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Circle Time Ideas Skat The Cat

Circle Time Ideas for Preschool Kids: 

Skat The Cat:

Skat The Cat is a fun exciting way that a preschool teacher or a parent can entertain the children in a preschool classroom at circle time while teaching the children about colors and using a fun little story that will keep them..

Circle time ideas - Skat the Cat..

Super Bowl Football Theme for Preschool Kids:

Super Bowl Football Preschool Themes: 

Super Bowl is here. Kids usually are fascinated by sports (especially boys)

Why not plan a Football theme or lesson plan for the preschooler children or other young children in your care? Super Bowl is a huge event that the children will surely hear about and see advertised on the television. You can introduce the kids to this event using some of the ideas and activities below.

What are some Football related activities and ideas you could use to get this football theme going? 

1.) You could make Football cupcakes

2.)  Get a bunch of football related coloring pages for kids to color.

3.) Read books to the children about football

4.) At circle time pass around a real football that the children can see and touch (you could use different types of footballs (eg.) leather, nerf, bigger, small)

5.) Get colorful pictures of people playing football.

6.) Get football related party snacks like chips, pretzels, popcorn..

7.) Have children draw their best footballs pictures

8.) Cut out football shaped pieces of construction paper and let the children decorate it by gluing, pasting etc..

Get more SuperBowl and football related theme ideas here...

Football Preschool Theme for Kids..

Printable Alphabet Letter X

Printable alphabet letter X worksheet for use in teaching kindergarten children and preschoolers at home or in the school classroom. Use for making teaching materials such as alphabet flashcards,

Large Printable Alphabet Letter X..

Printable Letter W for Preschool

Printable letter W worksheet for teaching children, preschoolers and kindergarten kids the letters of the english alphabet.

Use it to make alphabet flashcards, posters, worksheets or anything else to teach young children and preschool kids about the letters of the alphabet. Print out your Letter W worksheet today.

Printable Letter W Worksheet..

Letter V Printable for Kids

Letter V printable for kids, preschoolers and kindergarten children to teach them alphabet letters and their abcs. *Simply right click the printable image below and choose 'save

Letter V Printable worksheet download for kids..

Letter U Worksheet Printable for Kids

Here is our letter U worksheet printable for kids and preschoolers. You can use any of these printable worksheets and other activities and ideas for teaching and educating children about the letters

More Alphabet Letter Printables & Letter Worksheets ...

Letter U Worksheet Printable for Kids

Here is our letter U worksheet printable for kids and preschoolers. You can use any of these printable worksheets and other activities and ideas for teaching and educating children about the letters

Alphabet Letter U Printables & Letter Worksheets ...

Letter T Worksheet Printable

Letter T worksheet printable for educating kindergarten children and preschoolers in the prek classroom or when teaching at home. Please Share & Bookmark this page. Download your Letter T
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The Letter S Printable

The letter S printable below is a printable worksheet that can be used along with the rest of our alphabet printables to make posters, and teaching tools for teaching children about the letters for

Letter S Printable Worksheet ...

How to Teach a Class with Delays or Lack of Interest

Preschool Teaching Question:

Thanks for the information but what do you do when your class is a delay class or the children just sit there and want do anything? I am working with a self contain / delay group of children or they are just not up to part.

Answer:

If you have a class, try these ideas..

How to Teach a Preschool Class Showing Lack of Interest or Delays

Children Songs for Teaching and Learning

Children Songs for Preschool and Kindergarten 

Preschool song lyrics and preschool children songs for use in educating children, toddlers and even for use with kindergarten children. Be sure to visit all children songs posted to this preschool learning blog.

There are also many preschool songs that can be found that are based on specific themes like, weather, snow, animals, colors and much more. These types of songs make learning easier when you incorporate them into your lesson plans for children while teaching.

Check out all the listed song categories to got to the specific section of songs. Kepp in mind that we add new songs for kids regularly.

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Fine Motor Skills Grasps

Palmer, Pincer, and Pencil Grasp for Fine Motor Skills Development
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As children develop from infancy into their preschool years the palmer, pincer, and pencil grasps are important to their fine motor development. Below you will find a brief description of each

Fine Motor Skills Grasps for Development

Stacking Activities for Fine Motor Skills Development in Kids

Small Building Blocks Activities: 

Small building blocks give children an opportunity to develop their fine motor skills while engaging in another fun activity. Grabbing and stacking. These sorts of ideas and activities build the small muscles of the children's hands and fingers.

