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Alphabet Knowledge: Activities for Writing Letters
This is the final of a three part series on developing alphabet knowledge in preschool and kindergarten. Research (Reutzel 2015) shows...
Alphabet Knowledge: Activities for Distinguishing letters
This is the second of a three part series on developing alphabet knowledge in preschool and kindergarten. Research (Reutzel 2015) shows...
Alphabet Knowledge: Activities for Identifying Letters
This is the first of a three part series on developing alphabet knowledge in preschool and kindergarten. Research (Reutzel 2015) shows...
4 Simple Alphabet Centers to Help you in January
One of the major concepts students learn in preschool and kindergarten is the alphabet. Research has shown that alphabet knowledge is one...
The Best Way to Teach the First Thanksgiving for Early Childhood
Teaching about the first Thanksgiving in an Early Childhood classroom can be difficult for these young students to understand. Too many...
How to Incorporate Writing in Preschool Centers
We have seen educational research promote writing in preschool but what does this writing look like? How can we integrate writing within...
Research on Why Preschoolers Should be Writing
Writing in preschool is often debated. While writing on lines and worksheets is not developmentally appropriate, real authentic writing...
5 Quick and Easy DIY Activities for the Winter Olympics
Are you getting ready to celebrate the Winter Olympics in your classroom? Here are 5 quick and easy DIY activities you can set up in your...
CAUTION!!!! How to make Dramatic Play a Construction Site?
Many preschool and kindergarten classrooms teach community helpers at some point in the year and that often includes construction...
How to find the right preschool curriculum?
Finding the right preschool curriculum is hard. When you search on google there are so many out there with so many different prices. How...
Announcing! The Top 5 Products from 2016!
Why are we drawn to what others have bought and rely on? Why is social marketing and personal references such a BIG deal? It's because we...
Why Good Handwriting is Important and How to Teach it
Think about when you learned how to write letters? Most likely it was in preschool, kindergarten, and maybe first grade. We spend hours...
Kindergarten Readiness
I like to take hot topics that are debated and show the research behind them. Today’s topic is kindergarten readiness. Many teachers and...













