Forum for Pre-K Teachers

by Karen on February 7, 2010

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I haven’t written a blog post in a while because I’ve been working on a new project. Someone on my Facebook page suggested a Pre-K Forum, and it seemed like a fun idea. After doing a little net surfing, I discovered it would be fairly simple to set one up with special forum software. Thanks to all of those supportive teachers out there who use the Amazon.com links to buy books (& other items) through this site, I was able to afford to buy the software.

I hope this forum becomes a friendly place where Pre-K teachers can gather & share ideas. The number one rule in my own classroom is “Be nice to others” and I think that should be the number one rule of our forum as well.

This forum will probably work similar to other forums you may have visited, but if you have any questions, there is a FAQ available (see the link in the red navigation bar). I have also set up a forum called “Forum Information“. Please read the threads & posts there to find out more about the features. I think the forum has a lot of cool features. Please also read the rules when you sign up.

Hope you enjoy it!

PreKinders Pre-K Teacher Forum

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Letter Sounds Activity Cards

by Karen on January 20, 2010

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Here is a new set of Letter Sounds Cards I am adding to the Literacy Printables page.

I made these cards for those children in my class who are interested in learning letter sounds, but were overwhelmed by the Snowman Letter Sounds Game (on the Winter Theme page). I noticed these children really want to learn letter sounds, but they struggled unless I pointed out two pictures on the snowman cards. They were then able to choose between the two pictures.

I am using these cards this way: The children place a translucent, colored bingo chip on the pictures that begin with the letter on each card. When they are finished, they turn each card over, one at a time, for self-checking. On the back of each card, I glued the clipart that shows the correct answer (e.g. on the back of the Zz card, I glued the zebra picture).

I plan to make more of these sets when I have time. Perhaps a set with 3 pictures instead of 2.

Please Note: This set has consonants only, and does not include the letter Xx.

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Snowflake Matching Cards

January 12, 2010

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Here are some printable Snowflake Matching Cards you can use this Winter!
For younger children, you may want to print only the first page of these cards. Children who need more of a challenge will enjoy both sets. Print two [...]

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Winter Word Cards

January 5, 2010

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Word cards for word walls or picture dictionaries have been the most popular request for this website. Here is the first set of printable word cards. These are winter-themed, but there will be many more card sets to come.
Winter [...]

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My Top 10 Blogs 2010

December 31, 2009

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Blogs are a great way to keep up with new ideas from fellow Pre-K teachers. I subscribe to several blogs: blogs about Preschool, craft blogs, photography blogs, news blogs, blogs about blogging. Having several subscriptions can be overwhelming, and [...]

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New Grid Games

December 29, 2009

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I took a break from the blog during Christmas time.
I have added more Grid Games to the Themes pages, so that all of the themes now have a grid game to go with them. (With the exception of the [...]

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Sub Folder Link Fixed

December 16, 2009

The Correct Link:
http://prekinders.com/sub/SubFolder.pdf
The Explanation:
I’m adding this mainly for the email subscribers. When I first posted the link to the Sub Folder PDF, I double checked it to make sure the link worked & it did. I won’t go into all the boring details, but if viewed from here: http://prekinders.com/blog/ the link worked, however if viewed [...]

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Sub Folder

December 13, 2009

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I recently went to a teacher’s conference, and had to dust off the substitute teacher folder since I’m almost never absent. (My assistant went to the conference with me. Those poor subs!) Anyway, I thought it would be a [...]

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PowerPoints in Spanish

December 9, 2009

A site visitor, Mary Yack, has volunteered to translate my PowerPoints into Spanish. Here are the first two in Spanish (more to come):
El Mundo de Figuras
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Insectos de Colores
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Christmas Pattern Blocks

November 30, 2009

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I have made some new printable pattern block mats for Christmas!

More free printable pattern block mats are available on the Pattern Block page. Each mat comes in color and blackline, depending on your preference. The blackline mats offer more [...]

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