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Language Arts

Folding paper in preschool

by Deborah J. Stewart August 28, 2010 Language Arts

Folding paper is a great way to help young children work on those fine motor skills as well as a way to give children guides for processes like writing, sorting, and counting. This little one spent time coloring a picture this morning and when she was finished, she decided she wanted to fold it up [...]

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My pre-k handwriting book

by Deborah J. Stewart August 18, 2010 Language Arts

This little handwriting book is simple to put together and keep on hand to help children practice their handwriting skills. The cover of the book is printed on the computer on heavy card stock. Pieces of lined paper are placed in the center of the book and another sheet of heavy card stock is placed [...]

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Dry-erase board activities for preschool

by Deborah J. Stewart August 16, 2010 Creative Art

A dry erase board and dry erase markers lend themselves to some great guided learning activities as well as the opportunity to color and create… Gather your materials… I like these dry erase markers because the eraser is on one end and the marker is at the other end… This is a dry erase sentence [...]

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Let’s talk about communication

by Deborah J. Stewart March 8, 2010 Language Arts

My guest today is Marcy Fox. Marcy is a speech pathologist and one of our fellow bloggers that I really have enjoyed getting to know. We are all challenged to help young children develop their speech and language and Marcy has provided us with some very important information about this process below… Let’s Talk About Communication [...]

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Name graphs for young children

by Deborah J. Stewart March 1, 2010 Language Arts

Help preschoolers learn to recognize their names with these graphing activities. The activity you choose to use will depend on the age and readiness of your students. When participating in any type of graphing activity, always make sure your students are involved in the process and once the graph is completed, ask the children questions [...]

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Create a name puzzle for your preschooler

by Deborah J. Stewart February 26, 2010 Language Arts

Help your preschoolers recognize the letters in their name with this little puzzle activity. Write each child’s name on a sentence strip using upper and lower case letters. Write each child’s name on a sheet of construction paper and add a rectangle with the same number of columns under the child’s name. Create a second [...]

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Take time for a little name printing practice

by Deborah J. Stewart February 25, 2010 Language Arts

These are just a few activities I have used to teach or provide some practice in name writing skills… Laminate a name card for children to view and reference as they print their name throughout the day without having to constantly ask the teacher for help… Provide a variety of name printing activities throughout the [...]

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Making books with children

by Deborah J. Stewart February 18, 2010 Language Arts

Making Books with children by Marisa Constantinides Making big or small books with children is not a novel idea; in fact, all you need to know about this is included in the wonderful series of books listed at the end of this short post, with some new ideas which include digital storybooks. Children will love [...]

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All children are writers: we just need to show them how!

by Deborah J. Stewart January 25, 2010 Language Arts

A guest post by Melissa Taylor of Imagination Soup! What’s the first word a child learns to write? His or her name! Start with the name – add a picture and you have the makings of a letter to a friend. We know that kids love getting mail. Writing letters gives kids a gratifying purpose [...]

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Preschoolers love hearing “You’ve Got Mail!”

by Deborah J. Stewart January 17, 2010 Language Arts

This is a really cool red, pocket quilt made and given to me by one of my assistant teachers back in 1990. When I am teaching, I like to do a week on The Post Office in my classroom and I hang the quilt down low so the children can reach it. I also place [...]

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Using personalized photos in the preschool classroom

by Deborah J. Stewart January 8, 2010 Language Arts

A guest post by Shara-Lawrence Weiss When Deborah approached me about guest blogging, I was honored. I have gotten to know a little about Deborah through twitter and facebook and have found her to be kind, gentle and caring. She clearly loves children and enjoys working with preschoolers, making crafts, writing songs and more. The [...]

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Teaching English language learners in preschool

by Deborah J. Stewart December 16, 2009 Language Arts

A guest post by Karen Nemeth http://www.languagecastle.com/ Excellence in early childhood education is a wonderful goal that we’d like to achieve for all young children. As the population changes, that means all early childhood teachers should be prepared to teach children who speak different languages. Right now as many as 20%-25% of the children in [...]

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Providing preschoolers with structured and unstructured opportunities to write

by Deborah J. Stewart November 5, 2009 Language Arts

Both structured and unstructured writing opportunities can benefit preschoolers but it is important to understand the difference and to know what is age appropriate. Unstructured Writing Opportunties Providing a writing center or writing tools on a table that preschoolers are free to explore are examples of unstructured writing opportunities. As very young preschoolers are developing their [...]

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Building a child’s vocabulary in preschool

by Deborah J. Stewart October 24, 2009 Language Arts

Language and literacy are important components of any preschool classroom and building a child’s vocabulary is a key component in facilitating language and literacy. Vocabulary The word “vocabulary” in the preschool classroom does not mean reviewing a list of words on your classroom wall or flipping through a set of flash cards. Promoting vocabulary in [...]

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