How to Use Preschool Teaching Tools
There are many tools available to preschool teachers. From music to books, to toys to pictures, the opportunities to beef up your lesson plan are endless. Determining which teaching tools to use and how to use them can be a very important decision. When done correctly, these simple lessons will put your preschoolers on the right path to a successful learning career.
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Use music to teach listening skills and direction. Songs like “Peanut Butter and Jelly” teach children how to listen to instruction and follow directions. By incorporating fun dance moves that mimic daily activities, these songs also bolster a child's confidence that he will be able to accomplish the task in a real-life setting. There are songs that teach children their left from right, how to identify different body parts, and how to put on clothes. Since it takes a while for children to learn a song and get comfortable with it, choose no more than five songs to alternate throughout the school year. Have your preschoolers stand up at the same time every day and form a circle to preform the song while it plays.
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Read books to your preschoolers. Books can teach children more lessens than can be listed. Books teach about love and loss, sharing and bravery, courage and determination. Books like “The Little Engine That Could” not only theoretically teach lessons, they also supply children with much-needed mantras to help them get through similar difficulties. Choose a theme each week, and read one book per day that focuses on that theme. Ask the children each day what was similar about that day's book to the previous day. Help them understand how the lessons and each book's presented approach to a situation ties together.
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Encourage the use of toys to teach spelling and counting. Supply your preschoolers with numbered and lettered blocks, and help them put them in the right order. Bring in toys with different shapes, and discuss with the children what each of the shapes are. Ask them to discuss real-life items that are a similar shape.
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Promote sharing while preschoolers play with toys. Implement a rotation system that prevents a child from exclusive use of one item during play time. After play time, discuss with the children what they played with and why they liked it. Allow them to respond to each other and understand that they are not alone in their appreciation for one toy.
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