Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast

Parent Education Boards

Episode Summary

Preschoolers learn amazing things through play, but this isn't something that is easy for parents to see. Help educate the parents in your early childhood program with Parent Education Bulletin Boards.

I wanted our families to better understand all the amazing growth and learning goodness that really happens inside a preschool classroom --- that's when the Parent Education Bulletin Boards were born!

With 10 done-for-you bulletin boards, teaching families has never been easier! All you have to do is print, laminate and hang - the rest is done for you!

Learn all about the benefits of Parent Education Boards in this episode!

Topics Discussed:

• A breakdown of the different boards
• The benefits (and results) of including Parent Education Boards in your classroom

Resources Mentioned:

• Parent Education Boards

Related Episodes or Blog Posts:

• Blogpost with Pictures

Connect with Ashley:

• Follow on Instagram @lovelycommotion
• Join the Lovely Preschool Teachers Facebook Group

More About the Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast:

Are you a busy preschool teacher who loves gaining new ideas, perspectives and inspiration for your classroom? The Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast is here to help you up your confidence in educating early learners in a quick, actionable way!

As an early educator who is still in the classroom, Ashley Rives will share the ins and outs of how she runs her classroom in a play-based, child-centered way. Each week, expect a new episode focused on actionable strategies to level up your abilities and confidence as a preschool teacher.

Ashley Rives is an early educator with over 17 years of experience and a strong passion to help teachers implement child-centered learning in preschool classrooms all over the world. You can follow her on Instagram @lovelycommotion or learn more at the Lovely Commotion Preschool Resources website: www.lovelycommotion.com.

Tips for Teaching Classroom Procedures

Episode Summary

Teaching young children the procedures and routines of the classroom is important for a safe and (less) chaotic environment. The benefits of implementing visual procedure cards are huge.

To get the most out of visual procedure cards, first...

Learn why they are important, then...

How to implement them

You can use pre-made procedure cards or create your own by taking pictures of the steps in each routine. Either way, these tips will help you make the most of the cards you created.

Topics Discussed:

• Tips for Teaching Classroom Procedures- Everything from printing and displaying cards to using, adapting, and adding fun elements to your cards and procedures.

Resources Mentioned:

• Visual Procedure Cards
• Buy on TPT
• Buy on LCPR Shop

Related Episodes or Blog Posts:

• Why you Should be Using Visual Procedure Cards
• How to Teach Classroom Procedures

Connect with Ashley:

• Follow on Instagram @lovelycommotion
• Join the Lovely Preschool Teachers Facebook Group

More About the Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast:

Are you a busy preschool teacher who loves gaining new ideas, perspectives and inspiration for your classroom? The Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast is here to help you up your confidence in educating early learners in a quick, actionable way!

As an early educator who is still in the classroom, Ashley Rives will share the ins and outs of how she runs her classroom in a play-based, child-centered way. Each week, expect a new episode focused on actionable strategies to level up your abilities and confidence as a preschool teacher.

Ashley Rives is an early educator with over 17 years of experience and a strong passion to help teachers implement child-centered learning in preschool classrooms all over the world. You can follow her on Instagram @lovelycommotion or learn more at the Lovely Commotion Preschool Resources website: www.lovelycommotion.com.

How to Teach Classroom Procedures

Episode Summary

Our young learners aren't yet

readers. Therefore, posters of written rules, schedules and procedures

are null and void. To young children, these posters are just visual

noise.

But, pictures are a different story. Young children can 'read' pictures.

So when it comes to helping young children learn about routines in the classroom- visuals are the way to go.

I found a need for visual procedure

cards in my classroom several years ago, so I created them, implemented

them and I am so happy I did.

The benefits of procedure cards are

huge and I saw all of those benefits when I implemented them myself.

Plus, the visuals have kept me from having to say a routine procedure

over and over and over and over and... you get it!

