For the February Edition of the Teachers.net Gazette, I have a Valentine heart game for counting and more & less. I also have movements to go with the rhyme “Queen of Hearts”.

You can read more of the Teachers.net February Gazette here.

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Mitten Same and Different Game for Pre-K

by Karen on January 23, 2012

Here’s a new Same & Different game I made for Winter themes. These could go along with the book The Mitten by Jan Brett. Just print, laminate, and cut apart the cards. Three of the four pictures are the same and one is different. Children find the picture that is different and cover it with a bingo chip or token. Children are using visual discrimination and classification skills. The cards in this set have varying levels of difficulty.

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PreKinders Gets a New Look

January 18, 2012

Every now and then, I get bored and have to change the “wallpaper”. But if you came on the site and were confused, you are in the right place. It just looks different. There are a couple of new navigation changes to the site. First, I took away the recent posts list in the left [...]

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“The Mitten” Slideshow

January 18, 2012

Here is a slideshow I made to go with Jan Brett’s book, The Mitten. The Mitten View more presentations from Karen C. The slideshow is intended to introduce children to the real photos of the animals in the story, as well as the rich vocabulary in the book. As we go through the slide, we [...]

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Food Classification Printable

January 4, 2012

When I was plundering through the Target Dollar Spot recently, I came across these little erasers shaped like food, and decided to use them for a food classification activity. They have sets of fruit, vegetables, and desserts. I’m going to have children use the classification mat I made, and sort them according to which foods [...]

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Snowman Play Dough Mats

December 24, 2011

Here is a new set of math play dough mats for Winter themes. The top of each mat says “[#] snowflakes are falling.” Children will identify the numeral, and count out that amount of snowflakes to place on the mat. Children can create the snowflakes/snowballs with bits of white play dough. {Just have them roll [...]

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Christmas Cookie Lacing Cards

December 9, 2011

Here is a set of printable Christmas Cookie Lacing Cards for your fine motor area. Print, laminate, cut, and use a hole puncher to punch holes around the cards on the white dots. Tie a shoe string or any tipped lace to one of the holes for children to lace through the card. To download [...]

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Fruit Loops Graph

December 4, 2011

Here is a printable graph you can use with Fruit Loops cereal. Give children a cupful or ziplock bag of Fruit Loops cereal. Just for fun, let them decorate the Gingerbread House with the cereal. Then, graph the cereal onto the graph. To download the set, click the thumbnail below. If you would like more [...]

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Gingerbread Play Dough Mats

November 30, 2011

Here is a new set of math play dough mats for Christmas and Gingerbread themes. The top of each mat says “Decorate the gingerbread house with [#] candies.” Children will identify the numeral, and count out that amount of candy pieces to put on the house. Children can create the candy by rolling pieces of [...]

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Edublog Award Nominations 2011

November 28, 2011

It’s time for the Edublog Awards once again. There are so many great teacher blogs out there that I love to read, but I had to narrow down my list. There are many more I’d love to include. Before 2010, preschool blogs had never won this award, but that was all changed last year. Let’s [...]

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