The Crazy Pre-K Classroom

Food allergies have become an every year, every class occurance in Pre-K over the past few years. We have all seen children with peanut or milk allergies, maybe a latex allergy here or there, but I would like to tell you about a little girl in my class who is anaphalactically allergic to 5 of the big 8! My Pre-K team and I have been able to keep her safe, with her parents permission I am sharing her story with you in hopes that you don't give up on Pre-K for your child because of food allergies. Any school worth attending will do everything necessary to accomodate your child no matter how severe the allergies are. My student is a 4 year old sweet, loving and intelligent child. She makes me laugh everyday and I can't imagine my class without her. She is deathly allergic to: milk, eggs, gluten, latex, all nuts and wheat. I know you are asking yourself what does this little girl eat? I will get to that, but first let me explain the safeguards my team and I put into place before ...

I have/Who has is a game I use in my classroom daily to build strength in the order of the alphabet and numbers. I have also used this to reinforce number words, sight words, color words and other key concepts for young children. I find it amazing how quickly the children catch onto this game and are able to translate it to other concepts without missing a beat. My Pre-K class of 14 can now order 1-30 in under 2 minutes. That is a feat when it comes to pre-k kids, they just love this game, and most can now tell me the numbers that are missing and number order which is essential for math skills in school. How to play: Either purchase a set of cards or make your own, the following image is given as an example and is from my TpT unit for St. Patricks Day. I try to include one of these sets in each of my math and literacy unit. Pass out the cards as evenly as possible for your group, have your students place the cards in order from lowest number to highest. When I first start each chil...

St. Patricks Day is right around the corner so in planning mode i created a mini-unit for my class. It is titled Shamrock Shenanigans and included you will find I have/who has to 100 and the alphabet. Skip counting by 2's, 3's, 5's and 10's to 100 and 4 worksheets for practice and assessment. Please check it out on TpT by clicking the following link: Shamrock Shenanigans!

My newest TpT Unit is titled "Spring is in the air!" Included you will find Number/number word matching, sight word snails with number of letter sort mats, color words, simple addition, patterns, counting, matching to number word, worksheets for beginning blends, a predictable spring vocabulary reader, fill in the missing number worksheets and so much more! Please check out this unit on TpT or Teachers Notebook and kick off your spring with fun learning activities! The Extension activities that are included with this unit are posted on this sight as well. View this unit by clicking on the link below: Spring is in the Air! TpT Unit Thank you for visiting, please join and visit often for great ideas in Pre-k! Christine

Spring is almost here and it is time to start planning those fun activities that we all love when the blanket of winter lifts and the sunshine of spring arrives. The following ideas are from my new TpT unit named "Spring is in the Air!" Spring Math and Literacy Unit Extension Ideas Sensory Play: Use the snail cards or number cards in a pot of dirt, have the children find the words, brush them off and then record them on paper. Allow them to have small plastic shovels, gardening gloves and a small empty watering can for pretend play. Silk Flower Colors and Counting: Have some silk flowers on a table, all different colors, have the children match the flowers to the color word card. Have them draw the flower in the correct color crayon and then write the color next to it. Large construction paper works well for this center. Then have them count the number of petals on the flower and write the number next to the word. You could also count and pattern with these flowers usi...

Teacher Tam is the winner of this month's TpT unit giveaway. She has won my Woodland Winter Math and Literacy Unit. This unit is filled with ideas for math and literacy centers as well as printables and a shared reader. Check it out on TpT at Woodland Winter Unit

I have just posted my newest TpT unit titled "75+ ways to learn with legos". This 140 page unit includes 18 pages of activities as well as over 100 pages of resources to go with! I love teaching with legos and have had great success especially with my boys on teaching concepts not only in Math but in Literacy, Listening, Visual Discrimination and many other areas. Each and every activity is geared toward  the pre-k to 2nd grade classroom. Please check it out! These pictures are just a few of the many resources in this unit. please take a minute to open the preview file on TpT to see many more resources. 75+ Ways to Learn with Legos Enjoy! Christine