Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast
By Ashley Rives
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Are you a busy preschool teacher who loves gaining new ideas, perspectives and inspiration for your classroom? The Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast is here to help you up your confidence in educating early learners in a quick, actionable way!
As an early educator who is still in the classroom, Ashley Rives will share the ins and outs of how she runs her classroom in a play-based, child-centered way. Each week, expect a new episode focused on actionable strategies to level up your abilities and confidence as a preschool teacher.
Ashley Rives is an early educator with over 17 years of experience and a strong passion to help teachers implement child-centered learning in preschool classrooms all over the world. You can follow her on Instagram @lovelycommotion or learn more at the Lovely Commotion Preschool Resources website: www.lovelycommotion.com.
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The Preschool Classroom Mistakes That Create Chaos Later
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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5 Ways Teachers Are Using Visual Schedules Wrong (And What to Do Instead)
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May 27, 2026 |
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What to Send Home This Summer (That Kids Will Actually Use)
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May 13, 2026 |
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How to Make Assessments Feel Less Overwhelming (Without Skipping Them)
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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What Kids Are Actually Learning in Dramatic Play
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Small Spring Shifts, Big Classroom Energy
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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The Science of Spring: More Than Cute Crafts
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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From Recognition to Application: A Better Way to Teach Preschool Skills
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Name Writing Routines That Build Confidence (One Child at a Time)
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Friendship Drama? Friendship Skills Are Learned Behaviors
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Arctic Animals, Hibernation & Hands-On Winter Centers
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Circle Time Check-In: What's Working Mid-Year
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Going Beyond Story Time with Interactive Read-Alouds
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Inviting Preschoolers to Write - Without Pressure
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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The Real Work Behind Name Writing
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Handwriting vs. Writing: Why They're Not the Same
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Why Classroom Jobs Aren't Just 'Cute' - They're Crucial
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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How I Keep Circle Time Engaging (Without Losing My Mind)
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Circle Time Isn't Broken (You Just Need a Better Reason)
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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The First Few Weeks of Circle Time: What to Do (and What to Skip)
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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The First Day of Preschool: What to Prep (and What to Forget)
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Why Transitions Are the Hidden Troublemakers of the Preschool Day
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Big Update Alert! Your Two & Three Year Old Curriculum Just Got a Whole Lot Better
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Building a Preschool Schedule That Works
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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The Importance of Rotating Centers for Maximum Learning
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Using Play Centers to Teach Executive Functioning Skills
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Transform Your Light Table All Year Long with Seasonal Mats!
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May 21, 2025 |
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Why 'Just Go Play' Doesn't Work: Explicitly Teaching Center Skills
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May 07, 2025 |
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Stop! Don't Hand That Preschooler a Pencil...Yet!
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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5 Surprising Benefits of Preschool Assessments
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Biggest Small Group Mistakes (And How to Fix Them!)
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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What is Bookmaking? How to use it to Encourage Preschool Writing
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Teaching Young Children How Reading Works
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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How to Build a Sensory Bin for Preschoolers
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Shared Reading Meets Winter Fun
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Tips for Incorporating Loose Parts in Preschool Play
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Teaching Missing Skills: How 'If-Instead' Thinking Can Transform Your Preschool Classroom
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Using Assessment Data to Plan Lessons
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Preschool Calendar and Why We Still Use It
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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What is Subitizing and How Can We Teach It?
