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Preschool Back to School: Best of The Mailbox

The Best of the Mailbox Back to School

Grade Level: Preschool
Price: $12.95
Product #: 2001496
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This school year, like every year, you want to get your class off to a strong start. Meeting your new students, decorating and organizing your classroom, greeting parents at open house, finding the perfect first-day activities, and many other important tasks are on your mind. How can you do it all and do it well?

This resource can help. It's packed with favorite ideas featured in The Mailbox magazine from 1998 - 2002, so you know it's good. Plus you'll find patterns and reproducibles to make school year preparations even easier.

With this all-in-one collection in hand, back to school will be better than ever. Get off to a great start this year! Whether you're an experienced teacher beginning another exciting year or a new teacher about to meet your first class this book will be your ultimate resource for back to school planning.

Inside the pages of this book you'll find:

tips for planning, organizing, and setting up your classroom
back to school activities
ideas for parent communication
reproducibles and patterns
clip art

Table of Contents:

Before School Starts
Classroom Displays
Organizational Tips
Classroom Management
Preschoolers, Start Your Engines!
Howdy! Welcome to the Farm!
Getting Acquainted
Birthday Celebrations
Parent Communication
Open House
Art Activities
Songs and Such
Clip Art and Student Reproducibles

Pages: 96
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The Mailbox Superbook: Preschool
The monthly Organize Now! series for Preschool
Our entire collection of Classroom Supplies (lesson plan books, student awards, stickers, forms, classroom management, etc.)
Our complete list of Preschool Themes/Thematic Units
The Mailbox Magazine
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Preschool Learning Centers: Best of The Mailbox

The Best of The Mailbox Learning Centers

Grade Level: Preschool
Price: $16.95
Product #: 2061022
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This handy teacher resource is packed full of creative learning-center ideas. Your students will get the benefit of hands-on learning with the best learning-center games and activities from THE MAILBOX magazine. Now featuring ready-to-go, full-color, tear-out pieces for select centers!

The teacher-tested activities in this handy educational resource will let your preschoolers learn at their own pace as they build basic skills. Your little ones will practice a number of key early childhood skills with these creative learning center ideas, such as:

Letter naming, recognition, and matching
Writing letters
Identifying numbers
Counting
Patterning
Sorting
Observation, using a magnifying glass, dental health, mixing colors
Cutting, lacing, tossing
Plus more preschool skills! (see Table of Contents for complete list)

The center ideas in this teaching resource book are organized by center areas, such as literacy, math, science, art, dramatic play, and games and puzzles. So whether you want to set up a sensory center or a water and sand table, finding the perfect activity is a snap. Reproducible patterns and a variety of pull-out, colorful cutouts are included to help you create your centers in record time.

128 pages
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Centered on Success: Preschool
Learning Center Collection Language Arts: Preschool
Our entire collection of Preschool File Folder Games
The Mailbox Magazine
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Preschool Science: Best of The Mailbox

The Best of The Mailbox Science

Grade Level: Preschool / Kindergarten
Price: ~~$17.95~~ $15.26
Product #: 2001493
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Enrich children's understanding of their world with this timesaving collection of science experiences from The Mailbox magazine. You'll find a variety of favorite units and features that will actively involve your little ones in their learning.

These creative ideas will help you integrate science into all of your daily activities-from circle time to center time. Patterns and reproducibles for centers, experiments, and group activities make preparation quick and easy. Inside this invaluable classroom resource you'll find:

Science-based thematic units with across-the-curriculum activities
Activities that encourage students' active participation
Helpful ideas for science centers
Experiments
Independent and small-group activities
Critical-thinking activities
Literature links
Student Reproducibles
Patterns

Science units in this book cover the early childhood science topics that you need, including:

Trees
Pumpkins
Winter Weather
The Five Senses
Dental Health
Plants
Butterflies and Birds
Sound
And many more! (See the Table of Contents for a complete list)

Pages: 159
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Seasonal Science
I Can Make It! I Can Read It! Science
The Mailbox Magazine
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Preschool Arts and Crafts: Best of The Mailbox

The Best of The Mailbox Magazine: Arts and Crafts: PreK

Grade Level: Preschool
Price: $16.95
Product #: 2061077
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Get a fresh supply of fun and educational arts and crafts activities with this collection of ideas! Arts and crafts will be fun for everyone with the ideas in this teacher resource book! This book features over 150 activities carefully chosen from the 1998-2004 issues of The Mailbox Magazine's preschool edition.

Each activity in this teaching resource uses only easy-to-find materials and features step-by-step directions and a colorful illustration. Plus, patterns and a handy index make planning easy! Activities are divided into five sections-Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer, and Anytime. This resource book will be a year round source of ideas!

Every one of the activities in this teaching book is matched to your preschoolers' skills and abilities. Spend less time planning your arts and crafts and more time enjoying them with your students!

Pages: 112
You may also like:
Hooray for Art: Preschool/Kindergarten
The Mailbox Magazine
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