Preschool / Kindergarten
The Final Push: How to Get Through the Last Weeks With Sanity (Part 1)
The final months of the year are the slowest moving of all. The sun is out, the students are ready for summer break, and yet, there you are; still weeks away from cocktails poolside. But do not worry!
Ready To Go Learning Packs
I really like using Lakeshore Learning products with my students and I found another good product to share with you. Recently, I ordered these Ready-To-Go Learning Packs which have been convenient and useful to use in therapy. The set comes with 6 different nylon...
Job Search (Part Three): Location, Location, Location
Geographical location is the final of three pieces (location, type of school, type of position) in the search for the dream job. When it comes to location, you really only have two choices, a) search in one very specific place or b) open your search to the ends of the...
Playing is Learning!
“Preschool must be so easy. All you do is play, right?” I can’t tell you how many times something similar to this phrase has been said to me. Every time it happens, it takes everything in me not to snap back! Yes, we do play in preschool but there...
The Grouchy Ladybug
We recently read The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle in my classroom. The story about a ladybug who is in a bad mood and wants to fight all kinds of animals bigger than himself was loved by my preschoolers. Only two of my kids knew what the word grouchy meant before we...
Blogging- How’d I get Here?
I am so excited to be part of the team and hope we can have strong conversations about our diverse students, their communities, and the best practices (and resources) to help them become college ready.
Category Cards
Need to work on some categorization skills? Check out these Category Cards. The set contains 72 Name that Category cards and 72 What Doesn’t Belong cards. I tried to include all the of the common categories and then made some a little more challenging. Name...
Job Search (Part Two): Types of Teaching Positions
On to the next set of decisions that you will need to make when it comes to your job search. In part one of this series of posts, I covered “types of schools”, the first of the three elements that make up the dream job trifecta (type of school, type of position,...
Who am I?
Hi Everyone! I am Cheyenne and I am really excited to join the Elementary Helper blog. I hope to give you an insight to life of a special education preschool teacher and any helpful materials or ideas for your class or student. To start, I will give you a little...
Poetry In Pre-k
In honor of April being National Poetry Month my preschoolers have been creating lots of different projects based on poems. I usually introduce a new poem every month based on our unit but this month we have been learning a new poem every week. My kids love it! They...Featured Products
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