Gayle's Preschool Rainbow - Activity Central

	Gayle's Preschool Rainbow - Activity Central "Where Early Childhood Teachers Find Ideas"
	Preschool education activities and early childhood education lesson plans that give preschool children choices. Ideas for pre-k and kindergarten teachers that enrich classroom curriculum are arranged by theme. Plus easy at home fun preschool activities and games that parents can use to reinforce early learning skills. There's even a search function and an opportunity to submit your own preschool activities and early childhood learning ideas.
	Activity Central "A rainbow of preschool education activity plans" The Winter Preschool Activity Theme has 2 web pages filled with pre-school and kindergarten learning suggestions for science, melting experiments, art and craft activities and snow activities which don't require snow. Build a few indoor snowmen or cook up popcorn snowmen with your young children. All of these chilly early childhood education ideas are in the Winter Preschool Activity Theme plus songs and fingerplays. In the Black History Theme there are curriculum activities that help preschool and kindergarten children celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Day. Youngsters learn about the history of African-Americans with early childhood lesson plans, games and songs. Inside the Preschool Rainbow Resource Room: The Hibernation Theme has preschool and kindergarten winter activities that help youngsters understand the scientific concept of hibernating /winter sleeping animals. You'll find flannel board activities, ideas for bulletin boards, poems, songs, literacy activities and dramatic play suggestions in this winter theme. Activities for Groundhog Day are in this Hibernation Theme too! There are 3 black & white printable coloring / pattern pages available for the Hibernation Activity Theme Groundhog & Poem Groundhog Puppet Bear Standing Try these delightful winter learning Penguin Preschool Activities that are sure to enrich your preschool and kindergarten curriculum with ideas for counting, early math, movement and crafts. There are 3 black & white printable coloring / pattern pages associated with this Preschool Penguin Activity Theme. Penguin Penguin On Skis Penguin - Follow the Dots In the Mittens, Mittens and Math Winter Theme young children explore the early math skills needed for recognizing numbers, counting matching pairs, sequencing, patterning and graphing. There are literacy ideas for The Mitten by Jan Brett and you'll find a dramatic play activity that can be expanded into a presentation for special occasions. There is also a black and white printable coloring page of a Mitten associated with this theme. Valentine Preschool Activities include poems, songs, art and craft activities, games and ideas for puppets that are sure to create fun holiday learning experiences for preschool and kindergarten children. Run, Run as fast as you can. You can Catch the Gingerbread Man Story with early childhood education activity plans, recipes, family projects, literacy activities, action rhymes plus more in the Gingerbread Man Activity Theme. There are 3 black and white printable coloring pattern pages associated with the Gingerbread Man Preschool Activity Theme. Gingerbread House Gingerbread Man Gingerbread Lady The Puppets Can Teach Theme has 2 web pages filled with craft ideas and activities that use puppets to enhance and stimulate the creative and cognitive abilities of young children. Invite preschool and kindergarten youngsters to learn key concepts in the areas of language, early mathematics, social studies, science, music, movement and dramatic play with the help of the puppet ideas that you'll find in the Puppets Can Teach Preschool Activity theme which includes Easy Santa Puppets and a Father Christmas Puppet too. 4 other black and white printable Puppet Pattern Pages are also associate with the Puppets Can Teach Preschool Activity Theme. Paper Bag Hand Puppet Dog / Cat Sock Puppets -Teacher Made Tooth Puppet Hand Puppet Emotions Planting an indoor classroom garden all year-round provides preschool children with lots of science experiences. You'll find activities and ideas for fall, winter, spring and summer in the Plant Growth Theme.Try Sprouting Seedlings in a ziploc bag or planting an Egg Shell Garden. Sing a few of the songs or create your own classroom Greenhouse Garden and develop a plant growth bulletin board while preschool youngsters become familiar with natural science. There are 4 Printable Coloring / Pattern Pages that help with this Plant Growth Activity Theme. Seed Growth and Flower Bean Plant Plant Growth Flower Cross-section You'll find all these Preschool Activity Themes and 60 more in the Preschool Rainbow Resource Room. How to Choose a Picture Book In this article written exclusively for the Preschool Rainbow, award winning author Ellen Jackson offers advice that early childhood teachers can give to parents about choosing good picture books for preschool children. Preschool Books Listed by Themes A pre-k curriculum resource of suggested picture books for early childhood teachers and parents of young children. With more than 20 lists of kindergarten and pre-k books for story time and the library areas of early childhood classrooms. The Preschool Rhyme Theme Collection is a curriculum resource with tons of finger plays, action poems, songs and nursery rhymes grouped according to early childhood education themes. Rhymes that enhance early learning about insects and bugs, animals, family, transportation, counting, community helpers and so much more! Animal Activities promotes pre-k and kindergarten learning with literacy, science and dramatic play ideas. Activities for Zoo Themes are here. Activities for Toddlers has 4 seasons of learning ideas and activity plans for very young preschoolers. Preschool Activities for a Dinosaur Theme Lots of early childhood classroom activities for teaching preschool children about these fascinating creatures. Alphabet Theme Preschool children have fun learning the letters of the alphabet when early childhood teachers use these activity plans and games in their classrooms. Counting and Number Theme Active learning ideas that engage both small and large groups of young children in the development of counting skills. The Preschool Links page has informative resource sites for preschool and kindergarten teachers, plus places of interest for both parents and young children. Search the Preschool Rainbow Just click E-mail Gayle to share your activities and ideas with other early childhood professionals. E-mail Gayle Preschool learning activities, themes and ideas that enrich year round early childhood curriculum.
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