IELDS Standard: 25.B.ECa
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The Music Project
Michele Baird and Jean StaffordDeSoto Prekindergarten, DeSoto Grade SchoolDeSoto, Illinois DeSoto is a small rural town in Jackson County located approximately 10 miles from Southern Illinois University. DeSoto Grade School is a feeder school to Carbondale District #95, which is one of the larger school districts in southern Illinois and houses prekindergarten through eighth grade.…
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Mila Sticks With Art
The video shows Mila creating an “outline” or frame of construction paper strips around a piece of drawing paper, then drawing inside the frame.
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Out and About with Preschoolers: Visual Arts
Go ahead—take visual arts outside!
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Out and About with Preschoolers: Close Up with Visual Arts
Is there a way to help children meet fine arts benchmarks while outdoors? Yes, there is!
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Young Authors at Work: Story Dictations
Preschoolers who haven’t yet learned to write can still be authors when they dictate their stories to an adult.
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Sing, Play, and Hear: Music’s in the Air
Music adds to both fun and learning in the early childhood classroom.
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Natural Illinois: Leaves Are All Around
Preschoolers can learn a lot about plants by studying leaves.
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The Arts Lesson Addressing Benchmark 25.B.ECa
Ms. Jones and Ms. Hernández are planning for their school year. One of their goals is to engage the children in hands-on investigations of nature. Their school is next to a park, and they plan to use that space to extend their learning outdoors. They decide the seasonal changes in the park trees could be…
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Outdoor Field Trips with Preschoolers: Follow Up!
After the class returns from an outdoor field trip, the teacher might offer a variety of follow-up activities to help the children build upon the experience.
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Outdoor Field Trips with Preschoolers: Being There!
These tips can help your class have a good field trip.