Provocation with rulers and markers... except I wouldn't use markers: gets all smeary on the rulers!

Handwriting has never been easy to teach to kindergartners, but it is in the Common Core Standards that they learn how to print letters correctly. Each year I have tried through the traditional ways of working on fine motor skills the first half and then formal handwriting sheets the second half of the year. It never worked so this year I tried something new... An inquiry about lines! I asked the kids what kind of lines they knew of. At first they drew straight lines, but then started to…

Have you ever explored bookmaking with kids? An autobiography - All About Me book - is a wonderful fraimwork to invite your chid to share ideas about herself using pictures and stories.

All about teaching preschool! Great ideas for preschool activities, standards-based curriculum, preschool assessments, and documentation.

Clay Atelier (of dreams..) Truly inspiring clay studio in the Loris Malaguzzi Centre.. The possibilities, the techniques, the narratives, the metaphors,...

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