Hunter Beech: Watch the first 45 minutes of Full Metal Jacket, that should give you some ideas.
Devon Kalberer: do more fun activities
Patrick Bitsui: Try a different theme for the week to add into your curriculum. Go to educational stores or websites for more ideas.http://www.kidzone.ws, or http://www.first-school.ws
Lahoma Beadell: Preschool education does not have to be academic think about pre-readiness skills. Following a schedule, taking turns, fine motor development, gross motor development and the #1 language concepts and development. Themed activities are great. I use to do a theme a week. It is a great starting off point.A 3 hour schedule8-8:20 arrival routine, maybe some free play as kids arrive8:20-8:45 fine motor development (puzzles, blocks, beads, tweezers, tongs, coloring.. etc. anything that involves the hands and fingers.8:45-9:15 Centers- set up different stations and have the kids rotate between stations these can even be toy or pla! y related, but you are teaching kids to follow a schedule and routines for readiness skills. Building center, house keeping center, cars/ trains/ transportation center, sensory table (sand, rice, water anything kids can put their hands in.. I typically change this once a week).9:15-9:35 Circle time, songs, finger plays, story, gross motor activities that involve music and imitating the teacher, calendar, sharing.9:35-10:00 recess or gross motor development. Work on catching a ball, jumping rope, climbing, running, skipping, jumping, hopping, riding bikes, kicking a ball, obstacle course, bean bag toss.10:10:20- Snack10:20-10:40 Arts and crafts painting, coloring, gluing, cutting, stickers, glitter- or book making pre-reading activities with letters and sounds or language concepts such as prepositions. Something they can take home and parents can review for "homework"/ practice.10:40-11:00 free play until parents come to pick them up....Show more
Hunter Osterberger: B! uy some pre-school sing-a-long tapes. They love that.Tapes abo! ut animals, the weather and even mobility.
Anton Waln: If you are a teacher's assistant then you are suppose to be getting guideline of what you are suppose to be doing. You are only 16... The "teacher" should have opportunities for you to do.Now you can do lots of pretend activities. Those never get old with that age group. It depends on how many you haveYou can read a chapter or few of a chapter book with lots of character (if this is difficult to find write one of your own ahead of time)... then everyone chose or is assigned a character... they have to act out how the book would end.Or better yet make paper bag puppets and write an alternative ending to the story. Act out the story and the ending with the puppet. (You can present it to the younger group at your school). You guys can also try to act out alternative stories of there favorite movies.If you have a sandbox and a figurinesor cars (1 for each person) have them gather twigs and stuff and each person build ! on house out of a cave in the sand and twigs/leaves. Then there is a village assign a doctor, mayor... and act out how a village interacts... maybe current events like fires and flood near by.You can always go with gym games. Dodge ball, red-light-green light... the statue game: you say the poem little statue little state tomorrows market... I need a XXXX (fill in a name of animal or profession or something interactive) then the kid pose as the thing you say then you tap each person to make the act out what that thing does (some times they try to get goofy and get some laughs) then tap them again to turn them off. Chose the best actor to be the next it to say the poem.
Lynn Melbourne: Hmmm... do you have an administration for child care class that you can take. There is a LOT involved with being the administrator.Hiring/Letting Go- keeping staff (Remember that it takes more $$$ to rehire another than it does to keep the present staff glad to be there.)Planning pay ra! tes, increasesEvaluationsPlanning and/or teaching trainingsOrganization! and responsibility of keeping updated staff and child recordsKeeping the preschool up to date on licensingFind a tax preparer to help you there.Purchasing of equipment, supplies, food (meal planning or hiring someone to do meal/snack planning)You will be the mentor of many of your staff. You will be the one who the parents will be sent to when there is a problem that the teachers can not solve (or don't wish too).You'll need to be reviewing lesson plans of the lead teachers and giving input... observing in the classroom. You'll need to stay up to date on research involving early childhood education and pass it along to staff.Advertising and keeping enrollment up.Deciding if, when, and how you are going to increase rates.Transportation, if you offer it.It's your job to be sure that every classroom has the appropiate number of staff in it.If there is a sick child...more often then not they come to the one in the "office" and phone calls are made by the administrator.I gues! s I'm assuming you are doing more than preschool ... doing more of a center...as I see very few private preschools that is just that...a preschool. :-) Good luck!...Show more
Moises Rupinski: Your best bet is to get the credentials and work in a school for awhile to learn all of this, or you shall surely be overwhelmed.My website has links to info on opening a child care center...http://the-preschool-pages.com/LinksAnd I post weekly tips to help preschools improve quality...http://the-preschool-pages.com/TipsGood luck!...Show more
Lucien Hellerman: board games, drawing, painting is too messy unless you can deal with it and not get it on their clothes. play school, play house, build forts with sheets
Reginald Maxi: You will have to take care of attendance, schedules both classroom and staffing; daily logs on the day as well as updates on the children's development; forms for licencing and yearly renewal; fee structure; parent invoicing; receipts; payroll ! (if you don't have an accountant); staff attendance; vacation planning,! etc.
