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How To Write Preschool Lesson Plans A Year In Advance

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How To Write Preschool Lesson Plans A Year In Advance
If you are a teacher, whether in a traditional school setting or a homeschool setting, you have probably spent countless hours working on lesson plans. Sarah, from Stay at Home Educator, found she spent almost as many hours working on lesson plans as she spent teaching them. Once she realized that, she came up with this amazing method for planning out an entire year’s worth of preschool lesson plans before the first day of school. She follows a few simple steps that include creating a calendar, figuring out themes, deciding how to teach reading and math, and creating a list of activities.

Sarah’s system is easy to follow and great for both experienced teachers and new ones. Read though this great tutorial to learn more: How To Write Preschool Lesson Plans A Year In Advance

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  1. Thanks to Sarah for her advices! I`m sure she did a big research before developing her system. It`s quite useful for beginner teachers like me.

  2. My colleagues and that i have found several resources, free or otherwise – things from schoolroom signs and labels, to games, to full lessons – particularly those geared toward younger youngsters. i might advocate trying up the free resources 1st to visualize what you’ll be able to gather up before disbursement any cash.

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Printable Houses to Use as Christmas Decorations

I guess this isn’t exclusively a kid’s craft or learning activity (though cutting and folding are great for developing fine motor skills!) but I think kids would love having some of these printable holiday houses around the house or classroom to play with in the holiday season. Because they’re made of paper, they’re inexpensive to make, and while there is assembly involved the results are well worth the work.

If you have a cutting machine you can use the cut files from Delia Creates to make making your own paper village that much easier. She actually cut out all her buildings in different colors of card stock and used them to decorate a wreath, but you could also put them on the mantle or on a low table for kids to play with. Make a whole small world scene complete with fake snow, little characters and other elements, and kids are sure to start making their own stories to go with the setup.

This set of houses is printed and cut out using a craft knife. It’s meant to be an advent calendar, with each of the buildings numbered and you can stick a treat inside. But you could also just play with the buildings! You can get a free download of four buildings from Little House on the Corner, or head to the post to see where you can buy the whole set.

The Mavelo website isn’t in English, but their printable gingerbread house template is super cute to use as a gift box or to play with. If you need the instructions the website is in Polish but Google Translate seems to do a pretty good job.

Bora Illustrates has an adorable little house to print, cut and assemble featuring a cat, bird and gingerbread person. You could probably print it in black and white and have your kiddo color it, too.

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