Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast
Are you a busy preschool teacher who loves gaining new ideas, perspectives and inspiration for your classroom? The Lovely Preschool Teachers Podcast is here to help you up your confidence in educating early learners in a quick, actionable way!
As an early educator who is still in the classroom, Ashley Rives will share the ins and outs of how she runs her classroom in a play-based, child-centered way. Each week, expect a new episode focused on actionable strategies to level up your abilities and confidence as a preschool teacher.
Ashley Rives is an early educator with over 17 years of experience and a strong passion to help teachers implement child-centered learning in preschool classrooms all over the world. You can follow her on Instagram @lovelycommotion or learn more at the Lovely Commotion Preschool Resources website: www.lovelycommotion.com.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 133
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
How to Teach Classroom Procedures
How to Teach Classroom Procedures
Episode Summary
Our young learners aren't yet
readers. Therefore, posters of written rules, schedules and procedures
are null and void. To young children, these poster…
Why you should be Using Visual Procedure Cards
Episode Summary
Have you ever stopped to think about the amount of things that we have to teach our new little students at the beginning of each year?
Coming to the carpet, sitting at the carpet, lini…
Visual Schedules for Preschool
Episode Summary
Schedules are an important way of life. They keep us in our daily routines and get us to the places we need to be.
In a preschool classroom, a daily schedule is the backbone to our day.…
Center Signs that Work Harder
EPISODE 49
Episode Summary
When it comes to play-based learning, sometimes it's hard to see what children are actually learning.
Think about it, in a center where children are sitting and doing workshee…
Preschool Centers: Free Choice or Rotation?
Preschool Centers: Free Choice or Rotation?
Episode Summary
One of the most common questions that I get in regards to preschool centers is "Do you do free-choice centers or a rotation?". While I have …
3 Must-Do’s for the Beginning of the Year
3 Must-Do's for the Beginning of the Year
Episode Summary
The beginning of the school year is such an exciting and exhausting time! Isn't it funny how we forget how little and new our students are whe…
A Guide to Preschool Centers
A Guide to Preschool Centers
Episode Summary
When you are running a play-based preschool classroom, centers are the core of the program. Carefully planned centers create an environment for learning th…
How to Set Up a Preschool Classroom
How to Set Up a Preschool Classroom
Episode Summary
Setting up your preschool classroom doesn’t sound that daunting… at first.
But, year after year I find myself determined to find the perfect (as if i…
A Detailed Look at the Preschool 2 & 3 Year Old Plans
A Detailed Look at the Preschool 2 & 3 Year Old Lesson Plans
Episode Summary
Got three year olds? How about two year olds?
Feel the need to help your littlest students learn important social skills, a…
How to Make a Classroom Schedule for Preschool
How to Make a Classroom Schedule for Preschool
Episode Summary
Creating a class schedule can be one of the most important plans you create for your preschool classroom. Setting up your school day to r…
Finding the Time to Implement Literacy Experiences in the Preschool Classroom
Finding the Time to Implement Literacy Experiences in the Preschool Classroom
Episode Summary
Bringing literacy experiences such as interactive read alouds, shared reading or shared writing and intera…
What is Shared and Interactive Writing in Preschool?
What is Shared and Interactive Writing in Preschool?
Episode Summary
What is the difference between shared writing and interactive writing? How can use these types of writings to support our young lea…
How to Teach Literacy without LOTW
How to Teach Literacy without LOTW
Episode Summary
Raise your hand if you were (or are) a Letter of the Week Teacher
I’m raising my hand because I once taught preschoolers using LOTW.
LOTW seems so log…
My Top Tips for Preschool Small Group
Episode Summary
Join me, host Ashley Rives as I discuss THE 3 THINGS that have helped me have successful small group time again and again. These top tips may seem small- but they are mighty!
Topics Dis…
Organizing Your Preschool Small Groups
Organizing Your Preschool Small Group
Episode Summary
Whether you love or loathe organization, the act of being organized in our classrooms make us more effective teachers. When we don't have to spend…
Preschool Small Group Activity Ideas
Preschool Small Group Activity Ideas
Episode Summary
You know the benefits of having small group time {check}
You've got your groups all grouped up {check}
Now it's time to figure out what to do when yo…
How to Effectively Group Preschoolers for Small Group
How to Effectively Group Preschoolers for Small Group
Episode Summary
One of the biggest obstacles when planning for preschool small group is figuring out your groups.
Once you start planning, question…
5 Reasons to Have Preschool Small Group
5 Reasons to Have Preschool Small Group
Episode Summary
Do you have small group time built into your preschool day?
If no - why not? This episode will give you 5 really good reasons that you should con…
Using Meaningful Experiences to Teach Letters
Using Meaningful Experiences to Teach Letters
Episode Summary
Letter identification is one of the first things parents, administrators and some teachers think of when they think of preschool learning.
…
How to Make Preschool Clean Up Time Easier
How to Make Preschool Clean Up Time Easier
Episode Summary
It's clean up time!!! Tell me...did your stress level just go up?! Preschool clean up time is no fun at all. Trying to get lots of littles to…