These activities also help to work on developing hand/eye co-ordination skills in children as well.

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Fine Motor Activities for Preschoolers

Gluing Activities for Fine Motor Development: 

Glueing is another great fine motor activity for children. This activity is fun and a very popular one with children. Cutting and gluing pieces of paper, pieces of colorful construction paper, newpaper and more.

Children can also get added benefits by tearing paper using their hands and gluing it creating their art and masterpieces. Tearing helps children to develop their small hand and finger muscles.

Gluing Activities for Kids

Gross Motor Activities for Kids

How to Help Children with Gross Motor Activities:

Helping children master gross motor skills involves some planning but at the same time can be, and is quite simple to make developing these skills successful.

Making sure children have a large area to run and play is a good idea. Get kids outside and let them run and jump, kick a ball, ride their bikes and push their scooters.

These gross motor ideas and activities for children are expanded below.

Gross Motor Development Activities

Weather Circle Time Activity - Part 2.

Here is Part 2. of the Full preschool circle time activity video. Make sure that you watch Part 1. of the full preschool weather circle time video first.

This preschool circle time video is requested often so we figured we would post it where it is easy to access for our visitors.

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Full Preschool Learning Circle Time Video

Of all the requests that we receive at www.preschoollearningonline.com, requests for us showing 'How' to conduct a full circle time with children in the preschool classroom is among the most popular.

Take a look at Part 1. of the Full Weather Preschool Theme Circle Time Activity below.


How To Conduct A Weather Themed Circle Time with Calendar:

Motor Development for Preschool Kids

How to Help Children with Fine Motor Development:
 
Helping children master fine motor skills involves some planning but at the same time can be, and is quite simple to make developing these skills successful. Fine motor skills require greater effort and much more

Motor Development

What are Motor Skills for Preschoolers

What are Motor Skills?

There are two kinds of motor skills, fine motor skills and gross motor skills. Children improve in both of these motor skill areas during the toddler years. The difference between fine and gross motor skills is simple to remember. Get the full information below.

Motor Skills for Preschoolers

Fine Motor Skills Development

Fine Motor Development:
What are fine motor skills?

Fine motor skills occur when the small muscles in the hands/fingers move in coordination with the eyes.

Fine motor skills usually develop later than gross motor skills. Some of the first signs are done with the hands/arms such as raising their arm up and down or waving with their hand. Fine motor skills take much more effort to develop

Fine Motor Skills

Activities to Develop Concentration in Preschoolers

 Email Question:

i need to develop my 2.8yrs old daughter concentration through activities
especially sitting activities which make her to sit and concentrate she started
going to preschool.

kindly help me out

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Our Reply: 
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Preschool Activities to Develop Better Concentration ...

Alphabets for Kids Printables

Alphabets are a foundational learning area for preschoolers, toddlers and young children.

Letters are everywhere today. ABC letters combine to make words and names which leads into sentences and reading. It makes sense then that childcare providers, preschool teachers and parents teach children about the alphabet and it's 26 letters (Modern English alphabet).

Finding appropriate alphabet worksheets, alphabet printables and other alphabet printouts is a big help in building resources for teaching children about the alphabet and all it's glory.

Stay tuned for various alphabet resources listings, alphabet letter printables and ABC worksheets.

Alphabets for Kids - Alphabet Printable

Alphabets for Kids

Alphabets are used everywhere, so teaching letters and alphabets to your toddlers & preschoolers just makes sense for their continued success in life. Starting to teach kids the alphabet early is an excellent way to fast track their learning at this critical age.

How to Teach Kids the Alphabet:

So how can you teach kids their alphabet letters and ABC's? There are many great ways that this can be done. ABC songs and alphabets flashcards are a couple great ways. You can also use a variety of alphabet printables and worksheets to familiarize your children with their letters.

If you are looking for great learning activities and ideas for teaching children their alphabets be sure to visit: http://www.alphabetsforkids.net and/or http://www.preschoollearningonline.com

*Here you will find numerous alphabet printables & learning worksheets for teaching your kids as well other preschool curriculums.

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Picking a Preschool for Your Child-What to Look For

Preschool vs. Babysitting


In Canada, not all Preschools are created equally.

