Classroom Ideas Archive - June, 2006

Looking for new ideas for your classroom? You’re doing wonderful things out there. So are many other parents and centers. In Classroom Ideas, we highlight some of the more creative and effective ideas shared by innovative teachers and parents.

The Five Senses: Preschool Curriculum

Looking for a lesson plan for teaching your class about the five senses? Cathy Abraham’s free sample pre-school curriculum for “The Five Senses” may be just what you are looking for.  “The Five Senses” integrates games, songs, poems, riddles, and activities into math, science, art, movement, and literacy curriculums. It’s a 32-page document so you may want to save it to your hard drive and print only those pages as needed.

Click on:
http://www.childcarelounge.com/diva/LearningFoundationssample-5Senses%5B1%5D.pdf.

If you receive a message asking if you would like to open this file, click on OK as this document comes from a safe source.

Classroom Ideas is your place to shine, so send in your success stories. How have you integrated technology into your center? How did you design your literacy-enriched classroom? How have you involved parents in the classroom? Share your classroom ideas and pick up some new ones with each visit. Email your stories to jvass@csc.csiu.org.

[Posted on May 30, 2006]