Winter songs for preschool

Happy Saturday to you all! 🙂 I am linking up with Farley over at It’s her monthly CURRENLTY link up! 😉 Hooray! 🙂 One of my teammates told me that she and her husband are sleeping better thanks to pink noise. I’d heard of white noise… But apparently that’s not what she meant! 🙂 Plus…that...Read More »

This week we’re kicking off our Thanksgiving Research Project with turkeys and learning about word families as well as practicing subtracting to 5! Click the image to download my turkey l…

A great action song to engage fidgety little ones in storytime or in the classroom! Try following the actions in the song. Perfect for bug and spring themes. Head over to the #CMCLKids Blog for more recommendations, rhymes, and songs! #Storytime #EarlyLiteracy #Library #Programming #Rhymes #ActionRhyme #LibraryProgram #KidsEvents #KidsSongs #ChildrensMusic #LibraryLife

This is a cut and paste sorting activity to use as a follow up to a lesson discussing the best kinds of foods to eat for healthy teeth. #dentalhealth #preschool #kindergarten

Well, winter is definitely here and making itself known this week. It is -10 degrees here, though the RealFeel on my phone says it feels like -46! Brrr!!! In honor of this lovely snow and cold, I thought I would share a round up of snowman ideas. What you will find here are snacks, activities and crafts that we have done over the past few years. Perhaps you will find something you would like to do with your children to keep them busy while they can't go outside. (If you click on the links…

Valentine Rymes and Fingerplays (Mini-Lesson/Literacy Center)

One of your main priorities is to motivate your student to learn. You should develop habits of sharing at least encouraging statements to your students. It makes a huge difference. This resource is a quick guide to over 50 words to encourage your students. ******************************************...

Today we walked for Terry Fox. Last Friday we watched a short video about him and his Marathon of Hope. Then we talked about his life and why he was important. Then we made some posters advertising our walk. We talked about the features of a good poster. I think that they understand about leaving some white space so you can see the important parts! (click on the above pictures to see them a bit larger -- they are wonderful!)

Poetry is such a great way to encourage reading. This poetic Valentine is my own original work. It can be read on its own and/or copied onto chart paper to add to your collection of choral/shared reading activities. In this download:1) Three versions of the poem as a one-page handout:-a one-page ful...

On February 2nd, Groundhog day will sweep through many classrooms. Here are 16 Ground hog day ideas that include making predictions, themed writing, games, treats and craftivities. I hope you find these free teacher-created resources and lesson plan ideas helpful. Have you seen? The Teach Junkie holidays section is growing in numbers of pictured tutorials with free lesson plans for how to teach holidays so you can always search there if you’’re looking for something different. {wink}…

These Community Helpers songs will go great with a theme on Community Helpers in your preschool, Pre-K, or Kindergarten classroom.

Here is one February poem/song freebie that's part of my February Poems and Songs Packet. In the packet, there are a total of 25 poems/songs/finger...

This blog features teaching tips and resources for kindergarten and first grade teachers.

I have finally finished my new Pizza Unit! I am so proud of it! You can check it out at my Teacher's Notebook Store or at my Teachers Pay Teachers Store. Here is a little sneak peak! Thanks for checking it out! -Jody

You might know that we really, really, love the Dramatic Play center. By changing it regularly from the basic Home Living center to other scenarios we give our students the opportunity to take on diff