From the category archives:

pre-k & kinder

Journal Writing with Toddlers: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY

February 28, 2011 at school
Thumbnail image for Journal Writing with Toddlers: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY

Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Baby’s First Animals by Hinkler Books Why we love this book: We start reading to children when they are infants. This book with it’s simple colorful pictures and text are just what we look for when reading to baby. For toddlers, the one word pages introduce toddlers to the concept [...]

Read the full article →

Math Investigation: What Shapes Can I Make On the Geoboard?

January 31, 2011 at school
Thumbnail image for Math Investigation: What Shapes Can I Make On the Geoboard?

This week it’s Valentines, Love, Friendship and Shapes. Yep, shapes! Backtrack to yesterday for the FREE printable book and art activity. Today it’s all about math. Our geoboard math investigation was sparked by a request from Miss Enigma, “Mommy, I want to play with the geoboards.” While Miss Enigma enjoyed her free exploration time, she [...]

Read the full article →

Kevin Henkes DVD and Book of the Week GIVEAWAY

January 31, 2011 at school
Thumbnail image for Kevin Henkes DVD and Book of the Week GIVEAWAY

Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: A Weekend with Wendell by Kevin Henkes and Chrysanthemum . . . and more mouse mayhem Storybook Treasures DVD by Scholastic (This DVD includes 6 stories: Chrysanthemum, Owen, A Weekend with Wendell, The Caterpillar and the Polliwog, Hondo and Fabian and Mouse Around) Why we love this book: Valentines, Love [...]

Read the full article →

I Dare You Not to Sing-Along

December 1, 2010 at home
Thumbnail image for I Dare You Not to Sing-Along

Great Little Christmas Stocking Stuffer! We first highlighted Readeez back in April. We highly recommend this for all of the little “Readeezers” on your Christmas list. . . Our children do not own very many DVD’s.  Every few weeks we head down to the local library and the kids pick out a combination of “fluff” [...]

Read the full article →

Alphabet Guides: The WINNER

November 29, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for Alphabet Guides: The WINNER

Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 3 Timestamp: 2010-11-29 14:20:30 UTC Congratulations Robin # 3 Robin November 24, 2010 at 10:56 pm My favorite alphabet book is the A,B,C’s of the sea. There are more ABC books out there but I like that one the best. Contact us at our email: winner at [...]

Read the full article →

Now I Know My ABC’s: FREE Printable Alphabet Guides

November 24, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for Now I Know My ABC’s: FREE Printable Alphabet Guides

We’re GIVING AWAY FREE printable Alphabet Guides. Look for the printable link at the end of this post. We’re also GIVING AWAY a set of  professionally printed of Alphabet Guides. Research shows that there are three simple indicators that build strong early literacy foundations in young children: 1. Children engaged in conversation with adults. 2. [...]

Read the full article →

Fall and Winter Scenes: Art by Children

November 16, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for Fall and Winter Scenes: Art by Children

Miss Trisha’s preschool class has been doing a year long study. Yes, a year long study. Instead of doing a week long study on seasons and moving-on, they have been following how an apple tree changes throughout the year. In the spring, their apple trees bloomed and in September it was harvest time. Now it [...]

Read the full article →

Sorting Shapes: Math Manipulative GIVEAWAY

November 1, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for Sorting Shapes: Math Manipulative GIVEAWAY

We’re GIVING AWAY a set of shapes for sorting and building patterns. *Note these pieces are small and young children must be supervised during exploration. Our math exploration started with a bag of shapes dumped into a big bowl. Miss Enigma, age three, was immediately excited by the bright colors and shapes. Initially, I left [...]

Read the full article →

Frog Pond Collage: Two book GIVEAWAY

October 25, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for Frog Pond Collage: Two book GIVEAWAY

Book of the week GIVEAWAY: Frogs by Nic Bishop and See How They Grow: Frog by DK (*with stickers) Why we love these books: We love all of Nic Bishop’s nonfiction books full of amazing photos and interesting facts. Children love his books. See How They Grow: Frog teaches the life cycle of a frog [...]

Read the full article →

Very Busy Spider Webs: art by children

October 12, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for Very Busy Spider Webs: art by children

This is our requirement for art projects: 1. It must be low maintenance for the teacher!!! Remember our waddlee-ah-chaa philosophy: keep it simple! 2. It must be hands-on and open-ended, allowing the children to be creative and unique. These Very Busy Spider Webs make us smile. Look at this display. Each one is perfect in [...]