Lu Tiner: Try downloading and printing some of the material at starfall. I have recommended this to a lot of parents who have loved it for their kids and there are a few things that you can download and use there. I will give you a link to the main page and then scroll down to the teachers section. Good Luck!
Rose Krouse: Child's play is a great software package well worth investing in . All the admin you need will be there for you to input your details in to including rotas, accounts, invoices, information forms, etc.
Miguel Koczela: i know i have to do taxes, have forms on the kids, etc. someone please help and let me know what i will have to do finances, paperwork, etc.
Alonso Crehan: Well you can always have a dance party where you put on some hip hop (appropriate music) and get the kids to really shake ....they actually enjoy this and you control the music when the music stops they freeze and you kick whoever is last to freeze or moves o! ut .....it's really fun and you can get em going and it could last 30 mins or so depending on the amount of kids you have....really encourage them to have fun and get it all out eh.....
Whitley Leopold: Duck Duck GooseTagFreeze TagRead books to them and then do activities related to the books--like Charlotte's Web--using string and paper make a spider web. Handprints--paintingDo messy play activitie--there's a good book by Lisa Murphy who writes a good messy play book.You can burry treasures in sand Have a scavenger hunt
Rana Rudell: dollar store is awesome I think the dollar tree
Robin Marchione: Here are some links I found on a Google search:http://www.waidsoft.com/funkids.htmlhttp://www.theotherpages.org/fun/http://www.creativekidsathome.com/activities.shtmlhttp://www.theideabox.com/
Elvin Mannheimer: Look for resources at your local library. They usually have a lot of reference books with curriculum ideas and setting up a classroom environments ! for young children. Or, pose as parent looking for childcare, and go se! e a local daycare and get ideas. Tell them you have a 3 year old (even if you don't, lol, nothing wrong with doing a little research). People do it all the time to see what the competition has to offer.
Coleman Senn: Hide a bunch of pipe cleaners around the playground in various colors yellow, red, black, brown etc. These are worms! Break teh kids into teams and have them collect the worms. The easier to find worms are the brightly colored ones are worth 1 point, have lots of them. Brown are worth 2 points, have enough for each team to find 5. Hide only a few black worms and they are worth 5 points. Have the teams add up there points to see who wins. (To make a little educational you can talk about camoflage and how different colors are harder and easier to see.)Get a portable radio and play a version of musical chairs with a ball. The kids sit or stand in a circle and pass the ball from one person to another. When the music stops, the person holding the ball go! es to the middle until the next person gets "out" and replaces the person in the middle; therefore only one person is in the middle of the circle at a time. This could also be played sitting down indoors on rainy days.Make paper airplanes and see who's can fly the fartherest.Freeze dance. As long as the music is playing they dance. When it stops they freeze like a statue.Sidewalk chalk.Hopscotch.I hope these help.
Clifford Gombos: Outside- Play Tag, Red Rover, Jump rope, start a rock collectionInside- Do something for Halloween crafts, games, snacks....ect. You can do that for all holidays. When the snow starts comming you can get a bunch of sugar cubes and vanilla frosting and they could make igloos out of that. You could read to them. Help them with their homework if they have any. Sing songs. Just a few ideas. Hope you can use them. Good luck!!
