First 5 and the Teaching Channel have teamed up to film six diverse preschools across San Francisco using a grant from the Evelyn & Walter Hass, Jr. Foundation.

Concepts covered:

  1. Developing Literacy Skills through Storytelling

    [embed_js src="www.teachingchannel.org/videos/pre-k-lesson-literacy-skills/embed?format=js"]

  2. Frontloading for English language learners

    [embed_js src="www.teachingchannel.org/videos/vocabulary-english-language-learners/embed?format=js"]

  3. Developing Language Through Thematic Learning

    [embed_js src="www.teachingchannel.org/videos/dual-language-programs/embed?format=js"]

  4. Science & Math:  Reasoning about Garden Observation

    [embed_js src="www.teachingchannel.org/videos/pre-k-lesson-observation-skills/embed?format=js"]

  5. Hypothesizing About Bugs

    [embed_js src="www.teachingchannel.org/videos/pre-k-science-lesson/embed?format=js"]

  6. Making Playdough, Mix, Measure, Describe

    [embed_js src="www.teachingchannel.org/videos/pre-k-math-lesson-measurement/embed?format=js"]

  7. Social-Emotional Literacy:  Building Emotional Literacy

    [embed_js src="www.teachingchannel.org/videos/pre-k-lesson-emotional-literacy/embed?format=js"]

  8. Identifying Feelings

    [embed_js src="www.teachingchannel.org/videos/pre-k-lesson-identifying-feelings/embed?format=js"]

These short videos highlight some important practices. Take a few minutes and view each video. What are your thoughts? What are some practices that you are incorporating in your classroom? Do you have any best practices that you would like to share? We want to hear from you!