Separation Anxiety Tips
Separation anxiety… Nothing is more exciting and terrifying than the first day of school. Many of the children who come into your classroom will have…
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Category: Back To School
Germ Games
After reading a story about how germs are spread on hands, the teacher puts some glitter on her hands and says,
Printable Fall Curriculum
Click on the links below for printable Fall curriculum ideas to use in your classroom. You can also share these activities with parents in a…
Friendship Games
Friendship Memory: Take a picture of each child. Make two copies and glue each on a card, writing the child’s name below the picture.
Friendship Science
Friendship flower: Have each child pick a partner and they will be given one carnation per 2 children.
Friendship Art
I draw a huge tree shape including branches.
Friendship Snacks
Friendship Pizza Take sugar cookie dough and roll it out into a circle big enough to fit in a pizza pan.
Friendship Songs
A fellow teacher had taught us this song a couple years ago as we were saying goodbye to our 5 year olds.
Feelings Games
Either look through a large book with lots of large pictures (fairy tales work well)
Feelings Art
I work with 3 year olds, and this idea worked for me. Ask your children (one at a time or in several small groups) to…