1. Classroom structure. Activities : Plan an effective room design ; Write the first letter home ; Structure story time carefully ; Make snacktime count! ; Emphasize responsibility and group time for fine-motor centers ; Make transitions smooth ; Create a choice board ; Include regular computer time ; Sing out loud ; Say good-bye calmly -- 2. Creative centers. Dramatic play areas activities : Time to shop ; Wrap it up ; Ice cream, ice cream ; The mail room ; Wash and dry ; Pizza, pizza, pizza ; Vet clinic ; Baker's work ; Camp out ; Take me to the zoo ; Beauty time ; Little builders ; Flowers for sale ; All through the seasons ; The pumpkin patch ; Going on a trip ; Pet care -- Discovery and sensory areas activities : Cleaning crew ; Pumpkin wash ; Soft and creamy ; Sensory glurch ; Check it out ; Fasten it ; Water and sand table fun ; What a ball ; Frozen treasures ; Going out ; Punch it ; At the car wash ; Story box treasure ; Magnets ; Snow cookies -- 3. Group lessons. Academic growth activities : Train counters ; What was that sound? ; Muffin tops ; Glass of milk ; Tops and bottoms ; Daytime/nighttime ; Pie count ; Push and pull ; Apple chart ; Sink or float? ; Feed the bear ; Key match ; The right tool for the job ; Size it ; Same and different match ; Where they live ; Red star pictures ; Interactive bulletin board -- Social skills activities : Fishing for a friend ; Smile, please ; The circle snack ; Hide-and-seek names ; Face it ; Bless you ; Family graph ; Dull day holiday ; Penny savers ; Feelings video ; Puppets pop up ; How are you today? ; Get a job ; A new friend -- Hands-on learning experiences activities : Farm scavenger hunt ; Focus on the outdoors ; Box it in ; Plant a seed ; Pop pop ; Beach ball bop ; Scarecrow stuffing ; Hand in the sand ; Hatching ; Trim the tree ; Zoo path ; Discovery box ; Fishin' positions ; Find the room ; Make what I make ; What sense? ; Think like a scientist ; Creepy crawly bug hunt -- Musical creativity activities : Musical lights ; Hands-on fingerplays ; Scarf dance ; Conga line ; Jukebox rhymes -- 4. Arts and crafts. Child-centered expressive art activities : From caterpillar to butterfly ; Stuck on you ; Gift of time ; Jungle zone mural ; Hangin' around mobile ; Book-craft connections ; Tissue lights ; Farm visit ; White to bright ; Write a book ; Blooming artist ; Partner art ; Disappearing art ; Body outlines ; My beautiful face ; Around it goes ; Cocoa bear ; Beach scene ; Squishy butterflies ; Mouse painting ; Paint spinner ; Place it here ; Sticker story ; Stringers ; Chalk talk -- Creative tools and methods activities : Cut it out ; Rolling around ; Polar fluff ; Dough fun ; Toothbrush painting ; Sock art ; Making tracks ; Painted fingers ; Shadow art ; Light as a feather ; Something's afoot ; Marble paintings ; Rubbings ; Glue designs; Bubble up ; Magnetic pull ; Rip it up ; Foam art -- 5. Learning games. Board games activities : Lights out ; Sounds like a bingo ; Dress the snowman ; Train car categories ; Shape spinner ; Who, what , where ; Hands-on bingo ; Parts of the whole ; Weather expressions -- Thinking games activities : Concepts cards ; Make a match ; Flip it open ; Bottled up ; What's missing, snowman? ; Package clues ; Shoe box match ; Petal counters ; Strike one -- Verbal games activities : Who took the honey from the teddy bear? ; Drive-through window ; Mouse house color game ; Gobble, gobble! ; Moo, roar, quack -- Movement games activities : Leap frog lily colors ; Hugging hearts ; Shake the beanbag ; Roll with the wind ; Wrap it again and again and again ; Feed the squirrel ; Playground tumble ; Puppy run ; Knockout ; Spoon races ; Freeze and go ; Hamper toss ; Blanket roll -- 6. Family involvement. Involving families in the home setting activities : The quilt ; Create a story ; Picture perfect ; Homework hurrah ; Take-home art box ; I've got a secret ; Backpack home ; Color day bag ; Data collection ; Reading center ; Friendship chain -- Involving families in the school setting activities : Traveling notebooks ; Invite them in ; Family game day ; Giving back ; Stuffed animals come to school ; Generational greetings ; Friendship collage ; Pocket full ; Rhyme time ; Family favorites ; Newsletter ; On a positive note ; Conference notes.
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