Second week of preschool activities

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Use these Chrysanthemum name activities, name graph and name crafts to practice names in preschool and kindergarten during back to school!

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What activities do you do the first week of school? I get asked that question OFTEN! So I am going to share a few of my "First Week Goodies" with you! I have to say--I can't take credit for most of them but I am great at stealing ideas from others! :) First, to get the kids moving, we get to know each other a bit! I always do this version of Classmate BINGO! I have the kids find another student to sign each square then they color it in. Besides, it is a great conversation starter…

I had a second successful storytime! My numbers were consistent for a second week — I am as shocked as you are! Especially given Chicago’s *freezing* temperatures this week. And it snow…

In our classroom last week we were busy learning about our names and our character trait “acceptance. We read “Chrysanthemum” by Kevin Henkes to launch a discussion on both of the…

This was our first full week of Kindergarten and our focus was names! I want all of the students to know each other (and their own!) names well so I decided to start the year by focusing on names. We started our "special helper" routine. Each day I announce the special helper and this person is the line leader, calendar helper, the first to pick a centre etc. He/she is also the quiet police when we get ready for home. Since we have to be in the hall to get ready the special helper walks up…

It's time for me to give you an inside peek into my preschool classroom . Last week was our second week of school and I focused on getti...

Hi friends! How was your first week back at school? I have the sweetest class ever and I am enjoying them so much already! But I am finding it difficult to get into the swing of things. My new school is a late start school and the dismissal bell doesn't ring until 3:40! By the time our last student is picked up I feel like I have such little time before I need to pack up and leave to go home and make dinner! I'm hoping to get into a better routine soon :) Anyways, I used to do a Five for…