There are Preschools and there are babysitting services--it all depends on what you are looking for for your child.

The teachers schedule a routine that they follow EVERYDAY for the children. This provides structure.

A quality Preschool has Professional E.C.E's ONLY--this means that those who are teaching the children have went to college to learn how to 'teach and deal with preschool aged children and teach various skills and curriculum.

Professional E.C.E's would have their first aid & CPR in case a situation developed with any child.

A good Preschool would follow some sort of educational or preschool learning program, the most popular being "Play To Learn'.

Professional Development accessible to E.C.E's to keep up with children's needs.

A Good Preschool center would obviously be clean and sanitary and provide healthy nutrtious meals (not a regular feeding of hotdogs and kraft dinner etc..)

They would also have healthy activities and 2 hours a day of outdoor activities.

In Canada, E.C.E's now have to be Registered through the College Of E.C.E's in order to have a professional title.

On average, pricing is about $30 per child per day. Infants of course cost more due to responsibilities and materials required for care.

Babysitters are babysitters...put the kids in front of the tv, throw on a movie, cartoon or kid's show.

Preschool is a structured environment where curriculum are suppose to be in place with 'Professionals' teaching, where children can interact and learn to develop different skills. :)

First Grade Math Worksheets for Kids

First grade math worksheets are available for teachers and parents or anyone else who has need for math printable and resources for children learning math.

If you are looking for addition and substraction worksheets and other first grade math worksheets for your kids, you will want to check out the math printables and worksheets we currently have here:

http://www.activityschoolbus.com/first_grade_math_worksheets.html

We will be adding many many more first grade math worksheets and math printables as well as other first grade worksheets for you to use free of charge.

We hope you enjoy the elementary resources which we make available to all our visitors!

Enjoy and tell your friends!

We also have a variety of multiplication worksheets and other number worksheets coming for you.

Until then...enjoy!

Kindergarten Songs & Preschool Songs

Kindergarten songs and preschool songs are great ways for children and preschoolers to have fun while learning.

There are a variety of kindergarten and preschool songs that are theme based, deal with the seasons or are just plain silly fun!

The kid's songs can help children to develop social skills while singing as a group or they can help them to keep beat or rhythm.

Many songs have an educational message or may teach children to count, dance, learn about seasons etc..

If you are looking for Kindergarten Songs or Preschool Songs be sure to visit this area of our main website.

Creative Movement For Preschool Children

What is Creative Movement for Preschoolers all about? What about creative movement activities-what are some activities and ideas?

Creative movement activities are great ways to get your preschool children up and moving with some physical activity. It allows for children to express themselves using imagination and creativity.

Some times creative movement may involve music to present a certain theme, or it may simply be some fun children's music playing the background for the children to move to, or you may use no music at all.

If you are wondering about some creative movement activities and ideas-Check out our website for some preschool creative movement activities you can use in your classroom!

Creative Movement Activities

Large Alphabet Letters For Preschoolers

If you are looking for printable letter of the alphabet for your kids or classroom, you can get some good ones here:

Large Alphabet Letters

Large letters can be printed for the classroom. These large alphabet letters can be used for printables or laminated and used again and again to teach kids and preschoolers.

Activities for Preschoolers In The Summer

Summer is here - finally! Although it is a bit cooler than normal for around this time of year, it is still nice to see the sunny days and clear skies.

Summer is a great time for you to get outside with your kids and try out some unique activities for preschoolers. Physical activity is something that children need more of these days. With the growing popularity of video games over the last couple decades, as well as television etc. we see alot of children and preschoolers being baby sat by the tv sets.

Don't get me wrong, television can be fun and even educational, but everything has to be in balance.

Childhood Obesity:

Yes, there are more cases of childhood obesity happening today than ever before. Too many boxed and processed breakfasts, lunches and suppers for children. No thought or little thought goes into providing nutritious, healthy snacks for kids, healthy preschool lunches and suppers for kids.

Treats always seem to be candy for children. What about providing wholesome delicious snacks that are good for children and adults!

Outdoor Activities For Preschool Kids  and Children:

Kids can play in splash pools at the local park, supervised of course. There are many outside games and activities like hide and go seek, tag or what about simply kicking a ball around, helping you clean up the yard or helping you to pick up litter around the house.

