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5 Morning Meeting Must Do’s
Is your Morning Meeting mediocre? Do you wish your group time was more memorable for your students? Are you looking for ways to make Morning Meeting marvelous? Then incorporate these five must do’s and watch the magic happen at your next Morning Meeting! 1. Be Predictable in Your Morning Meeting Your Morning Meeting needs to be predictable. Students thrive on procedures, consistency, and knowing what to expect. By having regular components that you do day in and day out, your Morning Meeting will be a success. One way to be predictable is with songs and monthly poems which are part of our daily routine. Each morning, we sing the monthly…
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Getting to Know You Activities
Meeting new friends and building a classroom community are top priorities at the beginning of school. These getting to know you activities will help your preschoolers learn about one another as they play games and have fun together. As a result, the school year will be off to a great start when your students discover how much we all have in common! The Hello Book I love to use The Hello Book on the first day of preschool! It’s a simple way to help the kids learn who everybody is as you sing and wave hello. Most importantly, it makes each child feel extra, extra special when they realize they’re…
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Monday Made It – Sharing Bag
I marked two school projects off my To Do List last week but added at least a dozen more! Thank goodness for Monday Made It! It provides us with ideas, inspiration, and incentive to get it all done! My first Made It was somewhat of a re-do on a previous project. Remember when I printed new my sight word cards? They looked like this… Well, I loved how they looked and I was just getting ready for the next step to mount and laminate them when I had a major thought. As I was trying to decide which color cardstock to use, I started thinking it would be nice if they…