Elmo Tervo: I made an appt. with my accountant for a teaching lesson on how to keep records and do payroll and ta! xes - if you want to run a business, it's imperative to have those thin! gs in order. Other than that, you will have rosters,attendance, snack lists, allergies, pick up lists, the list seriously goes on and on!!
Loriann Carrigan: I'm a teacher's assistant. I just got the job about 2 months ago. During the school year I'm only coming on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. When I'm there I work with the school aged kids that are there for 'daycare.' (ages 5-7) The thing is...I don't know what to do with them. We've played Bingo, shreds, and have went outside and played house and found 'dinosaur bones.' but I don't know what else I could do with them. I don't want them to get bored from doing the same things everytime. I'm limited to outside and in the living room of a house. (we can't watch tv)....Show more
Iris Shawcroft: Color Blow Bubbles Play Hide-and-Seek Peek-a-Boo Play Chase Do Fingerplays Sing a song Collect rocks in a basket Make an obstacle course out of cushions and/or furniture Make a fort out of cushions and sheets Go for a W! alk Make a Car out of a box Read a book Go to the park Fingerpaint Play with Clay-Dough Toss Bean bags into a Bucket Play the shell and pea game Dance to music Download games for toddlers from the Internet Practice putting things in and taking things out of boxes and bags Make a temporary slide out of a table leaf and the class chairs Roll a ball back and forth on the floor Scoop dirt or sand into a child's bucket (or use a serving spoon and bowl) Practice climbing by stacking boxes on top of each other (only with adult supervision) Put on a puppet show Go fishing with a yard stick and yarn Make a Horseshoe game Make a Shape Puzzle Play paper basketball Run through a Sprinkler Play with a bucket of water and a sponge (PLEASE WATCH CHILD AT ALL TIMES!) Make a Drum out of an oatmeal box Play with a kazoo Wash windows together Bang on Pots and Pans with a spoon teach them how to Brush their teeth Play dress-up with stuffed animals and your child's clothes Stack canned or boxed! food on top of each other Let child stack mixing bowls inside each oth! er Make a playhouse out of a large box (see links page for some great instructions! Entitled: Building a Playhouse) Let child play with a sticker sheet (make sure your child doesn't eat them!) Put stickers on fingers for finger puppets Play a musical instrument together- i.e.recorder, piano, etc. Go on a Smelling Hunt Frost Cookies Plant a flower or vegetable plant together Roll a tennis ball into an empty trash can or bucket Draw on a mirror with dry-erase markers Play hide and seek together- trying to find a stuffed animal or other object Have a splash party together in the bathtub Put a leash on a stuffed animal and walk around the house Record each other on a tape recorder (great for scrapbooks or journals!) Make and try on paper hats Give a piggie back ride Play "Horsie" Talk into an electric fan (it distorts your voice) Play tug-of-war with a blanket Collect flowers (felt, artificial, real...) Make a camera and go on a Safari Play games with frozen juice lids Disconne! ct your phone and pretend to make phone calls to relatives String large beads onto or along a shoelace Squirt each other with squirt bottles Glue shapes onto paper Make sock puppets Make paper puppets Fill an old purse with toys Use a paper towel tube as a megaphone Make binoculars and go "Bird Watching" or "Stuffed Animal Watching" Put snacks in different fun containers (paper sacks, empty canisters, etc.) Act out a story from a book Walk on a balance beam- use a 2x4 placed on the ground Draw with chalk on the sidewalk Sketch an outline of your child on the sidewalk or paper with chalk Paint child's palms with tempura paint and blot on paper. Makes a great card for loved ones! Put lipstick on child and kiss a mirror Make a puddle on cement and splash barefoot in it Let child decorate and eat an open peanut butter sandwich Make a toilet paper barricade for child to go under, over, or through Do the Hokey Pokey Make a super-hero costume out of household items Do Knee-Bouncin! g Rhymes Play "Red Light, Green Light" saying "Go" and "Stop" Make a sh! oebox train for stuffed animals Make a pillow pile to jump on (keep it clear from any hard surfaces, including walls!) Make an easy puzzle with felt and velcro Make bracelets or collars for stuffed animals out of pipe cleaners and jingle bells Learn numbers from a deck of cards Play the matching game with a deck of cards Make a domino chain Have a picnic in the park,in the school palygroundMake a tin cup telephone and talk to each other in it Make a nature collage Mirror each other Make a "Mummy Mommy" with toilet paper Make a tape recording of short music selections and instructions to move in different ways Make and walk along a toilet paper trail TAKE A NAP!!have fun...Show more
Arlen Hamper: i am going to be going to a program at school for Early Child Hood Education . But everyone is telling me that it pays very little , and i understand it does . I ' m also interested in being a bank teller . which seems to make more sense ? i ' m only in high school but our sc! hool tells us we need to know soon.
