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9 Fun World Kindness Day Activities for Your Preschool Classroom
I’m always looking for ways to build a culture of kindness in my preschool classroom. This year, I found World Kindness Day. Did you know there was such a thing? I didn’t! Well, if you are like me and have been oblivious to this day, let me give you some basic facts about World Kindness…
9 Simple but Effective Kindness Activities For Kids
Do you consciously teach kindness in your preschool classroom? How much importance do you place on teaching kindness? What are your go to kindness activities for kids? I believe that we need to be purposeful and teach kindness in preschool as it helps develop a culture of kindness in the classroom. By focusing on kindness,…
The 6 Important Benefits of Positive Affirmations For Preschoolers
Ever thought of bringing positive affirmations into your preschool classroom? I’m sure you’ve seen the swanky classroom affirmation mirrors on Instagram and thought they looked cute; but have you ever wondered why are teachers including positive affirmations in their classrooms? Students need to know that self-talk is a very positive part of self-regulation, and even…
8 Simply Fun First Day Of School Activities For Your Preschool Classroom
OH MY GOODNESS! Is it really already back to school time??? Trying to figure out what to do during those first few days of school seems to always be the most challenging. Do you read aloud a bunch of books? Have some community-building activities? Maybe a couple of coloring sheets? All of the above? The…
10 of the Best Back to School Books for Preschoolers
Back to school season is such a super exciting and fun time for children of all ages. It may be their 10th time heading back to school, or it may be their 1st. Either way, you can use many great books in the classroom to invite reflection and conversation around the feelings that may arise…
16 Awesome Picture Books To Help Teach Self-Regulation In Early Childhood
How are your preschoolers doing when it comes to self-regulation? I know. They are only just beginning to learn the skills necessary to regulate them and their abilities will vary greatly within one classroom. If you are reading this blog post you must be seeing that your students need more support in this area. Perhaps…
How To Help Preschoolers With Self- Regulation And 5 Teacher Approved Tips
Self-regulation is the ability to understand and manage our own behavior, which includes being able to manage our behavior in reaction to things happening around us and the feelings we may have about them. For our young learners, that means being able to: Why do we need to help our preschoolers with self-regulation? Children who…
3 Easy Ways to Use Inference Pictures to Teach Preschoolers About Social Inferences
Last week I noticed one of my preschoolers named Jack backing away from one of the other children. He was frowning, his mouth was turned down and he clearly appeared uneasy. I walked up to them both and noticed the other child laughing and waving a toy at Jack, not seeming to grasp how Jack…
9 Important Class Mottos for the Start of the Preschool Year
Have you ever used class mottos with your preschoolers? Even though it is mid-year here in Australia, I’ve been wrecking my brain thinking about ways to develop a greater sense of community in my preschool classroom and decided to make some class mottos for my classroom. What if at the beginning of the school year…
5 Reasons Why Teaching Preschoolers to Identify Emotions is so Important
Did you know that in surveys done by Breńe Brown and her team, they found that people on average can only identify 3 emotions when they are actually feeling them? I’m not kidding. The 3 emotions are happiness, sadness and anger (Atlas of the Heart by Breńe Brown). That is absolutely stagering if you think…
