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I was born and raised in San Diego, Ca. I now live in Las Vegas, Nevada. I'm married with 4 children ages 7,8,10 and 12 all boys. I'm a preschool teacher at a private NAEYC accredited Jewish School. We are currently learning about Reggio inspired environments and working on QRIS using Enviroment Rating Scale (ECERS).I currently work with a very creative teacher, who inspires me Mr. West. I have been teaching preschool for 15 years. I love children and marvel at a child's curiosity.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Preschool Physics

Playing with pendulums can help children find out more about gravity and motion.

Ask questions such as, "Did you notice what happened when you released the block?"
"What can make the pendulum stop moving?" List their observations for later discussion.




Preparation for Number Writing

Make lots of bubbles
                                                           

Introducing Strokes with Stories
                                                  

Imagine a fluffy cloud. Make your clouds rain.



Walking sideways and going down a slide.





We love math "Hands Down"

I offered different paper sizes and colors. Each cup has  a different number on it. Inside the cup is a number with that amount in dots for children that do not have number recognition yet.

They can chose one hand or two depending on the size of the paper.

So many different can implement this activity.
You can use it for addition, subtraction and number recognition to name a few.
I traced my hands and cut them out. As a fine motor excercise
you could have them trace thier own hands and cut them out.









In small groups we used small paper hands to solve addition number stories.
Vocabulary-add, join, all together,symbol,and plus sign.