Letter Q for you!

  Another Letter Pack coming at ya!

Here is letter Q.  Does anyone else’s kids have trouble with recognizing the letter Q?  It seems to be just one of ‘those’ letters!  But, nevertheless…it is a letter!

 

CLICK ON THE PIC ABOVE TO ACCESS THE Qq Pack

 

Activities included:

Letter Picture Cards

Large letters (for creating letter art)

Letter Poem

Letter Snack and Sensory Ideas

Letter Book

Dot paint letters

Letter Flipbook

Letter Hunt

Letter Puzzles

Letter Lacing

Letter Size Up

Letter Sort

Letter Writing

Letter Match-Up

Letter Sort

 

If you download and print- please leave a comment.  If you feature these Letter Packs on your blog, please link back to Me & Marie Learning.

 

A few quick organizational tips…

As with many classrooms, A LOT of ‘stuff’ can accumulate quickly.

 

I have a couple tips to keep all those craft materials as organized as possible!

 

 

First up… using a shoe organizer to store paints and craft supplies.  What I love about it: I put it on the inside of the door heading to my sub-basement, no little fingers can get to it!  Each paint gets it’s own pocket, along with paintbrushes, dot paints, straws, pipe cleaners, glitter and whatever else I could fit in there!

 

 

Next up…drying rack.  Hubby bought a paper sorter (a wire one at Wal*Mart) and cut the long legs off one side.  He used the clips that go with the wire closet organizers to attach it to the wall.  It has worked great for storing papers to dry.  I also used 3M hooks to hang up our smocks.  You will also notice trays for painting and wipes for clean up are ready to go for art projects!

 

              

 

Last… I hung these small bins upon the wall that goes down to the sub-basement.  I can easily open the door and reach in and grab a whole tub.  My dad was getting rid of these, so I decided to snag them!  I put small craft items, such as google eyes, sorted puff balls, bells, beans, pasta, beads and anything else that will fit!

 

How do you organize your craft supplies??  I have much more to organize, so suggestions are appreciated!!!

 

 

Using School Supplies- Preschool Lesson Plan

Teaching kids to use school supplies appropriately in the preschool years is important.  Teaching children at the beginning of the year and reinforcing throughout the year can save dried up markers, cut clothes and dried out glue sticks.

 

This lesson plan set is dedicated to keeping school supplies alive and well :)

You will notice there are only 4 days of lesson plans.  We currently do only 4 days, but I know many who only have two day preschool programs.  So, feel free to pick and choose from these lesson plans as you need.

Along with the lesson plans you will find a song for each day, book recommendations and picture cards.  Plus, any accompanying activities I have created.

 

Click on the pic above to download the plans

 

Also available:

 

All About Me                  Apples

 

If you found these helpful- please leave a comment

Calendar Folders in Pre-K

Do you do calendar binders, folders or notebooks?

I did them back in the day when I taught first grade.  I feel like using a calendar folder helped keep the students accountable for what we were learning/reviewing at calendar time (rather than spacing off & rolling around).

I also did calendar folders last year for preschool, but they were a very simplified version compared to the ones I used in first grade.

Here is what I am using this year:

The calendars available are August-May of 2012-2013.  As you can see, all months have the numbers included on the calendar (in a grey font) for tracing.  I felt for preschool aged students this was most appropriate.

Snag these calendars here!

I also use these AWESOME songs from Growing Kinders:

Scroll through this link to find a song for every month of the year.  They rock!

The weather chart is the last component of our calendar folder. Click on the pic below to get this freebie.

It matches my Calendar Pack:

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Storytelling Fun GIVEAWAY!

Happy Wednesday!

Today I wanted to share with you my **FAVORITE** felt company.

 

Angela, from Storytelling Fun is a stay-at-home mom whom creates all the felt sets you see in her store!

 

Angela sent me her newest set to review and boy is it fun!

 

It is called Sweet Treats Frozen Yogurt.

 

It has all different kinds of toppings to create your own frozen yogurt sundae!  My 4-year old daughter thought this was great!  She took everyone’s order and added their favorite toppings.

I love this new set, just as my 4 year old does.  All Angela’s sets are the best quality I have found.  The felt is heavy duty and indestructible (trust me, I own 8 sets!).  The graphics are crisp and clean, no added pieces (like pom poms or google eyes) to get lost.  They are perfect for many different ages of children, I love them! 

 

Plus, Storytelling Fun sells these awesome travel size and large sized felt boards.  They fold up (huge bonus), have handles and pockets for storing pieces.

 

Travel Size Shown- 13x16 when open

We have one of these and it is durable.  Way better than my homemade ones for sure!

 

I have a felt board center for my kiddos.  It is a very simple center including: the travel felt board and a basket full of organized felt sets.  Students are only allowed to take out one set at a time.  I used zippered pencil pouches to store each set.  Angela sells these zippered pouches in her online store.  They are the perfect organizational tool, seeing how the kids can open and shut them all by themselves (as opposed to ziploc baggies).

 

If you love these sets as much as I do, why not buy a bundle?  You can buy sets of 5 different felts sets, 10 or 15. They come uncut (like in the photo below), but don’t take much time to cut out.  I saved 4.75 by buying a bundle of 5 different sets (plus free shipping!).

 

 

Now for the GiVeWaY

 

Storytelling Fun is giving one lucky reader:

 

One Travel Sized/Mini felt board

and

The Sweet Treats felt set

 

Enter through the Rafflecopter below:

 

 

 

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Pre-K Writing Pack

 

I just finished my newest pack for pre-k and K students.  The need for this pack came from wanting to help my pre-k’ers learn why we write and the ins and outs of writing.  I plan on putting a portion of this pack in our Writing Center.  Including the Monthly Word Posters, pre-writing blocks and the various types of writing paper.

Included in this pack:

-Monthly Words Posters for Aug-May
-Monthly Journal Covers (half page and full page) for Aug-May
-No line writing paper
-2 line writing paper
-4 line writing paper
-pre-writing activity
-15 Mini-mini lessons
-Supplemental activities that go with mini-mini lessons
-Developmental Writings Stages

Mini-Mini Lessons
-Why do we write?
-How do I write?
-Where do I start?
-Telling a story with pictures
-Brainstorming
-Tell a story with words and pictures
-Sharing our writing
-Writing Lists
-Letter to a Friend
-Labeling
-Captain Capital Letter
-Spaceman
-Princess Period
-Queen Question Mark
-Explorer Exclamation Mark

 

Check out this pack in my TpT store!

 

 

Schedules, Special Days and Toddler Reports…OH my!

Back to school is HERE!  I love the excitement of a new year!

 

I wanted to share my new schedule in case any of you childcare providers might want to see it.

 

 

This schedule complements my new Theme Lesson Plans.

 

 

I also create a Special Days Calendar to play out all our special days for the year.

 

 

Oh, also!  A reader requested my Toddler Daily Report.  I shared my Infant Daily Report here.

Click on the pic to download :)