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Jennifer Laagland

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End of the year

Planning for Inquiry Based Learning is different from traditional unit planning. See my tips and tricks to getting ready to begin using inquiry in your classroom! #inquiry #students #education #teaching | madlylearning.com

Placing a bowl in the center of a tire is a great idea for a simple sensory tub for infants/toddlers

outdoor play at school

The younger the grade level, the more things their teacher needs each day, it seems. Here are 30 everyday essentials and classroom wish list ideas that will make your days run more smoothly and ensure you know what to have on your wish list when parents ask at back to school night.

FREEBIES Classroom RULES and EXPECTATIONS - slideshow and mini book - how to teach procedures and routines - back to school kindergarten - first grade - second grade - third grade - classroom rules poster and chart with free printables and resources #kindergarten #backtoschool #classroomrules

Start of the year

ICY COLD SNOW PAINT THAT DRIES PUFFY & RAISED- so cool! #snowpaintrecipe #snowpaintingforkids #howtomakesnowpaint #snowrecipesforkids #paintrecipe #paintrecipeforkids #snowmanpaint

Snow

Preschool Summer Packet, Preschool Summer Printables, Preschool, PreK, PreK Readiness, Ready for PreK, Ready for Preschool, Beginning of PreK, Toddler Activities, Toddler Education, Toddler Storyhour, PreK Screening, PreK Registration, Letter Activities, Number Activities, Shape Activities, Parenting, Summer School, Daycare Activities, Take Home Packet, Home School Packet

Extras

Kinder Color Birds Since school began in August, we've been focusing on colors, colors and more colors in my Kinder classes. I wanted to make sure to support classroom efforts by hitting color words and color recognition with all my tiny babies before Thanksgiving. 100% mastery was my goal.

3D faces

Complete art lessons for exploring great artists :: artist profiles, creative art projects, supply lists. 25 great artists.

Art

These Identifying Emotions Activities: Sorting Emotions With Real Photos include 6 unique sorting mats that focus on identifying emotions. Photos include men, women, children, and people from many cultures. (Please see preview photos for details.) At an independent workstation, center or language group, students complete the following sorting and classification activities. Sorting Happy Sorting Sad Sorting Angry Sorting Excited Sorting Surprised Sorting Scared

Social Story- Keep My Hands to Myself. For students with Autism, Early Elementary, or Special Education.

This Emotions Adapted Books, "How Would You Feel" Mini-Bundle focuses on understanding emotions and includes 2 "How Would You Feel?" Adapted Books, and 1 set of "How Would You Feel Task Cards?" In each activity, students are given a scenario and asked to identify the emotion that they would feel that situation. The first adapted book, "How Would You Feel?" 1, focuses on the identifying the following emotions/feelings: happy, sad, angry, frustrated, exc

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Free Plant Life Cycle Mini Book for Kindergarten

Plants

ocean kid crafts - crafts for kids- kid crafts - octapus - shark - jellyfish - fish - acraftylife.com #preschool #kidscraft #craftsforkids

Ocean

Food words to read and write in the Housekeeping Center.

Parent teacher

FREE A social story mini-book on how to handle frustration in color and black & white.

A Customer Appreciation FREEBIE - A social story to help children learn positive classroom behaviors . #classroom #ideas by rhea

Tantrums Don't Help Me Fix a Problem is a social story created by TAP. This particular social story is written to help children understand why tantrums will not fix their problem. It also helps the...

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