Do you like jingle bells? One of the benefits of working with preschoolers is that we get to play with jingle bells all year long, not j...

This summer I'm reading and commenting on the book What If Everybody Understood Child Development? by Rae Pica. Chapter 25: In Defen...

I'm learning more and more from our book study blog party . Chapter 4 focuses on using audio recordings in the classroom. Deborah at T...

This week I put out some rhythm instruments and streamers with the CD player. My wife contributed the ribbon streamers from her choir cabine...

One thing I love about teaching young kids is that reading/writing/literacy are a part of all we do. My kids print words when we're pla...

I've used bean bags in various ways over the years. For the past few years we haven't had many bean bags or used them much. Then rec...

Today we were going to make shakers (instruments). I didn't have the needed containers; I decided to take a chance and see what was in t...

We celebrated Palm Sunday this week. Here are a couple of the activities we did, both using tape! We made palm branches to wave. We used...

My wife helps lead a preschool choir at our church. Recently she took several recycle/repurpose items to create some "environmental ins...