Topics Discussed:

• The benefits of procedure cards
• How to use visual procedure cards
• Managing your own expectations when it comes to procedures

Resources Mentioned:

• Visual Procedure Cards:
• On TPT
• Buy in the LCPR Shop

Related Episodes or Blog Posts:

• Why you Should be Using Visual Procedure Cards

Connect with Ashley:

• Follow on Instagram @lovelycommotion
• Join the Lovely Preschool Teachers Facebook Group

More About the Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast:

Are you a busy preschool teacher who

loves gaining new ideas, perspectives and inspiration for your

classroom? The Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast is here to help you up

your confidence in educating early learners in a quick, actionable way!

As an early educator who is still in

the classroom, Ashley Rives will share the ins and outs of how she runs

her classroom in a play-based, child-centered way. Each week, expect a

new episode focused on actionable strategies to level up your abilities

and confidence as a preschool teacher.

Ashley Rives is an early educator

with over 17 years of experience and a strong passion to help teachers

implement child-centered learning in preschool classrooms all over the

world. You can follow her on Instagram @lovelycommotion or learn more at

the Lovely Commotion Preschool Resources website: www.lovelycommotion.com.

Episode Summary

Schedules are an important way of life. They keep us in our daily routines and get us to the places we need to be.

In a preschool classroom, a daily schedule is the backbone to our day. At the beginning of the school year, I create our classroom schedule (using the 5 step method) and have it hanging up in the room. But, of course the young children in our classroom can't read it! I found that many of my students were asking 'what do we do next?', 'when can we go outside?' and 'when is my mom coming?'.

So, I knew it was time to create some visual supports for my little non-readers! Listen in to learn about a great resource to include in your classroom!

Topics Discussed:

• Creating a Picture Schedule for Little Learners
• The Benefits of Displaying Visual Schedule Cards
• Using Visual Classroom Schedules

Resources Mentioned:

• Creating the Perfect Preschool Schedule Workbook + Visual Procedure Cards

Related Episodes or Blog Posts:

• Creating a Preschool Schedule in 5 Steps

Connect with Ashley:

• Follow on Instagram @lovelycommotion
• Join the Lovely Preschool Teachers Facebook Group

More About the Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast:

Are you a busy preschool teacher who loves gaining new ideas, perspectives and inspiration for your classroom? The Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast is here to help you up your confidence in educating early learners in a quick, actionable way!

As an early educator who is still in the classroom, Ashley Rives will share the ins and outs of how she runs her classroom in a play-based, child-centered way. Each week, expect a new episode focused on actionable strategies to level up your abilities and confidence as a preschool teacher.

Ashley Rives is an early educator with over 17 years of experience and a strong passion to help teachers implement child-centered learning in preschool classrooms all over the world. You can follow her on Instagram @lovelycommotion or learn more at the Lovely Commotion Preschool Resources website: www.lovelycommotion.com.

Episode Summary

Have you ever stopped to think about the amount of things that we have to teach our new little students at the beginning of each year?

Coming to the carpet, sitting at the carpet, lining up, walking in the hall, using the restroom, washing hands, how to clean up, how to treat toys, how to pack up to go home.... and the list goes on! <<does this list make you as tired as it does me?

If so, good news! I have a tool to share to make teaching all those procedures easier! <Woohoo!

Topics Discussed:

• Communicating your expectations through Procedure Cards
• Using Visuals to help children learn Procedures
• Tools you can use to teach Procedures

Resources Mentioned:

• Visual Schedule Cards
• Buy on TpT
• Buy in the LCPR Shop

Connect with Ashley:

• Follow on Instagram @lovelycommotion
• Join the Lovely Preschool Teachers Facebook Group

More About the Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast:

Are you a busy preschool teacher who loves gaining new ideas, perspectives and inspiration for your classroom? The Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast is here to help you up your confidence in educating early learners in a quick, actionable way!

As an early educator who is still in the classroom, Ashley Rives will share the ins and outs of how she runs her classroom in a play-based, child-centered way. Each week, expect a new episode focused on actionable strategies to level up your abilities and confidence as a preschool teacher.

Ashley Rives is an early educator with over 17 years of experience and a strong passion to help teachers implement child-centered learning in preschool classrooms all over the world. You can follow her on Instagram @lovelycommotion or learn more at the Lovely Commotion Preschool Resources website: www.lovelycommotion.com.