Sara Schlichenmayer

Turn your dramatic play center into a fully functioning car wash business! This engaging Car Wash Dramatic Play kit is designed to bring purposeful, real-world learning into your classroom while keeping play structured, interactive, and fun. Students take on authentic roles like Customer Service Specialist, Cashier, Car Wash Attendant, and Wash Technician as they run their own car wash from start to finish. From answering phone calls and taking orders to washing cars and collecting payment, chil

Visual cue cards for English language learners to help teachers use another language too.

Help children learn and identify body parts with this hands-on, autism-friendly body part matching game! Designed for preschool, Pre-K, early learners, special education, speech therapy, and occupational therapy, this interactive activity includes 23 body part pieces that students match to the correct spot on a full-body mat using Velcro. The Velcro system makes the game tactile, interactive, and reusable, keeping learners engaged while practicing body awareness, visual discrimination, fine moto

These turn-taking mats are designed to help young children learn the essential social-emotional skill of taking turns, especially during play with high-interest materials like car ramps, sensory bins and single-use toys. Perfect for preschool, Pre-K, kindergarten, and special education classrooms; this resource provides clear, visual structure to support sharing, waiting, and cooperative play. Pair it with a classroom timer to adequately show when one turn is done and whose turn is next. Many

Great way to begin free choice to teach your preschool-aged class to interact with new peers in appropriate ways.

A calm down mat visual to help children find more positive strategies to address their emotions. Puppy/dog themed

Step by step name writing resource for children to begin writing.

Family engagement projects for preschool. Pre-k, kindergarten, and transitional kindergarten.

Make letter recognition active, engaging, and FUN with this bowling-themed literacy game! Perfect for preschool, Pre-K, and kindergarten students who need movement-based learning. Students practice: Letter recognitionLetter-sound connectionsTurn-taking and social skillsFine and gross motor skillsWhat’s Included: Full set of alphabet bowling cards (A–Z)Uppercase and lowercase optionsEasy-to-follow teacher instructionsIdeas for multiple ways to play

I know I'm not the only one who has scheduled a conference with parents and had them forget a couple days later. I have created these conference reminder forms to send home in your home learning packets or homework folders or however you choose to send things home so that you can make sure parents are not forgetting about those ever so important parent engagement events! They are included in English, Spanish and Russian as these are the languages I see most often. I find it helpful to do a front

Print in landscape- I used on a field trip to the zoo with my Pre-K class! It keeps their hands busy while walking around the zoo. It could also be useful for a write the room in class with a few pictures. I gave my students a yellow marker but any light color would be helpful for young writers. Use a marker while writing so students don't need to use a lot of pressure in order to see what they are writing.

Created as an early writing exercise for beginning writers (young 4's) or young 3's who are beginning to join a group time. Instructions are in the activity!

I have students in my pre-k class who are having a lot of anxiety about not wearing masks anymore. I'm sure others are seeing this a lot too.