Extraordinary Explorations

Students will practice fine motor by pasting pre-cut colored construction paper squares on the boxes. They can create their own building with this template or on a blank paper if they do not need a template to follow. ASK: What are the parts of your building? Roof? Walls? Floor? Door? Windows? Stairs? Attic? Garage? Practice shape recognition - Squares! Child can also count how many squares they used. This activity is paired with read aloud - THE THREE LITTLE PIGS : AN ARCHITECTURAL TALE

BUILDING POEM for kids to recite / mighty minutes / transition theme song.

Clothes unit family involvement letter to parents. This handout describes the week's focus of clothes unit with emphasis on community helpers. Students are still familiarizing with their school and environment. This activity allows creativity for kids to explore some of their favorite dramatic play roles.

Sent along with our september newsletter, this letter for parents gives a brief description of the importance of family involvement at the preschool level. No, it is not "homework" per say, but a short task meant to be fun and thought provoking for families to get involved in what topics students are learning at school and also make connections to the home.

Assessment packet - print as hard copy to quickly check through as students play and work beside you. I found this method helped me during the chaos of the start of the year; to be able to assess student goals without using my phone, tablet, or computer. Yes, pictures also help but students would many times notice me snapping photos, shy up, become distracted etc. I would print a checklist for each student and by the end of the day, prep, I was able to reflect better on how to aid e

Visual schedule cards for the individual student helps to learn routine and what to expect each day, especially if there are any changes from the typical schedule i.e. class trip, visitors, parties. While some students recognize numbers on digital clock that they can match up, others without number identity skill need pictures. Behavior management for pre-reading students. Self-regulation for students with anxiety requiring comfort of knowing what tasks remain before pick-up & returning home.

ELA & Social-Emotional product is perfect for the start of school year. This worksheet can be used as a graphic organizer, with options to differentiate; Emotions vocabulary words w/ visual is offered, students can draw a picture to show & tell, a picture and sentence combination, or short sentences to make a connection from text to self.

Whether teaching Pre-K 'Movement' or K 'Forces', teachers may use this cut & paste worksheet as a preassessment or exit ticket following experiments