in Preschool and K
What are Fine Motor Skills and How Do They Develop? Fine motor skills involve the use of the smaller muscles of the hands, fingers, and forearms in various activities like using pencils, cutting with scissors, building with lego or duplo blocks, and buttoning a shirt. Babies as young as 8 weeks of age begin demonstrating fine motor skills as they…
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Here’s your back to school shopping list of Dollar Tree teacher supplies including what TO purchase and what to stay away from! Dollar Tree Teacher Supplies If you’re anything like most teachers, you could single handedly keep the Dollar Tree in business. #AMIRIGHT?? Several times a month I find myself wondering the aisles of my local Dollar Tree scooping up teacher…
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Top 10 Math Apps As I get ready to send my students off for summer break, I’ve searched high and low for the top ten math apps to help them retain what they’ve learned this year. Many of my students have tablets, and I really want them to use their technology to its full potential. I plan to send home…
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Top Reading Apps Most homes and classrooms have tablets now. It’s important that we as teachers and parents make the best use of technology. I’ve searched high and low for the top ten reading apps for kindergarten through second grade. Keep in mind that children should be limited in their use of tablets. 20-30 minutes per day is plenty of…
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As teachers, we know that it’s CRITICAL for our students to keep reading during the summer. Summer reading helps combat summer learning loss. Most students lose up to one month of instruction over the summer, but struggling students lose even more. Summer reading programs are one solution to help combat the summer slide. But, let’s face it. If the program…
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101st Day of School Ideas Probably like you, I did the standard 100th Day of School celebration for many…many years. But one year I started hosting a 101st Day of School celebration, and I think you’d love one too! When I taught first grade I realized that so many of the kiddos had already done the 100th day in Preschool…
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