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10 MUST READ EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION BLOGS

10 MUST READ EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION BLOGS

If you’re an early childhood educator looking for resources to help you enhance your classroom, look no further than these 10 must read early childhood education blogs.

These blogs offer creative, actionable ideas that you can implement in your classroom right now.

1. Hands On: As We Grow

Find hands-on learning activities and crafts for toddlers and preschoolers. Some activities are designed to help develop specific abilities, like gross motor and fine motor skills.

2. Teach Preschool

Discover inspiration for your preschool classroom related to literacy, art, STEM, sensory play, motor skills, and more. A recent post details how to make memory books with your students, while another lists awesome ideas for outdoor learning.

3. Happy Hooligans

Run by daycare provider Jackie Currie, this blog centers around learning through “art, crafts, and good, old-fashioned play.” Ideas are easy and affordable, like these cereal box self-portraits.

4. PreKinders

Free activities and printables to inspire preschool minds are posted weekly. To easily find what you need, browse by learning areas or themes. You’ll find songs, book activities, crafts, and much more.

5. Teacher Tom

Teacher Tom’s blog focuses on best teaching practices and how to effectively manage an early childhood classroom, as in this post about dealing with a child’s separation anxiety.

6. Early Childhood Teacher

This blog blends activity posts (like these fun phonemic awareness activities) with helpful strategies and tips (like managing beginning of the year behaviors).

7. Simply Kinder

Simply Kinder is packed with ideas for making kindergarten more academic, while still being fun and developmentally appropriate for young children. You can also find free printables, like this Pom Pom Addition Game.

8. Differentiated Kindergarten

Find tips for meeting the needs of all your students with engaging, developmentally appropriate activities like sensory tables. You’ll also love the colorful photos showing you how to bring Marsha’s creative ideas to life.

9. Kaplan Early Learning Blog

Get expert advice on everything from encouraging collaborative play in the preschool classroom to changing a child’s diaper while watching other children.

10. Pre-K Pages

Save time by using the lesson plans, resources, and printables created by veteran early childhood educator Vanessa Levin. You can find activities linked to popular storybooks, plus classroom management tips like what to do about biting in preschool.

If you follow these blogs, you’ll never run out of fun and enriching ideas for your early childhood classroom!