Easily teach thankfulness character education with these fun activities. Have your students reflect on how they can be thankful, and display their ideas on a meaningful bulletin board. This time of the year is perfect for beginning a conversation with your students about thankfulness. You can start some great discussions on what it means to… Continue reading Character Education: Thankfulness
My Take a Look Back blog posts are a way of sharing some of the content I have on Instagram from the past week. I pick 4 posts that I want to highlight and take a closer look at, and write a blog post about them. My second week of work has been a learning… Continue reading Take a Look Back #75- Math and Literacy Center Ideas for the Beginning of the School Year
Easily teach helpfulness character education with these fun activities. Have your students reflect on how they can be helpful, and display their ideas on a meaningful bulletin board. When teaching character education, it is important to involve your students in the process. They will not be able to learn and grow unless they are given… Continue reading Character Education: Helpfulness
My Take a Look Back blog posts are a way of sharing some of the content I have on Instagram from the past week. I pick 4 posts that I want to highlight and take a closer look at, and write a blog post about them. A new year has started and I see so… Continue reading Take a Look Back #74- Math and Literacy Center Ideas for the Beginning of the School Year
At the beginning of the school year, I cover simple math concepts like number sense and sorting. Having math books to introduce these concepts can be a great way for students to engage with new skills. Here are a few of my favourite books for the beginning of the year. I like to do read-alouds… Continue reading Math Books for the Beginning of the School Year
At the beginning of the school year, I love to have a variety of alphabet books available to our kindergarten students. I read these books, put them out at tables during centers, and have them around the classroom for students to read. I'm going to go through a few of my favourites, and hopefully you… Continue reading Alphabet Books for Kindergarten
How do I keep my life organized? Keep reading to find out my tips and tricks for organizing my personal, professional and teaching life! For a recent podcast episode (did you know I have a podcast? If you haven't listened, you can check it out here) I had my Instagram followers ask me some questions.… Continue reading Organizing my teaching, professional and personal life
I am so excited about these new Reading Log Challenges I have added to my home reading program. I have done a home reading program every year with my students. We send home a book weekly for families to read with their child. When they send it back, they get a new one. It is… Continue reading Reading Logs Made Easy!
One of my most favourite topics to teach kindergarten students is coding! In this blog post, I am going to do a run down of how I teach coding to our students, and give you some tricks so that you can too! Why? Kids love learning anything to do with technology - they soak it… Continue reading Coding in Kindergarten – Why, What, When & How
Our students started showing an interest in space, so we decided to start an inquiry in our classroom. We planned activities, and centers based around space and we did them over 2 weeks. During this time, we watched videos, read books and did research to learn more about, and answer questions about space. Hopefully this… Continue reading Space Math and Literacy Activities for Kindergarten with a FREEBIE
