No really, The Mailbox magazine is one of the best inventions for preschool teachers. I would go on to say that parents could use it as well, but it is geared more towards teachers.
The Mailbox magazine provides themes, activities, and time saving ideas for teachers and providers in order to shape lesson plans and curriculums.
I owe many of my classroom ideas to this magazine. The Mailbox is a great time saver and a great thinker when my mind has lost its pizazz!
A subscription runs for $29.95 for one year. For more details, check out their website .
- #1 Jam Hands Holder
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
And now for the even smaller wallet
Nothing wrong with being a tight wad, as long as that wad can go the distance.
Buying a new toy every time your child becomes bored can be exasperating, time consuming, and unrealistic.
If the manufacturers can't keep your child interested, why can't you?
In order to create your own puzzle, find the shapes that you want, trace them onto two sheets of paper, one colored and one white. Cut the shapes out of the colored sheet of paper and laminate them. Then just laminate the other sheet of paper and let your kids at the puzzle! Just remember that the more intricate the puzzle, the longer it will take to make. This is a wonderful way for kids to use fine motor and memory skills, as well as identifying shapes!
Buying a new toy every time your child becomes bored can be exasperating, time consuming, and unrealistic.
If the manufacturers can't keep your child interested, why can't you?
In order to create your own puzzle, find the shapes that you want, trace them onto two sheets of paper, one colored and one white. Cut the shapes out of the colored sheet of paper and laminate them. Then just laminate the other sheet of paper and let your kids at the puzzle! Just remember that the more intricate the puzzle, the longer it will take to make. This is a wonderful way for kids to use fine motor and memory skills, as well as identifying shapes!
Don't buy an expensive laminator. These sheets are fabulous and are inexpensive when sold separately.
And now to get creative...
While new products and deals are great, kids need other creative outlets.
One of my favorite times during the day is art and center play time. The kids learn through play and teachers get to run their fingers through green sand and squish some paint onto a paper plate.
My favorite time of the day can also be the most costly. The children love to create, but our pockets hate to take the trip to the craft store every week.
One tip for reusing old markers is to dip those markers into water. The results are reminiscent of water colors. The children love that they are allowed to use the water and watch it turn colors!
To reuse old string try using it as a beading device. The smaller the beads, the older the kids must be for this activity, but they will love making a necklace or bracelet for mom!
- #1 Jam Hands Holder
One of my favorite times during the day is art and center play time. The kids learn through play and teachers get to run their fingers through green sand and squish some paint onto a paper plate.
My favorite time of the day can also be the most costly. The children love to create, but our pockets hate to take the trip to the craft store every week.
One tip for reusing old markers is to dip those markers into water. The results are reminiscent of water colors. The children love that they are allowed to use the water and watch it turn colors!
To reuse old string try using it as a beading device. The smaller the beads, the older the kids must be for this activity, but they will love making a necklace or bracelet for mom!
- #1 Jam Hands Holder
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Race cars, Converse, and Milk Duds...oh my!
There is only one way to make a grown woman contemplate how to justify buying herself a pencil case.
Make it into a shoe and present a multitude of color options! CoolPencilCase.com offers unique pencil cases, erasers, pens, and pencils themselves.
CoolPencilCase.com has a pencil case that is filled with "orange soda" that flows into oranges when you tip the case over. There are even fast food erasers!
For those in love with the furry kind of friends, these would be perfect . And since I am in love with all things Asian, I would like about 100 of these .
CoolPencilCase.com rates as my find of the week. The prices aren't all that bad either, ranging from around $7 to $34.
- #1 Jam Hands Holder
Make it into a shoe and present a multitude of color options! CoolPencilCase.com offers unique pencil cases, erasers, pens, and pencils themselves.
CoolPencilCase.com has a pencil case that is filled with "orange soda" that flows into oranges when you tip the case over. There are even fast food erasers!
For those in love with the furry kind of friends, these would be perfect . And since I am in love with all things Asian, I would like about 100 of these .
CoolPencilCase.com rates as my find of the week. The prices aren't all that bad either, ranging from around $7 to $34.
- #1 Jam Hands Holder
Saturday, July 17, 2010
I need YOUR help!
If you have a great new method to teaching, know of a new product that people should try, or just have opinions, please share them with me at chuisjen@gmail.com . Perhaps you could even be a guest blogger!
- #1 Jam Hands Holder
- #1 Jam Hands Holder
The Jam Hands philosophy
Children should be seen and not heard, every other child has ADD, and television warps minds.
While this blogger will most likely never trace through these lines, children will always be the main subject. Jam Hands will be a blog for new ideas to be told, old practices to be reviewed, and fun new products to be tested.
Parents want to know how teachers really think, teachers want to know new ways to work through the day, and everyone wants new products to entertain and teach in order to reach that illusive fifteen minute nap.
So wait a minute to clean those dishes, put off bleaching those toys, give the kids some peanut butter and jelly, and watch out for those jam hands.
-#1 Jam Hands Holder
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