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Spring Preschool Packet

by Angela Thayer 8 Comments

Spring is here! Hooray! My kids are itchin to get outside every chance they can now that the weather is finally not snow and ice. :) The nice weather makes it harder to complete our homeschool, but we try really hard to get it all done in the mornings so we can get outdoors and play! Do you have kids with spring fever? Meaning it's harder to focus at school because of the nice weather! Or maybe you do as a teacher or homeschool mom! Either way, I'm here to help you! I've created a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preschool, Printables Tagged With: preschool

Preschool Graduation Songs

by Angela Thayer 4 Comments

preschool graduation songs

Are you looking for preschool graduation songs? You're in the right place! It's the end of the school year, which means preschool graduation is upon us. If you are a teacher or homeschool parent looking for some sweet songs to sing with your students, then I have something that you will love. I came up with five songs that are sung to familiar tunes and I created a free printable for you. You can print the songs out and sing them together with your class! Children love music, so singing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music, Preschool Tagged With: graduation, preschool, songs

4 Ways to Celebrate the First Day of Preschool

by Angela Thayer 21 Comments

The start of preschool is just about here! Whether you send your child to preschool or teach preschool at home, it is a special day. To help make our day extra special, I came up with 4 fun ways to celebrate the first day. 1. Make ABC pancakes  This is so fun! Surprise your preschooler in the morning with pancakes in the shape of alphabet letters! To make ours, I used pancake mix and used a tablespoon to write the letters on the griddle. It did not take long to cook, so make sure you flip … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschooling, Preschool Tagged With: celebrating, first day, preschool, school

Preschool Math 101

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preschool math 101

Math is so fun to teach to preschoolers! It's also an easy subject to teach because there are a lot of daily activities to incorporate math. Preschoolers don't need worksheets for math. Instead, they should learn through play and hands-on activities. Today I'm going to share about the basics of teaching preschool math. This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for details. Here are the math concepts and skills that should be covered in preschool: Sorts by color, shape, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Math, Preschool Tagged With: math, preschool

Differentiating Home Preschool

by Angela Thayer 8 Comments

If you teach preschool at home, you may wonder how to make home preschool different over years. Some of us start doing preschool activities at home around age 2 and continue until a child is 5 (or even 6!). Today, I'm sharing how to differentiate the years of preschool. With my background in education, this is what I feel kids need to know before heading into Kindergarten. Preschool is a really fun time in a child's life. My biggest advice is to make learning FUN during this time! Find … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschooling, Preschool Tagged With: kindergarten readiness, preschool

Ten Apples Up On Top Counting Activity

by Angela Thayer 3 Comments

Last week, Wes and I started doing preschool at home. The letter we started learning about is 'A' and we are doing lots of activities with apples. One of my favorite apple books is Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss. I was inspired to do this activity after reading this idea from Buggy and Buddy. We put our own twist on the activity and it was a lot of fun! In this book, there is a lot of counting. The characters in the story are adding apples to the top of their head throughout the story. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fall Activities, Reading Tagged With: book activities, preschool

ABC Knock Down {Guest Post}

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

Happy Friday!! I'm so excited to have Jodie from Growing Book by Book here today! She has an awesome blog all about literacy activities for kids! She is so creative and shares lots of reading activities to do with kids. Thanks Jodie for being here today! My name is Jodie from Growing Book by Book and I'm excited to be guest posting today on Teaching Mama. My 2 and 3 year-old love all things to do with cars and trucks. I'm always on the look out for ways to incorporate literacy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alphabet Tagged With: guest post, preschool

Our Preschool Plans for 2014

by Angela Thayer 6 Comments

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Happy Wednesday! Hope you are having a good week. We're still adjusting to life with a newborn and two active boys. It's going well and I'm trying to soak up all these sweet moments with baby (and at the same time being sleep deprived!) I can't believe it's already August 13th...and schools around here start this week! Since school is on the minds of parents, today I am sharing our plans for preschool this year. (This post contains … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Homeschooling, Organization, Preschool Tagged With: preschool, schedule, The Preschool Journey

J is for Jungle — Letter J Printables

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

Todays free printable packet is on the letter J! Letter J was a little tricky to come up with, but I decided to go with jungle animals. In this printable packet, there’s practice on the following skills: identifying letter j tracing patterns shapes Here are a few sample pages: To download your printable packet click here —> J is for Jungle And to download more printable alphabet packets, please visit this page. If you want more hands-on activities for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alphabet, Printables Tagged With: letter j, preschool

U is for Umbrellas — Letter U Printables

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

Today's printable packet is all about the letter U. There are several umbrella activities for the letter U in my ebook, so I decided to make this packet on U is for Umbrellas. In this printable packet, there’s practice on the following skills: identifying letter u tracing patterns cutting colors finding differences sorting by size coloring Here are a few sample pages: To download your printable packet click here —> U is for Umbrellas And to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alphabet, Printables Tagged With: letter U, preschool

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