Trello saved my teacher desk from endless piles of paper and my computer from a frame of sticky notes. Here are 10 ways that Trello, a digital organization for teachers, saved my desk and my teacher life. It’s FREE! You can create a free account that can be used on the web or linked to all devices with an app. You can have up to 10 free Trello boards that can be used to digital plan and organize your teacher life. Share and Collaborate When using Trello lesson planning you will be able to share your pacing calendar with other likeminded teachers and work smarter instead of harder. No HASSLE Small Group Organization Trello templates for teachers are a great way to get your small groups organized, you will never again have to retype your small group list because you moved a few students around. You can drag and drop students around from one group to another and if you need to take notes on a child for an IEP referral you are able to do that within the app. All Needed Files Are Just a Click Away Link files for referrals, activities and fliers from your computer or cloud storage to cards for easy access. Never again will you forget where a file is. Keep Lesson All in One Place Never plan another lesson twice again. Trello digital planning will allow you to plan everything out in a Trello yearly planner card where you can house everything you need for that lesson. Links to files, YouTube videos, music and books. Each time it’s ready to teach. Label and Color Code Cards Label and color code information in planning cards so that information can be identified at a glance. Important Dates to Remember Add important dates to your yearly lesson planning template cards and put a due date on it so that you have all due dates in one place along with your lesson plans. Never Forget Lesson at Home There is no worse feeling than realizing you left your lesson on the kitchen counter and don’t have time to go back and get them. NEVER AGAIN! You can access all of your planning boards from any device. No More Scrambling for Notes You can take all observation notes in a Trello teacher template for small groups. When it’s time for a referral you will have everything right there in one place. No more running back to your classroom for those needed notes for an IEP meeting. It’s as Easy as Using Sticky Notes It's as easy as using sticky notes but you will have an infant amount of notes that won't be stuck where you will forget where you put them, because you can find your notes on any device. Reminder notes and checklist right in your pocket. Other Ways Teachers Can use Trello
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Our morning journal writing is the perfect start to get children ready for writing in preschool and this mobile writing center has everything that we need for all of the preschool journal writing prompts. ![]() This 3-tiered cart makes it a dream to roll out to any table that we would like to use for our morning routine of journal writing. Want to start your own morning routine of journal writing? You can grab my FREE Journals in Preschool Guide HERE. So, what’s on the mobile journal writing center? This beauty holds EVERYTHING needed to get our morning preschool journal writing prompts ready before the kids walk in for the day. On the top tier of the mobile cart, we house the children’s journals in a tote to keep them up right and ready for the children to find their own journal. On the side of the cart there are two clips on storage cups that house journal clips so that children can easily find the page we are working on. The second one holds glue sticks for teachers to put the preschool journal writing prompts in the journal with and for easy access for children to grab a glue stick when needed for the prompt. In front of the journals, we have 3 trays stacked on top of one another with strips of colored paper for cutting and tearing, letter tiles and number tiles for collage. The middle tire has everything needed for writing. The writing caddy is easily removable so that it can be placed in the middle of the table. What’s in the caddy-
The very bottom tire has more writing tools
I know that this mobile Journal Writing Center in Preschool I love good winter themed art activities for preschoolers, but I also know that I need to accommodate some really good winter learning activities for preschoolers. Below you will find my students top 10 winter learning activities for preschoolers that will keep them engaged and learning all winter long. At the top of the list is no other than Winter Themed Science Activities for Preschoolers My students love a good science activity and these winter themed science activities for preschoolers are ones that will get repeated over and over again because the children keep asking for them. Winter Rain Science Activity This is a simple water play science activity where children can learn how rain is formed in clouds. All you need to do is pock holes in the bottom of a clear plastic cup, I used a hot nail to make the holes. Add a little bit of blue watercolor to the water and give children a can of shaving cream to make a cloud in the cup. Have children scoop water with a tablespoon or small measuring cup and pour it over the shaving cream cloud. Children will discover that the water builds up in the cloud to form rain that falls from the clouds. Winter Ice Science Activity Children will enjoy building ice sculptures with ice cubes, salt and liquid watercolors. Set is simple, all you will need is a tray like a cookie sheet with sides, ice, salt, liquid watercolors or food coloring. Have children stack ice and use the salt to help the ice stick together. Then have them drip different colors on top of the structure so that they can observe the color following through to channels that the salt formed. Winter Iceberg Engineering Activity My children grab this activity tray almost every day so that they can build and rebuild icebergs for the arctic animals.
Winter Themed Math Activities for Preschoolers Winter STEAM Math Activity Snowflakes are nothing but amazing. I love to share with children how each snowflake is different in shape, size and patterns. The beautiful thing about snowflakes is that they are symmetrical. With this loose parts activity children can learn how to build symmetrical snowflakes with a loose parts tray of different color and size of floral stones. Winter Math Counting Activity Stringing beads is always a class favorite so when you pull out this bead stringing activity your children will be sure to give it a try. All you need to do is grab some bamboo skewers, snowflake beads or winter-colored beads and the snowflake number printable. You can grab it for FREE in the freebie vault. Stick skewers into a foam board and tape the snowflakes to the board and away you go. Math Mitten Activities for Preschool Mitten Graphing Activity I don’t know which one of these math mitten activities are the children’s favorite because they enjoyed each and every one of them. But… If I have to pick one I would have to say I enjoyed doing the mitten graphing activity with them the most. I always like doing data collecting activities with the children because their eyes just light up when they are able to answer questions based on their data collection sheet. Mitten Pattern Activity Patterns, patterns everywhere. My children have been rocking the pattern skills and I chalk it all up to these fun hands-on learning activities that incorporate building patterns. All you need to do is put a bunch of color mittens in a sensory tray and encourage your kiddos to make patterns as they tweezer the mittens out. Mitten Number Order Activity Winter Themed Language and Literacy Activities for Preschoolers Snowflake Sticker Letter Activities This is one of my class favorites! I mean all children love to use stickers and if I can use stickers in a way to help them learn their letters then I’m going to do it. All you need to do is add letters to the FREE printable that you can find in the freebie vault. Print and place around your classroom. Write letters on dot stickers for the children to use to walk around the room and find the matching letter snowflake. Mitten Beginning Sound Picture Cards If an activity has a data sheet my preschoolers will run to the activity. They especially like to find the letters in their name and then write each of those letters on their letter data collecting sheet. Well, that’s the top 10 winter learning activities for preschoolers, I hope you found a few that will help you with all of your planning needs.
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