Read our strategy for cleaning Pads without ruining the screens. Preschoolers are many things. Â They are sweet, they are cute, they are entertaining, they are creative, they are clever, but most of them tend not to be very clean. Â Which is why after just a few weeks of use, our iPads were filthy. They have […]
Augmented Reality in the Classroom: Writing Numbers 1 through 9
Have you heard of Augmented Reality in the classroom? The minute I read about it, I knew I had to try it in our Pre-K classroom. I think of augmented reality as one step beyond QR codes. We did a lot with QR codes last year. We used them to self-correct our counting activities and […]
Using Digital Tools to Create a Portfolio for Your Students
It is a tradition in the early childhood classes here to send each child home at the end of the year with a portfolio that documents the fun and learning that they experienced over the course of the school year. Â This tradition spans back at least a decade. Â When it first began, teachers used […]
Journaling on the ipad with Pre-Schoolers
Each day the kids in our class make a “Play Plan.” They decide what they want to play with, draw a picture of it, and write it down. We pulled this idea from the Tools of the Mind curriculum, based on some of Vygotzky’s research. One of the things we love about doing things […]
Experimenting with an ipad mini.
Today we had the chance to use a mini ipad during our learning center time. Our school secretary is the proud owner of one of these wonder-devices and she was brave enough to allow us to put it into the hands of our preschoolers. She’s just that amazing. She actually doesn’t even realize how brave […]
Using a Stylus with an ipad in Pre-School & Kindergarten
I love it when our Technology Coordinator drops off new fun stuff for us to experiment with! She knew we’d been looking to try giving each of our students a stylus. So when she was on Spring Break, she picked up a few! The kids and I were all excited to try them out. […]
Giraffes: A Popplet and a Project
It’s giraffe week in our class. Â We’re learning all about them! Did you know they only need to drink every few days? Â We have a collection of giraffe facts that we always share with our class and thought it would be fun to spice things up a little bit. Â I started scrolling through Pinterest and […]
