Top 50 Early Childhood Blogs

Thank you Teacher Certification Degrees for recognizing Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers as one of your top 50 Early Childhood blogs. Go to top 50 Early childhood blogs and see who made the list.  As I looked over the list I was excited to see blogs that I have not yet discovered, likeBrick by Brick and Mrs. Wills Kindergarten.  Stop by their blogs to see what they are up to. 

Learning All About Me

All About Me and Me Lesson Plan Theme Pack

It is the time of the year that we learn all about our selves and those around us.  We started our unit off with the song Mat Man by Handwriting With Out Tears. 

Handwriting With Out Tears CD

Mat Man 

Each child had their own set of pieces to use with the song mat man

We did this project as one of our small group activities.  The children wanted to do it over and over again.

Mirror Drawing 

In the writing area we set up a row of dress-up mirrors along with dry erasable markers.  The children were able to trace around their own image and add the detail unique to them.

Plate Faces 

Paper Bag Puppets 

Writing Area Bulletin Board 

You can find all of these ideas and more in the All About Me and Me Lesson Plan Theme packet on Teacher Pay Teachers for $5.75.

Here is what comes in the Lesson Plan Theme Pack

All About Me Lesson Plan is 85 pages long.  This lesson is filled with ideas that are sure to spark the interest of all children in your classroom.  This lesson covers all learning domains for preschool children.  This lesson including: Story Extension, Math Games, Science Activities, Creative Art Project, Language and Literacy Activities and Movement Ideas.

This plan includes:

Word Wall Cards

Bingo Game

Writing Cards

16 page Early Reader When I Grow Up

 And that’s not all

Get all of this for $5.75

When I Grown Up Bingo Game                 When I Grow Up Writing Practice Card

Sample Pages*Note Mat Man Activity can not be found in this lesson if you are interested in the activities go  Handwriting Without Tears 

More Space Fun

Climb Aboard The Spaceship Tune: Itsy Bitsy Spider
Climb aboard the spaceship, We're going to the moon.
Hurry and get ready, We're going to blast off soon.
Put on your helmets And buckle up real tight.
Here comes the countdown, Let's count with all our might.
10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1---BLAST OFF!!

Shooting Stars

Marble painting on black paper with cut out stars

Moon and Sun Patterning

We used strips of black paper and cut out circles of yellow for the sun and white for the moon, children had to using these cuts out to make an AB pattern onto the black strips.  Each pattern strip turned into our bulletin board boarder.

Shape Space Aliens

Glitter Space Aliens with Playdough

Adventure in Space Bulletin Board 

Learning with Little Red Hen

Little Red Hen is one of the first stories I like to read with the children in my class.  I feel that this story helps children understand how import it is to help one another and how to be a good friend.  It also helps with showing children how to create a learning and caring community in their classroom. 

Down Load Little Red Hen Lesson Plan Theme

Use this song for make the rules in your classroom.  It is a fun way to get children’s attention

and to get them involved in what you need them to do.

This is the way to Help (tune: Mulberry Bush)

Written by Kids World Exploration

This is the way we pick-up our toys

Pick-up our toys

Pick-up our toys

This is the way we pick-up our toys

So that we can help and learn

Repeat with these lines and any others that the children came up with

This is the way we wipe up our spills

This is the way we share with our friends

This is the way we take turns

This is the way we stand in line

This is the way we wash hand

This is the way we push in our chair

Take pictures of the children do the things in the song.  Place the pictures in a pocket chart with the written description to give the children a visual about what they can do to help.

Set up a dish washing table so that children have to help one another wash and dry the dishes from the dramatic play area.  Every one can have their own job to insure that all the dish get cleaned.  Children will see and learn how much fun it is to work together.

Another way to get children work together is to set up an art table and have two children work together on one project.  They will have to take turns and also collaborate on how they want the project to turn out. 

You can find all of these ideas and more in the Little Red Hen Lesson Plan Theme packet on Teachers Pay Teachers for $5.75.

You will also get in the packet

Pocket Chart Story

Word Wall Cards

Bakery Word Wall Cards

Letter Sound Cards  (C and H)

2 Flannel Board Stories

Bakery Menu for Dramatic Play

Bakery Bingo Game

Hen Counting Mats

Rhyming Word Game

Hen House Letter Match Mats

Writing Cards

Who Will Help?  Early Reader 9 pages

Little Red Hen

Sample Printable