Creative curriculum first six weeks

Curriculum night, back to school night, open house, night, whatever the name, I hated it. Until I decided to change my curriculum night to interactive stations.

All about teaching preschool! Great ideas for preschool activities, standards-based curriculum, preschool assessments, and documentation.

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Things to include in student portfolios for art. See all Portfolio Ideas here! First Day Drawing On the first day of school, children draw a picture

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This is a presentation of Intentional Teaching Card M01 from the Creative Curriculum, published by Teaching Strategies. This is being created and posted for ...

During the first week of preschool, we spend lots of time exploring the things we can play with in our classroom, the things we can do in our classroom, and the ways we can help take care of our classroom. A simple way we introduce the children to the things in our classroom and help them realize

I jump right into centers the first week of school. They aren't all academic, a lot are play based; however, I really want to get the kids...

During the first month of preschool, we focus on learning about and appreciating our differences and uniqueness. We learn about ourselves, our friends, our families. As a "getting to know you" project, I send this take home project home with my students. When they come back completed, we spend the last 10 minutes of the day allowing students to present their project to the class until everyone has taken their turn. This is a great way for the class to get to know each other and a great…