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Preschool Back to School Theme/Thematic Unit

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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Bulletin Boards & Displays: Skills Based
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Our collection of Desk Nameplates
Our entire collection of Classroom Supplies
Our complete line of The Best of The Mailbox Magazine series of teaching books
The Mailbox Magazine
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Preschool Hooray for Me! Theme / Thematic Unit

Hooray for Me!

Grade Level: Preschool, Kindergarten
Price: $18.95
Product #: 2061235
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Increases self-esteem and self-awareness
Promotes social and emotional development
Includes songs, crafts, booklets, activity pages, patterns, booklet pages, forms, parent communications, and student activity pages

Build positive self-images through engaging activities! This teacher resource book provides more than 140 simple and creative activities to help students learn about-and feel good about-themselves.

Sections cover names, homes, families, feelings, senses, and more-all while building early learning skills. Each section includes:

songs, rhymes, or fingerplays
group-time activities
small-group activities
center ideas
arts and crafts ideas
reproducibles and patterns

Topics inside:

Marvelous Me
My Name
My Home
My Family and Friends
My Feelings
My Body
My Senses

Put your youngsters on the path to a bright future with the simple and fun activities in this theme book!

128 pages.
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Preschool Friendship Theme / Thematic Unit

Friendship Theme Book

Grade Level: Preschool - Kindergarten
Price: $7.95
Product #: 2003232
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Save time and energy planning thematic units with this comprehensive teacher resource. Included in this book are units, single ideas to extend a unit, and a variety of reproducible activities. Use these activities to develop your own complete unit or simply to enhance your current lesson plans. You're sure to find everything you need for strengthening student learning!

Some of the features you'll enjoy include:

basic-skills reinforcement
language experiences
whole-class and small-group activities
skill-based games
literature connections
writing activities
timesaving patterns and reproducibles
follow-up and extension activities

Pages: 48
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Five Senses
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