Read the full article →

The Flea’s Sneeze: The Winner

September 17, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for The Flea’s Sneeze: The Winner

Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 3 Timestamp: 2010-09-17 14:25:45 UTC Congratulations Jayme #3 Jayme Spray September 13, 2010 at 3:08 pm This book is soo neat and so great for this section. I love teaching about the farm because I spent summer’s on my grandparents’ dairy farm learning all about farm life. [...]

Read the full article →

Writing Song Adaptations with Children is as Easy as 1, 2, 3 . . . (Book GIVEAWAY)

September 13, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for Writing Song Adaptations with Children is as Easy as 1, 2, 3 . . . (Book GIVEAWAY)

Book GIVEAWAY of the week: The Flea’s Sneeze by Lynn Downey Why we love this book: Something big is hitting our small town next week. It’s the County Fair. This is the perfect time for the preschoolers in our area to study the farm and The Flea’s Sneeze is full of barnyard fun! MacGyver and [...]

Read the full article →

I Like Me & I Like Myself: Book Winner

September 3, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for I Like Me & I Like Myself: Book Winner

Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 8 Timestamp: 2010-09-03 12:37:29 UTC Congratulations Brandy #8 Brandy August 31, 2010 at 9:20 am I would write about my family and teaching. It’s the easiest to write about for me and there is a lot of content in those areas. Writing is one of my favorite [...]

Read the full article →

10 Easy Steps to Introduce Journal Writing: Preschool – Third Grade

August 30, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for 10 Easy Steps to Introduce Journal Writing: Preschool – Third Grade

Book GIVEAWAY: I Like Me by Nancy Carlson and I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont and a Journal to get started. Book GIVEAWAY information at end of post. When I was in seventh grade, our teacher introduced journal writing to our Language Arts class. Well it really wasn’t an introduction at all! We all had [...]

Read the full article →

Board Book Set: The Winner

August 6, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for Board Book Set: The Winner

Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 8 Timestamp: 2010-08-06 12:45:16 UTC Congratulations Amy #8 Amy August 2, 2010 at 9:24 pm The one book we read the most was Byron Barton’s My Car. Contact us at our email:   winner at waddleeahchaa dot com (Prize must be claimed by Friday, August 13, 2010) [...]

Read the full article →

How to Pick a Child Friendly Preschool

August 2, 2010 our world
Thumbnail image for How to Pick a Child Friendly Preschool

Pre-K or Preschool or Nursery School are all titles given to schools for children 2 years through 5 years of age. Whether your child will be experiencing preschool in a homeschool setting or out in the world in a classroom setting, we’re all asking the question, “What does a  stimulating, child friendly environment look like? [...]

Read the full article →

How to Pick Good Books for Preschoolers

August 1, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for How to Pick Good Books for Preschoolers

As a classroom teacher, I created quite a good library of children’s literature for myself. I’ve never counted my books, but I probably have at least 1000 books. However, when I had my own children, I found that most of these books were not appropriate for toddlers and preschoolers. They are often too long and [...]

Read the full article →

What are we going to do today?

July 6, 2010 our world
Thumbnail image for What are we going to do today?

When I was a child we didn’t have a swimming pool. In fact, we didn’t know anyone who had a swimming pool. But we had a water sprinkler and it provided hours of summer fun for me and my friends. So here I am all of these years later and I still don’t have a [...]

Read the full article →

Guess How Much I Love You: The Winner

June 18, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for Guess How Much I Love You: The Winner

Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 1 Timestamp: 2010-06-18 02:37:40 UTC Congratulations Misty #1 Misty June 14, 2010 at 4:40 pm I don’t think I have painted since I was a little girl! I’ll paint again when my baby gets old enough to though. Contact us at our email:   winner at waddleeahchaa [...]

Read the full article →

Guess How Much I Love You: going beyond the book for Father’s Day

June 14, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for Guess How Much I Love You: going beyond the book for Father’s Day

Going Beyond our Book of the week:  Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney Art Appreciation: Introduce the art medium of pen and ink and watercolor used by Anita Jeram in the touching illustrations of this book. This extension can be done across age-levels in a homeschool setting. For preschoolers, it works well [...]

Read the full article →

Guess How Much I Love You: FREE book GIVEAWAY

June 14, 2010 at school
Thumbnail image for Guess How Much I Love You: FREE book GIVEAWAY

Book of the week:  Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney Why we love this book: First, every parent should read this book to their own child as it skillfully conveys a concrete picture through words of just how big love is.  Second, the book introduces the art form of pen and ink [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →