Kids use team work to create this wheel.

It's that time again! Early Childhood Educators all over the world are gearing up for Naeyc's annual "The week of the Young Child". Here are some ideas for you upcoming week 1. Special Feature: Create a slide show featuring your class, enter text supporting the importance of a child's early years. Invite parents for your special presentation. Serve popcorn and drinks! 2. Our Special Book: Have your parents each contribute to writing a class book. Each parent send in a note about what makes…

Kids will love this cooperative activity that builds teamwork, planning, communication, and fine motor skills.

Last week was finally our first week of school. It was great!! I was thinking about posting some of the cool things we did and realize...

Help preschoolers learn about friendship and sharing with this fun activity inspired by Should I Share My Ice Cream? Perfect for a preschool class activity on friendship & sharing, a playdate, or even for siblings who are learning to share. So easy to set up and super fun!

This toddler friendship activity is easy and fun to make and is a simple reminder that we are all friends in our classroom. Free printable!

Here at OLP, today was "Wacky Wednesday", and boy did we have a CRAZY day!!! First, all of the teachers played a joke on the students by switching which class they would be teaching...so the "new" First Grade teacher was: MRS. KELLY!!!! The students came into the class to not only find a "new" teacher, but that there were 18 wacky things different in the classroom. The first "assignment" of the day, was to find something that was "wacky" and put a post-it on it...Juliana figured Mrs. Kelly…

Teach teamwork and build community through play-based learning; collaborative play in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten classroom; taking turns in Pre-K.

A positive team building activity for any class. A great activity for Spanish class before Thanksgiving.