Wondering how to introduce preschool journals to 3 year olds? Here are some examples of our journal activities, and how we keep them simple.

Guest Post by Rebekah Patel One way I build literacy skills with my preschool daughter is to dedicate time to journal writing. Our journal time is inspired by what I learned when I facilitated Lucy Calkin’s Writing Workshop with my former students. My daughter is a pre-writer because she writes only a few words and no sentences, […]

Wondering how to introduce preschool journals to 3 year olds? Here are some examples of our journal activities, and how we keep them simple.

Kids and Journaling - ideas for what to include, writing prompts and journaling supplies

I'm so excited about these preschool journals. They are a 'new to us' project for this year. I love how they are coming along. We picked up composition journals over the summer for each friend. Here's what we have so far. Self portrait: (This bottom friend must be a germ or bacteria cell) I love love love their little preschool drawings. We will redo this one at the end of the year. I know that the parents will treasure this collection of little projects. Here's favorite color: So far, we…

I have received many inquiries regarding Super Tot's writing journal, and how I incorporate that into an age appropriate activity. Does he actually "write" in his journal? Not exactly, but what he does do is so important for his pre-writing skills and creativity. He loves his journal time and I am happy that we are starting a positive habit at such a young age. We are using a standard composition notebook for his journal. I initially allowed him to decorate the cover (front and back) with…

at the end of the school year each child took home a rainbow wrapped book of memories (and lots of dried glue). each child starts the school year with a blank journal. we’ve used the “…

Learn how to use a journal to teach your kindergarten writing skills.

at the end of the school year each child took home a rainbow wrapped book of memories (and lots of dried glue). each child starts the school year with a blank journal. we’ve used the “…

Simple introduction to Nature Journaling with preschoolers, create your own easy to add to Nature Journal Book and get started this Spring.

Bingo dabber activities to teach literacy skills! Beginning sounds, ending sounds, rhyming words, syllables... and so much more. Great resource for the entire year!

We have been working on storytelling and journaling in a notebook this year but, with kids ages 3-5, I had to brainstorm some easy ways for them to put their thoughts into words and also tell a story. My three year-old is just beginning his writing skills and one of my five year-olds fatigues very […]

I'm so excited about these preschool journals. They are a 'new to us' project for this year. I love how they are coming along. We picked up composition journals over the summer for each friend. Here's what we have so far. Self portrait: (This bottom friend must be a germ or bacteria cell) I love love love their little preschool drawings. We will redo this one at the end of the year. I know that the parents will treasure this collection of little projects. Here's favorite color: So far, we…

I blogged about our preschool journal last week and thought I would share one of our recent entries. For this particular day, I drew several circles on two pages of Anna's journal and invited her over to "make" these circles into anything she wanted. She wasn't quite sure what I wanted her to do at first, so we talked about what things we saw in the room that were round or circular and then we started brainstorming about other things that are round. After the first circle, she was pretty…

at the end of the school year each child took home a rainbow wrapped book of memories (and lots of dried glue). each child starts the school year with a blank journal. we’ve used the “…