Quality, Affordable Preschool Curriculum for ages 3-5
As always, I am happy to help you out with custom orders.
If you are a Kindergarten teacher and you like our preschool diplomas you are in luck… Now you can also get a Kindergarten diploma for the same great price!
Keep the orders coming! I love creating real things for real teachers!
Over the past few weeks I have been looking for a new fun preschool diploma for my students. I have found a lot but they are all so busy looking. I wanted something more simple and contemporary. My Kindergarten diploma had Humpty Dumpty on it… I want something new for this generation.
I will be giving these super cute diplomas to my preschoolers on Friday. I can’t believe how fast this year has went. I kept it simple with nice straight contemporary lines and bright colors though not the classic primary colors that most diplomas I found had.
The diplomas for my kids include our logo, but the one I sell just has a place to write in your school name. If you would like to have one with your schools logo on it shoot me an email, we might be able to work something out.
I think the price is reasonable considering you only have to buy it once and you can print as many as you would like for years to come.
I hope you enjoy these fun diplomas. If you would like anything changed for your specific school feel free to request a custom order and I’ll see what I can do. I can also make it for other grades or with other wording if you would like me to. Just let me know.
Enjoy! Have a super great summer!
When my coworkers came to me a few weeks ago and told me that they always tie dye at the end of the year with their preschoolers and asked me if I wanted to I have to admit… my first thought was
but what came out of my mouth was “Sure that sounds fun”.
We decided to tie dye on Monday. All the kids brought there shirts in the week before and I got more and more nervous.
Why not make my first time tie dying with a bunch of preschoolers? I know, I’m slightly crazy, but I did it.
I put the biggest thickest trash bag I could find on the table and floor. I gave the kids gloves and wrapped them in painting smocks… then I handed them the dye (saying several small prayers along the way)!
The kids rocked! They were so careful and did such an awesome job!
We used the classic spiral effect. It was the easiest to do with that many kids. If you have never done this before all you do is pinch the middle of the shirt and spin it around like a cinnamon roll. Then you just put your dye all over it with out worrying about where it goes.
To make it easiest for us we had them make it on a paper plate then just slid the whole thing into a large ziplock bag and sent it home with washing directions for the parents attached.
I haven’t seen the final products yet… I’m so excited! I can’t wait to see them on Friday when we all wear them to school!
I am glad to say that not only did my preschoolers all go home with the same color skin that they came with, but the also didn’t stain a single thing in my room or any of their clothes.
A miracle? Maybe, but I’m doing it again next year!
I loved tie dying with my preschoolers… You should try it!
I have made my “I Love You Because ______” printables free for you!
All you have to do is go to my TeachersPayTeachers Store and pick the one you like best.
Download it for free.
Print it.
Buy and place it in an 8×10 frame.
Then each day or each week you can use a dry erase/whiteboard marker to write something you love about your mom at the bottom.
Mom’s will love this gift and it will only cost you the price of a frame. We got ours from a Dollar Store for $1.
I have three options to choose from:
For the super girly mom…
For the not quite as girly mom…
For the mom that likes it simple…
Enjoy your totally free printable!
For more fun…
Don’t forget to download my All About My Mom book for your preschooler to fill out (Still Free for a few more days).
S is for Space is edlah’s most popular preschool lesson plan download at our TeachersPayTeachers store and now it has a whole new look with many new activities for you and your preschooler to enjoy.
2 pages of lesson plans per day packed with activities and games to make learning fun
An easy reader book designed with your new reader in mind
Printable word wall cards
Printable sight word cards
A printable journal cover and 5 printable topics
Ss handwriting sheets in both Block Lettering and D’Nealian
Number 12 Handwriting sheets
Color labels
Cutting sheets
Printable games
and so much more!
If you have already downloaded this theme from my TeachersPayTeachers Store, don’t forget to go get the latest S is for Space update for FREE. If you do not already have this download you can download it now.
Last week I wrote about how to get kids to eat eggs. When I got finished cooking them I realized there was a lot of left over bread. I really hate to waste anything so I decided I needed to figure out something to do with those pieces.
One of my favorite things for breakfast is french toast. In fact, when I was pregnant that was about all I wanted for breakfast. So while the kids were eating their eggs and toast I made mine into french toast. Most of you probably already know how to make french toast, but just incase you don’t I’ll walk you through it. It’s super easy.
Take your left over shapes and dip them in some egg. I like to add a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg as well.
Cook both sides on a medium heat.
Just add a little syrup, maybe some powdered sugar and eat up.