Being outside gives you opportunities to teach kids about nature, talk about the different animals and wildlife and why we have to respect them and take care of them and respect living things. Also, we can develop respect for the environment and the earth by teaching kids about pollution and littering and why these are bad.

Preschool Outdoor Art Activities:

Preschool Art Activity #1

You could do something as simple as let your kids sketch with some crayons, drawing the trees they see, the sunny sky or different birds or animals they may see.

Preschool Art Activity #2

On a summer day you can give your kids some bigger paint brushes and a bucket of water and let them paint using the water on a flat concrete or brick wall. The water of course evaporates and no harm is done. Kids Love it!

Preschool Art Activity #3

Along a section of a chain link fence, between a couple of trees or on an old wall you could tie an old 'white sheet'.

Give the kids some paint brushes and some non toxic children's paint and let them paint anything they want and a variety of colors etc. The 'white sheet' acts like a big white canvas!

It's alot of fun!

Well, thats it for this post on preschool activities for the summer time! Visit our preschool & kids websites for more great activities, kindergarten printables and more!

Spelling For Kids - Kids Spelling Made Easy!

Spelling for Kids
Teaching Kids to Spell Faster!


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Spelling for kids. It isn’t always easy to teach your kids to spell, or help your children to learn the alphabet.

As parents or educators what can be done to help teach your kids with their spelling?

Are there any spelling activities or spelling games that be done to familiarize kids with spelling of common, everyday words?

Can you accelerate your child’s learning curve and actually help children learn to spell faster?

The answer is YES! Obviously you need to familiarize your child, children or preschoolers with the letters of the alphabet first.

Children need to recognize what the letter looks like, how it is printed and how you say it’s name.

Doing exercises and quizzing your children on letters will work wonders with regards to them learning letters.

One thing you can do as parents or teachers is as follows.

Write out each letter of the alphabet. You could write ‘1’ large letter of the alphabet on a piece of paper or Bristol board (it’s a bit more durable.)

The letters could be made big and bold using a thick, black permanent marker or paint.

You would want to use rhymes to teach your children the order of the letters of the alphabet while you show each letter in its proper order.

You could use these to ‘quiz’ your children or preschoolers.


It would probably be best to quiz the children by showing them the chosen letter (starting at A) and continuing through the alphabet, again all in order until they have a solid understanding of the order of the letters of the alphabet.

You could ‘quiz’ them further and give them examples of words that start with the ‘letter you are showing’.

For example, “A is for apple, ape, ant”. You could name a few then have them try to list a few names that they may think start with the letter you are showing.

Practice makes perfect. Remember, this isn’t going to happen right away!

You have to help to really make them understand the letters, the order in which they come in the alphabet and how you say them.


After that time giving examples of simple words that start with the chosen letter really help them to advance that much more.


You could also use words found in the newspaper or words in magazines to quiz your child.

You could cut out big, bolded words and have an assortment of short words to start (Ex.) cat, dog, hat, boat etc.


Have them move from ‘left’ to ‘right’ and go one letter at a time to say each ‘letter’ as it appears.



This really helps to make it fun and challenging for kids. It is nice to really ‘praise’ them up when they identify each ‘letter’ as it appears moving from the left side to the right side.

After you have done this for a while you can start working on helping them to sound words out etc.

You don’t want to move too quickly, but you want to really help your children to develop the basics first, then, expand on those spelling and letter identification skills.


*It is good to also have your child practice printing letters, lower and upper case.






*If you are looking for a great spelling tool that will help you with spelling of common, fun, everyday words, then you need to see this NEW SPELLING TOOL!


It has 50 common everyday words, images and fun audio to say the proper name of each letter, as well as how the shown word is pronounced.


Your child can go from left to right and click each letter to ‘hear’ the name of each letter making up the name of the word and image.


It is a very, fun and invaluable tool for parents, teachers and educators looking to teach spelling to kids.


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Winter Theme Activities- Making a Paper Snow Flake

Winter Theme Ideas and Activities For Kids:

Looking for some great winter theme activities or winter art activities for teaching kids?
Winter is here. Why not use some of these ideas to spruce up the classroom, or keep the children busy with a fun winter art activity?

If you want to know how to make paper snowflakes, check the activity in the video below for some great ideas.

WINTER THEME ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS-PAPER SNOWFLAKE