Preschool

How to Teach Children Sounds.

By LovelyLily

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Do you have a child 0-5 years? Now is the time to start modeling proper speech patterns. Is your child struggling with a sound? You can help your child a great deal by letting them hear a variety of sounds now! These 3-steps will help you ... more »

How to teach preschoolers alphabet

By o2bbrandi

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How to teach preschoolers the alphabet.I have worked with children for about 3 years and I am raising 2 children. These are the steps that I have taken to teach many children the alphabet... more »

How to Teach Your Child to Tie His Shoes

By Sarah Wilson, CCRP

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My grand-nephew came to live with me when he was 2 years old. I quickly found myself ensconced in the world of learning from a child’s perspective. Now, this wasn’t totally new to me since I taught 3rd through 8th grade in the mid-80’s. Overall, ... more »

How to Teach Your Class About Picasso

By Kurt Schwengel

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Pablo Picasso is generally synonymous with art, so every child should be exposed to his work. Aside from just learning facts about him, they should experience his work by recreating their own art in his style. There is an amazing website ... more »

How to Use Another Teacher's Room for Summer School

By Kurt Schwengel

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Using another teacher's classroom for Summer school can be easy or frustrating. Follow these simple tips for a smooth Summer school experience... more »

How to Create a Class Newsletter

By Kurt Schwengel

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Student-written classroom newsletters are both a great language arts activity and a means of communication with parents. I use these newsletters as my main writing assessments since it's a similar assignment each Friday morning that lets me ... more »

How to Create Listening Center Activities

By Kurt Schwengel

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You are not truly maximizing the power of the listening center in your classroom unless you are making your own listening center activities for your students. Listening center tapes that come with books are usually very boring, do not tell the ... more »

How to Do a Celery Science Experiment

By Kurt Schwengel

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Science is never easy but it can certainly be fun. The "Celery Science" experiment is a classic demonstration in the primary classroom. It clearly demonstrates how water moves though plants and teaches the students what a "control" is in any ... more »

How to Do Computer Science in the Classroom

By Kurt Schwengel

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I have been teaching computers in my kindergarten classroom since 1995. One of their favorite parts of the unit is the science lesson in which we tear a computer apart. At the end of the lesson each student goes home with a component of the computer... more »

How to Do Fingerprinting Science

By Kurt Schwengel

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This fingerprint science activity is one of my students' favorite activities of the year. It is easy to do and can lead to several other great activities such as classifying, sorting and family involvement... more »

How to do science with young children

By Jenci4

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There are many things that you can do with a young child that is science related. Young children can do simple science at home to build a foundation for future learning... more »

How to Encourage Imagination in Your Preschooler

By Denise Oliveri Oliveri

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One of the best known ways to encourage your preschooler to use her imagination is through storytelling. We all remember those endearing tales that conjured up imaginative play after they were read to us. Use storytelling to encourage your ... more »

How to Keep Kids Busy Without Toys

By Mel Marzan

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Kids love to run and jump and shake. Active play like this offers great interaction for parents and stimulates the imagination of a child. It can also offer a giggle for a child who might get fussy while you’re out and about. Read on to find out ... more »

How to Know Your Child is Ready for Kindergarten

By Kurt Schwengel

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The new million dollar question in education has become, "Is my child ready for kindergarten?" As a kindergarten teacher since 1996, I would like to share some thoughts on when a child is ready. Remember, all children are different and you never ... more »

How to Make a Bingo Game for Your Classroom

By Kurt Schwengel

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Bingo is one of the greatest games you can play with young children. I always play BLACKOUT BINGO, which is when you have to cover up all the squares (as opposed to one row) to win. This ensures that all the children win at the same time. I ... more »

How to Make Homemade Play-doh

By aryccah

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Rain, sun, snow or cold. Your kids will love to help out with this very easy recipe for homemade play-doh... more »

How to Motivate Young Students in Class

By Kurt Schwengel

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I would like to describe for you a classroom management technique that has been successful for some teachers. It specifically addresses the very well behaved students in the class. What happens to most perfectly behaved students at the end of ... more »

How to Pick an Early Childhood Special Education Program

By PegC

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Parenting a child with a disability is hard work. Parents bear the responsibility of taking care of their child and of ensuring that their child receives the best services possible. Selecting which services would be most helpful to your child, as ... more »

How to Seek Help for a Child With Autism

By Sendblock

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Autism is a complex neurobiological disorder that typically appears during the first three years of life and lasts throughout a person's lifetime. Today, 1 in 150 individuals is diagnosed with autism. Autism impairs a person's ability to ... more »

How to Select Playground Equipment

By Kurt Schwengel

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Most schools only get new playground equipment every hundred years or so--therefore you should choose carefully and wisely--selecting the wrong equipment can result in hours of problem solving on the yard. Here are ways to avoid the headaches... more »

How to sound out the Phonetic Alphabet

By reddawn

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So just what is going on when you watch a military movie and they say something like "alpha, bravo, zulu, uniform victor"? They are sounding out the phonetic alphabet so letters don't get confused together. Often "M" sounds ... more »

How to Study Bowling in Your Classroom

By Kurt Schwengel

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What better way to teach kids their math facts up to 10 than to study bowling? Kids love bowling and it's not that hard to build a mini bowling alley in your classroom. The kids will be truly motivated to learn their math facts and you can also ... more »

How to Study Computers in the Classroom

By Kurt Schwengel

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In my kindergarten classroom, I have been teaching a computer thematic unit since 1996. The kids absolutely love it. I place the unit at the beginning of the year in order to give them all of the computer knowledge they will need throughout the ... more »

How to Study Dinosaurs in Your Classroom

By Kurt Schwengel

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Kids love Dinosaurs. I have been teaching a Dinosaur thematic unit in my classroom since 1996. The kids absolutely love this unit. Please refer to my website (listed below) to view the entire unit... more »

How to Study Star Wars in Your Classroom

By Kurt Schwengel

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I have been teaching Kindergarten since 1996 and my "Star Wars" thematic unit is my absolute favorite. While the other classes at my school are studying fairy tales, we are studying "Star Wars." (It is, after all, a modern day fairy tale.) This ... more »

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