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Our Favorite December Activities
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Our Favorite December Activities
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Using Fine Motor Boxes in Preschool
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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5 Reasons Why Assigning Centers Can Backfire
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Teaching Conflict Resolution in Preschool
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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How to use Writing Invitations in Preschool
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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How to use Games to Teach Preschool Math Skills
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Bringing Literacy Into Your Fall Unit
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Preschool Cutting Tips
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Circle Time - The Do's and Don'ts
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Top 5 Games for Circle Time
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Inside My Circle Time Cart
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Things to Consider When Setting Up Circle Time
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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How Long to Schedule Centers
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Important Considerations to Take When Setting Up Your Preschool Classroom
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Why Planning Classroom Management Before Day 1 Makes all the Difference
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Hard Truths about Behavior Management in the Preschool Classroom
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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The Chill Spot
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Overview of my Plan to Implement Literacy
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Ways to Teach Emergent Literacy Skills
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Early Literacy Is More Than Letter Learning
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Prep Centers Now, Save Sanity Later
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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When Center Time Gets Overwhelming
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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The Un-popular Play Centers
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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5 Strategies for Keeping Preschoolers Engaged in Centers
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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End of the Year Reflection
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May 29, 2024 |
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Parent Teacher Conference Tips for Early Educators
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May 15, 2024 |
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Analyzing Preschool Assessment Data
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May 08, 2024 |
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Our New Assessment Approach in Preschool
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May 01, 2024 |
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Keep Circle Time Lively
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Quick & Easy Circle Time Games
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Keeping Our Year Simple
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Why We Need to Stop Telling Preschoolers to Share
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Teaching Peer to Peer Communication
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Survey of the Day - Preschool Graphing
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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How to Use Environmental Print in the Preschool Classroom
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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9 Pre-K Math Games We Love
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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When Behavior Supports Aren’t Working
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Going Beyond Managing Behaviors
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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What Student Behaviors are Telling You
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Beware of Classroom Rewards
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Honest Truth about Behavior Charts
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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8 Valentine Activities Your Preschoolers Will Love
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Activities for Teaching Children to be Good Friends
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Why we Use a Name Writing Notebook
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Indoor Gross Motor Games
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Winter Activities that Preschoolers Love!
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Tips for Keeping Holiday Stress Down
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Why We Change Out Our Drama Center
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Get Ready for December!
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Transforming Preschool Behaviors with Social Emotional Learning
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Art Center Storage
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Using Nursery Rhymes in Preschool
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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5 Ways to Encourage Writing Through Play
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Master List of Social Emotional Skills to Teach
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Is it Time to Start Small Group?
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Parent Education Boards
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Tips for Teaching Classroom Procedures
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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How to Teach Classroom Procedures
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Why you should be Using Visual Procedure Cards
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Visual Schedules for Preschool
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Center Signs that Work Harder
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Preschool Centers: Free Choice or Rotation?
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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3 Must-Do’s for the Beginning of the Year
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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A Guide to Preschool Centers
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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How to Set Up a Preschool Classroom
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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A Detailed Look at the Preschool 2 & 3 Year Old Plans
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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How to Make a Classroom Schedule for Preschool
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Finding the Time to Implement Literacy Experiences in the Preschool Classroom
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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What is Shared and Interactive Writing in Preschool?
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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How to Teach Literacy without LOTW
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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My Top Tips for Preschool Small Group
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Organizing Your Preschool Small Groups
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Preschool Small Group Activity Ideas
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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How to Effectively Group Preschoolers for Small Group
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May 31, 2023 |
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5 Reasons to Have Preschool Small Group
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May 24, 2023 |
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Using Meaningful Experiences to Teach Letters
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May 17, 2023 |
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How to Make Preschool Clean Up Time Easier
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May 10, 2023 |
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Ideas for Preschool Classroom Jobs
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May 03, 2023 |
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Streamline Your Preschool Assessments Process
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Must Have Items for the Preschool Light Table
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Gross Motor Development in Preschool
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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How to use Write the Room for Engaged Learning
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Making Preschool Assessments Engaging
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Do This Not That – Assessment Edition
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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9 Of Our Favorite Spring Activities
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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What are Play Schemes and Why are they Important?
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Level Up Your Preschool Science Center
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Tips for Teaching Name Writing
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Things To Do Before Teaching Name Writing
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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A Circle Time Plan for Preschool
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Process Art Vs. Crafts in Preschool
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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5 Winter Fine Motor Activities
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Supercharge Your Preschool Circle Time
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Why Every Preschooler Needs to be Playing Cooperative Games
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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The Back from Break Struggles
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Free Play + Playful Learning = Engaged Centers
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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Benefits of Free Choice Play
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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How to Teach Social Emotional Skills
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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Which Social Emotional Skills to Teach
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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Why You Should be Teaching Social Emotional Skills
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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STEM and Preschoolers- The WHY
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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10 Ways to Boost Attention Spans
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Leveling Up your Centers with Tray Tasking
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Should Preschoolers be doing Worksheets?
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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Simple Ways to Build Positive Student Connections
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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A Simple Classroom Management Trick that Works Every Time!
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Preschool Circle Time
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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What Play-Based Learning Means in a Preschool Classroom
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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3 Mindset Shifts Preschool Teachers Need to Make regarding Teaching Letter Recognition
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast - Trailer
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Oct 03, 2022 |