Ofelia Kieck: A story, a song, craft time (keep it simple) play dough, finger painting etc, free play, fun dancing, a simple game (simon says). They are 3 there is enough time later for them get into a more full on routine, just give them your attention.
Keneth Mailhot: There is no "obvious" or "right" answer when it comes to your choice of career. Your future income shouldn't decide what you want to do for a living. If you have a preference for working with children, then do it. The same goes for being a bank teller: if it pleases you, then just get off your rear-end, and go for it. If you decide to be a bank teller only because it pays more, you may or may not end up hating your job, and spend every day of your life waking up to a career you don't want to be associated with, only to wonder, "What if I HAD been a preschool teacher?" Personally, if you do decide to be a teacher, and you love what you do, does money matter? Yo! u'll never look at what you do as a "JOB" or "WORK" if you do what you ! love. Personally, I've made the decision between being a high school teacher or something similar to your alternative, and I'm happy with my choice, knowing that I'm working with kids and doing what I love.Also, I don't know what the heck your school is trying to shove in your heads. You don't "need to know" what you want to do for a living right now. Yes, EVEN if you're a senior. It would be a good idea to have a sense of what you want to do for a living, but nobody is REQUIRING this of you. You have plenty of time to think about it. In terms of reality, you don't even have to stick with a major in college until you're done with your sophomore year. But by then, you'd better at least have a good idea. Anyways, you have time, so don't fret or make decisions because you think you have to make them....Show more
Ofelia Kieck: what does the teacher want you to do? Ask her.get a book of games from the library. Do you read to them? Do homework?
Alvaro Oare: I just h! ate the way the states insist the kids learn. They make learning not fun. I wish they'd just keep their noses out of it and let the teachers have fun with the kids. I have 4 kids. Add more fun too it. Take the kids out and just by looking at things closely they learn a lot. All kids learn differently. But they all like to have fun. So take them outside that sets the stage of fun. Get in the grass and talk about the color, maybe the different shades of color, talk about how it grows, tell each to pick 5 blades of grass. Your not just talking about grass, but teaching them how to observe, count, color etc... they will like it....Show more
Lahoma Beadell: they may be young but ask them what they want to do. print out some strories while your online search there level of entertainment.
Ronnie Panas: There are a number of sites that i used when I was overseas teaching a part-day preschool program.Enchanted learningPerpetual preschoolABC Teachchubby CubbiesFrom my tra! ining and education I have learned that 3 year old learn best from play! , so the majority of a 3 hour day should be playing in centers with educational toys. I would start with about 15-30 minutes of circle time.....after about 15 minutes for the children to arrive and get ready to start the day. During this time there should be a lot of songs. A welcome song and one about the days of the week are what I start with....these should be the same, or of a similar vein, every day. A discussion about the weekly topic or a story, and more songs....a lot of songs at this age. If you wnat them to remember things put it in a song. Lately I am singing the ABC song as different characters and the kids love it. After circle time center play for apx 1 hour or a little more where there are plenty of activities for the childen to choose from. Always have an open ended art project, my 3's love to paint. Give them a 5 minute warning than apx 10-15 minutes for clean up....very important for them to do as much as possible in this.Outside time for apx 30 m! inutes, than back in for a 15-20 minutes final circle time to recap the day....what they did etc. This is always good to remind them and they have a possible answer if the parents ask after pick up.Hope this helps...Show more