The best part… no waited pieces!
Edlah loves teachers!!!
I have teamed up with TeachersPayTeachers for their huge Teacher Appreciation Week Sale.
Wow! That is a huge number! It seems almost impossible doesn’t it? That’s what I use to think. Then I heard a Focus on the Family broadcast. Focus on the Family President Jim Daly knows what it feels like to be an orphan.
Through Focus on the Family I learned that not only are there 107,000 orphans but there are also 300,000+ churches in America. Do the math.
All of a sudden it didn’t seem so overwhelming to me. Can you imagine if 3 churches worth of people gathered around one family and helped them with an adoption?
I have got a lot of flack in the past for making statements about 1 family in every 3 churches adopting. I have had a lot of people inform me that it doesn’t have to be a Christian family that adopts, and while I understand that adoption is open to everyone, I believe that as a Christian I have a higher calling (James 1:27). I strongly believe that as a Christian it is my responsibility to take care of the orphan. If your not a Christian, than I suppose it is your own moral choice, but for me it is so much more.
My family is currently in the progress of getting ourselves in a place where we can adopt. We have paid down all of our debt except for our student loans. We are close to being financially ready to adopt. edlah.com is actually a huge help in the process of getting our finances in order. However, you should know, if an opportunity arose for us to adopt tomorrow we would with out a second thought. For us we feel like this is what we are meant to do.
I understand that adoption and foster care isn’t for everyone. Maybe you can’t afford it (though you should know, it cost next to nothing to adopt an American child). Maybe you are to old. Maybe you travel to much. Maybe you just aren’t the parenting type. Maybe you are still in school. Maybe you have several of your own kids and you are scared to adopt. There are a million reasons why people don’t adopt. If you truly feel that you can’t adopt, that’s okay but, I urge you to look at what you can do.
There is something everyone can do.Remember, I didn’t say everyone had to adopt. Just one family in every three churches. You can do something.
Grandmas, could you offer respite care for a local family that has taken in foster children.
High School/College Students, can you offer some free babysitting?
Moms, can you set a play date with an adoptive family in your church or maybe give them some of your kids lightly used toys or clothes.
Cooks, could you cook a meal or some cookies for an adoptive family?
Plumbers, can you offer your services as a blessing to a local family?
Daycare providers, can you offer your services for free or a discounted price?
Bloggers, can you pass on the word?
Teachers, can you tutor an adopted or foster care child?
Kids, can you find an adopted child at school and be his/her friend?
Do you have money? Could you help a family financially that desires to adopt? You would be such a blessing!
Everyone, can you say a prayer? Can you pray for these children? Can you pray for these families? How do you pray for the orphan? Check out this printable prayer guide from Cry of the Orphan.
For more information on the National Foster Care Prayer Vigil, check out fostercareprayervigil.org
For more information, check out Focus on the Family. They have a program called ‘I Care About Orphans‘ and their book ‘Wait No More‘ that can both provide a lot of information about adoption and foster care.
If you are here to get this weeks Friday Freebie it came out early this week.
In order to give you plenty of time before Mother’s Day, I released the freebie earlier this week.
You may have noticed that edlah Preschool Resources has a new partner.
My husband and I are huge biking fans. We want our kids to learn to ride with us but at 2 and 4 they are still pretty young. When we were heard about Strider No Pedal Balance Bikes for kids ages 18 months – 5 years we had to learn more.
We first met Catherine at Chick-Fil-A (yes, I see the surprise in your faces… They are just as big of fans as we are). We saw their little ones riding the strider bikes and they saw us staring, oops.
Catherine ran in and gave us a card and told us about an Adventure Zone they had planned at a local park a few weeks in the future.
We went.
Our kids loved them (even in the drizzly rain).
We were hooked.
We bought the bikes for our kids birthdays, but we couldn’t resist giving them to them early.
My kids love their new Strider bikes! My son is turning 2 and can walk it around just fine and my daughter who is turning 4 is already gliding on it after only a handful of times riding (see pictures below).
Check out this cool video clip for more technical information and videos of preschool kids actually riding these awesome bikes.
You have got to check them out! If nothing else, watch the video just because you want to see little tiny people riding bikes with no training wheels.
You will have a blast getting to know them.
If you live in the Kansas City Area, check out like their Facebook page to hear about activities they have planned for all the little area bike riders. I will keep you posted on events we will be attending.
They have a ton of different colored bikes, but these ones matched my website so well
I had to show them (I can see you shaking your head)!
