lessons in Preschool Literacy & Math Curriculum has everything you need to teach your preschoolers literacy and math in a fun and engaging way, without all the boring worksheets! THE CURRICULUM INCLUDES 40 WEEKS OF LESSONS PLANS! WHAT MAKES THE DAILY LESSONS IN PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM DIFFERENT?Daily Lessons in Preschool Curriculum is unlike any other preschool curriculum on the market today. It is a spiraling, comprehensive preschool curriculum that is systematically designed us
These oral language preschool lesson plans are make a great addition to any literacy based preschool program. Included are 40 weeks of newly updated, no prep oral language preschool lesson plans which offer over 400 unique activities! Also included are printable posters of 40 different rhymes, finger plays, and poems. Concepts for oral language preschool lesson plans include: following one step directionsparticipating in a discussiontake turns in a discussionmake up new parts to a story, song o
Interactive Alphabet Books for Preschool and Kindergarten are a great way to reinforce letter knowledge and phonics.
These alphabet books are far more than simply coloring in beginning sound pictures. Rather, these alphabet books are interactive. Children get to practice a variety of skills while learning letter sounds and letter names.
Each book consists of seven pages of material including the following skills:
~ cover page
~ letter and beginning sound picture
~ tracing the upper and lower
Looking for something educational food and nutrition activities for your preschoolers? This Food and Nutrition Activity Pack includes six super fun activities and multiple variations of each! It’s perfect for any health theme in preschool.
Whether you’re looking for something to supplement your preschool or homeschooling curriculum, or looking for something to add to your centers to round them out, this printable activity pack will not disappoint!
INCLUDED FOOD AND NUTRITION ACTIVITIES
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These phonics preschool lesson plans are make a great addition to any literacy based preschool program. Included are 40 weeks of no prep phonics preschool lesson plans which offer over 225 unique activities! Concepts for phonics preschool lesson plans include: daily alphabet routinesAlphabet Friends songs and actionsmeaningful letter and sound practicereading and writing connectionsmultiple options for concept teachingalphabet bulletin board cardsletter cardsreview and assessmentsThese lesson pl
Daily Lessons in Preschool Mathematics is a complete and comprehensive curriculum designed to teach your preschooler all five disciplines of math without the boring worksheets! This bundle features three units of preschool counting lesson plans.COUNTING UNITS INCLUDED:Counting 0-5Counting 0-10Counting 0-20Based on five and ten frame math, the provided lessons are fun as well as effective! From number identification and one to one correspondence to comparing quantities and composing ten, th
This Daily Lessons in Preschool Mathematics Shapes Unit includes everything you need for your lesson plans on shapes for preschool. Daily Lessons in Preschool Mathematics is a complete and comprehensive curriculum designed to teach your preschooler all five disciplines of math without the boring worksheets! TARGETED SHAPE SKILLS IN THE SHAPES PRESCHOOL UNIT:Identifying shapesSpecific shape attributes Matching shapesIdentifying shapes in irregular positions (upside down or sideways)Shape format
Dinosaurs here, dinosaurs there! Dinosaurs, dinosaurs everywhere! Do you have a budding paleontologist? This dinosaur activity pack is for your little one. Packed full of uniquely hands-on, printable dinosaur activities, preschoolers love learning about their favorite prehistoric lizards with these dinosaur activities. This pack contains six fun and educational dinosaur activities appropriate for preschool through kindergarten. Three activities are math based, three are literacy based. All are
Need some extra activities to supplement your homeschool or preschool lesson plans, or looking for something to keep the kiddies busy this holiday season? This Christmas activity pack has six fun and education activities that will do just that! Just print, laminate, and cut!
Included in this activity pack:
~ Christmas tree playdough (or manipulative) counting mats
~ ornament number identification game
~ elf visual discrimination cards
~ cookies and candies counting cards
~ pattern sequencing pu
Beginning Sounds Fill-In Cards are the best way to practice beginning sounds and letter identification, all in one product!
Children work on phonics skills by identifying the picture name and then the associated beginning sound. The beginning sound is left blank for the children to fill in with letter manipulatives, or if the cards are laminated, with dry erase marker.
Each letter has four cards, so just two copies at a writing or phonics center will suffice.
And, for the child who needs extr
This Daily Lessons in Preschool Mathematics Addition & Subtraction Unit includes everything you need to teach addition to preschoolers (and subtraction, too)! Daily Lessons in Preschool Mathematics is a complete and comprehensive curriculum designed to teach your preschooler all five disciplines of math without the boring worksheets! TARGETED ADDITION & SUBTRACTION SKILLS IN THE PRESCHOOL UNIT:More and lessIncreasing and decreasing quantitiesNumber sequencing (order)Composing within 5Decomposi
Looking for something educational to keep the kiddies busy learning for the upcoming fall season? This Autumn Activity Pack includes six super fun activities and multiple variations of each!
Whether you're looking for something to supplement your preschool or homeschooling curriculum, or looking for something to keep the children busy while you cook up dinner in the evenings, this activity pack will not disappoint!
Activities included:
~ Leaf Tracing Prewriting Practice
~ Autumn Pattern Cards
I am currently in my 10th year teaching. My bachelors degree in Art and masters in Curriculum and Instruction have given me the opportunity to teach a range of levels, including preschool and college, a lot of elementary school, and some middle school.
Teaching style
I believe there are many different approaches that have value, so my teaching style is a conglomerate of several philosophies. Most importantly, my teaching is student centered and driven.
Awards & shining teacher moments
I am the owner/author of the blog http://stayathomeeducator.com/ and have been published in Growing Up Magazine.
My own education history
I have a BA in art and a Masters in curriculum and instruction.
Additional biographical information
I am a proud mother of four incredible children. I enjoy traveling, cooking, painting, mountain biking, backpacking and Krav Maga. My favorite food is sush. I hate back massages and am a bit of a neat freak.
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