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Clang Clang, it's Fire Drill Time! (eek!)

9/6/2017

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It's back to school time, and that means any day now it will be... Fire Drill Time 😱

​I don’t know about you, but every year I dread subjecting my preschoolers to the blaring alarms and bright flashing lights. I know that it’s important for their safety, but it can be scary and overwhelming for a little person.

One year my co-teacher and I felt that it would be helpful to create a fun, upbeat fire drill song, and we noticed that the students LOVED its sing-songy playful tune and were actually excited for fire drills!

The children enjoyed both singing the words and then silently mouthing the words to practice being quiet for the drill.

Click Below to learn the best Fire Drill Song for preschoolers!

CLICK HERE to request the FREE printable PDF of the fire safety poster pictured! (8.5'x11', no watermark) (we're still working on our email automation, but we'll get you the printable PDF file very promptly!)


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Building Community, Heart to Heart

8/23/2017

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Pardon the 80s-tastic graphic, but Heart to Heart really is one of my favorite community-building activities for my class! It can be used for almost any age group and takes no more than twenty minutes.  It works particularly well during a meeting time when students can communicate directly with each other, using kind and complimentary words.  

I recommend setting a time in your schedule to do this once a week.  I usually end with this activity every Friday.  We think it's a beautiful way to start the weekend.  
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Circle up with your class and put the names of all the students and even teachers into a container. I highly recommend laminating the names so you can use the same ones all year long.
(See below for free printable name card template!)

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Material Must-Haves!

8/15/2017

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Happy Wednesday! Danielle here. This is a list of my top five Material Must-Haves in any early childhood classroom.  These materials make my life so much easier and ultimately save my class and school money.  
Note: we do not receive any commission for these recommendations, they’re just products we love, and links to places we found them at a good value.
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Reusable Dry Erase Pockets
These are the best!  Forget having to laminate EVERYTHING your students use, just slip a sheet of paper in one of these and they’re ready to go. Organize them by student or by topic, just slide the new sheets in front of the old (or use double-sided). Sturdier than a sheet protector, more portable and versatile than a dry-erase board.

In addition to student use, I like to pin them up (with the grommet at the top) to use for erasable class signs like "There are __ days until Thanksgiving!"  I also use them in place of a folder sometimes, to store sheets or activity-prep materials together, easily see what's inside, and label it without using up a post-it every time I change the contents. Also sold (sometimes more cheaply) as shop tickets.

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Monochromatic
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 Dry-erase markers

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