Our freebie of templates this week has been developed for educators like our Director and her son's preschool teacher: instructors who think outside the box and who want to discover new ways to utilize simple formats. These teachers recognize that they do not teach their students; they motivate them and teach alongside them. They provide the "spark" for lifelong learning.

Lauren KistOctober 27, 2017early childhood, learning, inspire, teacher, preschool, homeschool, curriculum, activities

Fill Your Holidays with Teachable Moments

There are so many great learning opportunities and teachable moments during the holidays. We align these experiences and "Mini-Units" with our standard based curriculum. Similar to our year-long curriculum, the holiday curriculum is standard based and aligned with Teaching Strategies Gold Objectives. Each activity focuses on one of the objectives in Teaching Strategies Gold: listening, counting, sequencing, reading, beginning sounds, or sorting.

Lauren KistOctober 19, 2017reading, early reading, teaching reading, halloween, christmas, thanksgiving, activities, hands-on

Early Literacy Fun: Alphabet Find in the Sand Box

How can you make learning fun for your child? In the sandbox! Have some early literacy fun with alphabet find in the sand box. Bury plastic letters of the alphabet and have your child dig them up and tell you what letter they found. It’s a great way for them to learn and fun for parents and children.