Groundhog Day is a perfect opportunity to mix seasonal fun with meaningful learning in the kindergarten classroom. With a little creativity, you can turn this winter tradition into hands-on activities that build early literacy, fine motor skills and critical thinking. Here are a few simple and engaging Groundhog Day ideas that your students will love. …
My son has started to show an interest in letters. He likes to point them out and try to name them, or asks me to identify them. I want to continue to nurture this interest, so I’ve made him a set of custom alphabet playdough mats. Custom Alphabet Mats Watch this video for a step-by-step …
I love doing multi-step art projects with my students. They allow us to explore different materials and techniques. This winter tree art project was perfect for my students! I was inspired by Natalie Lynn Kindergarten’s Easy Winter Tree Art Project, but I did it in a slightly different way. Materials I used a few different …
At the end of our shapes unit, students created 2D shape prints using foam stickers and cardboard. This was such a fun experience, and the results are amazing! Materials to create 2D Shape Prints These are the materials I used to create the prints (affiliate links): Steps to create the 2D Shape Prints 1. Make …
My students love exploring different art techniques and tools, and I have enjoyed finding art activities for them to explore and get creative with. We tried this math art project with oil pastels and watercolour paints inspired by Miss M’s Art Room post. Prep the Math Art Project To complete this art piece we used …
Reinforce blending and segmenting skills with engaging and easy-to-use compound word activities. Students will have to segment a word into its word parts or use word parts to blend a compound word. These are valuable phonological awareness skills that students need to develop in order to become readers and writers. I developed some activities to work on how …
Playing games in kindergarten can help develop a variety of essential skills. There are so many great games out there, and I can always find one my students will enjoy playing. There are so many benefits of playing games with your students; here are a few: Problem-Solving Skills Educators know that developing problem-solving skills with …
After teaching my students the phonics skills they need to start decoding words, I want them to use those skills to practice reading and writing decodable sentences. This is a big step for our young learners, and they need a lot of practice. Not only do I want my students to use the literacy skills …
Creating class books with your students is an amazing way to promote a love of reading and writing in the classroom. As I sought to find more ways to promote a positive sense of self with my students, I came up with some kindergarten book ideas that were a hit! (This post contains affiliate links) …
As I have learned more about the science of reading and how to teach my students to read, decodable readers have become a powerful tool in my classroom. I want students to be using the skills that I am teaching them in order to read. That’s why I love these decodable readers so much – …
