The Secret
No, not Oprah’s Secret, or the Ancient Chinese Secret (for those of you old enough to know what that is), it’s The Secret of how to get young children to listen to you. I used to frequent an early childhood chatboard and this was the #1 question people would ask. […]
Yes They Can!
This is a post I’ve been wanting to write ever since I first read the Shanker Report a few weeks ago. The official name of the report is “Preschool Curriculum and What’s In It for Children and Teachers”. The report is 32 pages long and if you don’t have time […]
Hello Blogosphere!
It seems that there are more of you out there reading my blog than I thought! I was honored to be mentioned on two other blogs this week: Teaching Heart Mom Elbows, Knees, Dreams I have become quite addicted to reading blogs lately. I use Google Reader and I currently […]
Dental Health page updated
We had an “Ice Day” today so I worked on updating the Dental Health page. I added new math and literacy ideas as well as a few new ideas under Art/Fun. The page is not complete but I thought it might be useful for those of you who want to […]
Kiss Your Brain eraser
I saw these pencils at Walgreens in the Valentine section, 2 for $1, and I immediately thought how they would make perfect “Kiss Your Brain” tools. “Kiss Your Brain” is a popular phrase from Dr. Jean and I used it often with my students. I would pretend to kiss my […]
It Finally Happened…
After a long and hectic day of running here and there I returned home ready for some hot tea and ER only to have my spirits lifted when I found the following e-mail in my inbox: Hi Mrs.Levin I was in your class in 04-05. If you are wondering who […]
Updated Bear page
As you can see, the blog has a new look thanks to a very talented friend! I hope you like it 🙂 I updated the Bear page today with all new math and literacy ideas. I also added a new Frosty the Snowman board game to the math section on […]
Videos
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_7yXSnZ9mo] I will be adding videos to the Pre-K Pages blog occasionally. This is my first attempt, I hope you enjoy it! Please comment below and let me know how you like the new video feature.
Pictures from NAEYC
Better late than never! Now that I am on vacation and have the time I wanted to share some pictures from the NAEYC conference in Dallas. If you’ve never attended a NAEYC conference put it on your “bucket list” 🙂 Me and Hugh Hanley Jan Brett’s Gingerbread Friends tour bus!
Google Books
I would like to start posting interesting and relevant tidbits here occasionally in addition to site updates. We had an “ice day” here today and I worked at home on various school related projects. I stumbled across this interesting tidbit in my cyber travels that I thought some of you […]
Updates to Pre-K Pages
The Christmas page at Pre-K Pages has been updated with new math and literacy ideas. Please let me know what you think of the new ideas by posting a comment on the update blog.
Updates to Pre-K Pages
The following updates have been made to Pre-K Pages: New Rules Poster on Vista Print page New Math and Literacy Ideas on the Gingerbread Man page Very soon I will be posting updates to the Holiday page. If you’re local, don’t forget I will be holding a workshop at Teacher’s […]
Thanksgiving updates
I have recently updated the Thanksgiving page with new math and literacy ideas. If you visited before and couldn’t see the pictures I have fixed the problem. My next workshop at Teacher’s Paradise in Frisco will be Saturday, December 6th. Please call the store to sign-up.
New Homework page added
I just added a new page to Pre-K Pages about Homework.
Fall and Halloween pages updated
I have updated the Fall and Halloween pages with all NEW math and literacy ideas.
Workshop October 4th
I will be conducting another workshop for Totally Teaching (formerly Teacher’s Paradise) in Frisco on Saturday, October 4th at 10:00 am. Workshop Description: Fall into Totally Teaching and rake up plenty of creative seasonal ideas for math, literacy, science and more! Call the store at 972-377-6604 to sign-up today. See […]
More math ideas + 1 literacy
The Thanksgiving page has been updated with new math AND literacy ideas, including pictures. The following pages have been updated with new math ideas, including pictures: Easter Spring Transportation I hope to add more this weekend.
Workshop August 7th
My first teacher workshop for Teacher’s Paradise in Frisco has been scheduled for Thursday, August 7th. The title of the workshop is ABC’s & 123’s. Workshop Description: Discover a wide array of new and engaging activities to teach the alphabet and numbers to your students. Explore the new TEA Pre-Kindergarten […]
New Web 2.0 Page
I just added a new page to the site all about Web 2.0 for teachers. Some of the elements you can learn about there are: Social Bookmarking Web Based Library Cataloging Web Based Documents (Word, PPT, Excel, PDF etc) Web Based Calendars Personalized Home Page (iGoogle) On-Line Photo Sites Video […]
Page Update at Pre-K Pages
I just updated the iPod page with new podcasting info. There is a video there that explains how podcasting works in “plain English” as well as a link to podcasts made just for pre-k.
