Teacher Resources

Free Resources for Educators

The teacher resources are available to support early learning teaches, school staff, day care provider and pre-school providers with kindergarten readiness information and supports.

  • MNPS Kindergarten Readiness Activity Calendar: The K-Readiness Calendar contains fun games, songs, recommended books and other at-home learning activities that you can do together all the way up to the start of your child’s kindergarten year.

  • MNPS Kindergarten Readiness Monthly Newsletter: Monthly newsletter to provide families information and tips to get ready for kindergarten.

  • Circle of Support Resource Guide for Educators: The Circle of Support was first created in 2008 to provide comprehensive information and support to early childhood educators across Davidson County.  The guide includes resources , best practices and community resource and was by Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) educators and community early childhood educators.

  • Pre-K Recommended Literature: A list of “Pre-K Recommended Literature,” as well as activity sheets to support at home learning. The activity sheets, which can be downloaded for free on this page for free, provide additional learning opportunities for each of the essential literature books. Below is the Educator Guide (Click here for the Family Activity Sheets).

  • Learning @Home Lessons (Educators): Lessons that can be used in child care centers, classrooms or a preschool facility that mirror concepts taught in the MNPS Pre-K program. Each unit contains nine weeks of lesson plans. Click here to access the Educator Guide and the Family Learning @Home Lessons.

  • Tennessee Early Learning Development Standards