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Back to School Survival Guide for Preschool Parents

July 29, 2025 by Katie T. Christiansen 1 Comment

Making the First Day of Preschool a Little Less Scary (and a Lot More Sweet) Ahhh… the first day of preschool. Just saying it brings up all the feels, right? Preschool parents can find themselves feeling a wide variety of emotions at back to school time. Whether it’s your first time dropping off a little one or your fifth, back to school can hit you in the heart. It’s a strange mix of View Post

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The Best Back to School Books for Kids

July 28, 2019 by Lauren Vaughan Leave a Comment

These back to school books are perfect to help prepare preschoolers, kindergarteners, and more for a new school year! Use them at home or in a preschool circle time. #preschool #backtoschool #booksforkids

If you need the perfect back to school book, look no further! If you're looking for other books that we recommend, make sure to look at our Best Preschool Books! The back to school season is such a magical time of year! Finding the right books to welcome students back helps build young readers and foster the love of reading from the very start. These back to school picture books will help teach View Post

Filed Under: books, Circle Time, Literacy Tagged With: first day of school books

Back to School Bootcamp

Back to School Bootcamp Set yourself up for success for the school year! The first week of school sets the stage for the yearStarting a new year is no easy task.  Get the Tools you Needto succeed! Back to School Bootcamp will:Give you confidence to have the best first week possibleHelp you organize and get all your ducks in a rowGive you systems that you will View Post

Countdown to Preschool Back to School Craft

July 3, 2017 by Karen 2 Comments

This Countdown to Preschool Craft is a fun and interactive way for children to countdown to the first day of school. Your child will love tearing the loops as he or she prepares to start school for the first time.

I can’t believe that it’s already time to send my children back-to-school. I’m a little nervous this year because my little one is starting school for the first time. I may be worried, but he is so excited. He asks me every day when it’s time to go to school. I thought that it would be fun to create a "Countdown to Preschool" Back to School Craft so he could tear a link off every day and get ready View Post

Filed Under: Crafts Tagged With: Back-to-School Craft, Countdown to Preschool Craft, preschool craft, School Craft

Preschool Supplies for Back to School — Manipulatives and Puzzles

September 10, 2013 by Katie T. Christiansen 2 Comments

This is the last post in my series of my favorite supplies for back to school for preschoolers. If you missed my other posts, you can see some preschool must haves by clicking below: Art, Science, and Math Sensory Play and Fine Motor Music and Movement Now onto some more fantastic learning activities for little ones. I am featuring manipulatives and puzzles, two interest areas that I have seen View Post

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Preschool Supplies for Back to School — Music & Movement

September 2, 2013 by Katie T. Christiansen 3 Comments

I have been posting a series about my all time favorite preschool supplies. If you are looking for some ideas for the preschooler(s) in your life, you can see my must have list of art, science, and math supplies as well as sensory and fine motor supplies and manipulatives and puzzles. I find that looking through a colleague's classroom can help stir the creative powers in my mind, so I hope this View Post

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Bean Bag, Beanbags, bridge and boat, gross motor activities, music and movement, musical instruments, parachute, tunnel, winter activities

Preschool Supplies for Back to School — Sensory and Fine Motor

August 28, 2013 by Katie T. Christiansen 3 Comments

It's back to school season, and I'm continuing my series on my favorite supplies for preschool aged children. The other learning domains I have written about are art, math, and science; music and movement; and manipulatives and puzzles. Now for two more fantastic ways to offer learning experiences to young children: through sensory play and fine motor skills. Sensory play crosses several View Post

Filed Under: Featured, Fine Motor, Sensory Tagged With: discovery bottle, Fine motor skill, hand coordination, practical life, preschool science, preschool skills, sandbox, sensory bottle, water table

Preschool Supplies for Back to School

August 21, 2013 by Katie T. Christiansen 11 Comments

Here are some of my absolute favorite supplies for preschoolers! You can use these in the classroom or at home, and I've even included the places that I've found the best deals as well as the best brands available where I live. I must admit that I am always super excited when it's time to buy more supplies for my preschool. When I was an Assistant Director, I had six classrooms that I was View Post

Filed Under: Art, Featured, Main Page Tagged With: art center, art supplies, math center, Preschool education, preschool math, preschool science, preschool supplies, science center

The Best Preschool Books for Circle Time

August 25, 2024 by Lauren Vaughan Leave a Comment

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We simply can't wait to share our favorite preschool books! Whether you need a book that's sweet, silly, funny, or a perfect circle time book, we've got you covered! These fantastic circle time books are written by some of of the best authors: We chose these top ten favorite authors because their books are ones that children want to read time and time again! They have an amazing way of View Post

Filed Under: books, Circle Time Tagged With: preschool literacy

Fun and Exciting August Preschool Themes

August 1, 2024 by Lauren Vaughan Leave a Comment

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These fun and exciting August preschool themes are the perfect way to get hands-on with your littles. August is a great month to soak up the sun and hold onto those long summer days. For even more theme ideas, check out our list of ultimate preschool themes! No matter what August looks like for you, these August themes for preschool are perfect for helping children love learning and make View Post

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