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14 Brilliant Ways to Teach Character, Setting, Problem and Solution

Are you looking for inspiration to teach your students how to write their best, most brilliant stories? Look no further! I have some great ideas for you to motivate your students and have them engaged in writing stories like they’ve never been before. Where to Start? Character, setting, problem, and solution are the basic story …

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40 Plus Open-Ended Questions For Preschoolers

What is an Open-Ended Question? In a nutshell, an open-ended question is a question that has no right or wrong answer. There are as many different answers to an open-ended question as there are individual children.  What is a Closed-Ended Question? Just the opposite, a closed-ended question is a question that is set up so …

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Blending Sounds: How to Teach Children Blending More Complex Sounds

After children have mastered blending individual sounds (the alphabet), it is time to extend their knowledge to more complex sounds such as digraphs and trigraphs. Having taught Phonics for many years in different schools, I have discovered amazing strategies to help kids improve their phonics skills as long as they practice blending every day. Young …

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5 Preschool Books About Taking Turns and Sharing

Introduction I’m super excited to write this article on “Preschool Books About Taking Turns and Sharing.” The reason is, I love books, and when it comes to teaching essential life skills like taking turns and sharing, they’re absolute gems! Talking about our young kids too, you know as well as I do how vital it …

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Preschool Letter Activities: 10 Fun and Engaging Ways to Teach Letter Recognition and Sounds

Introduction  I am always so excited to share preschool letter activities with parents and educators. This is because laying the foundation for alphabet learning and phonics skills from an early age is so important, as it gives our little ones a head start in the world of reading and language. When children can recognize letters and learn letter …

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12 Fun Preschool Shapes Activities to Try

Exploring and identifying shapes is an important learning experience for preschoolers. Shapes are all around us and understanding them makes children make sense of the world. By learning shapes, kids develop their memory, visual recognition, spatial awareness and problem-solving. They should learn to identify basic shapes and recognize them in everyday objects from an early …

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Alphabet Games for Preschool: Make Learning the ABCs Fun!

Introduction Are you prepared for a unique alphabet adventure with your preschool kids? We are all aware of the role early literacy skills play in influencing our children’s future reading and writing abilities. But here’s a secret I have discovered in my years of teaching preschool kids: sitting still and staring at a boring worksheet …

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