It is so strange to me that I have a first grader. When I taught first grade, my students seemed so big! Now that I have a first grader of my own, I can hardly believe how small they really were. My kiddo struggles with sight words so I have searched high and low for...
There is are so many meaningful opportunities for Patty's Pre-k children to write. Here are a few: Color sorted markers and colored pencils. The writing center materials. I love the two choices – fat pencil or golf pencil. These are both developmentally...
This is a great project for practicing the major lines in handwriting. This robot is constructed using shapes and lines. This helps develop visual perceptual skills, eye-hand coordination, and fine motor control. I think it is very important to develop a climate of...
This is an idea that comes from one of my interns this year, Tracy. She saw it in another classroom. I could not find anything about it online so I just had to make my own poster. When you begin teaching handwriting on the “lines” this is such a...
This is one of those all time favorite projects of the children. Each child designs their own insect using model magic. I buy it at Michael's with a 40 percent off coupon. I give each child a bit of each of the four colors. A box like the one in the photo will...
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