One of the most important skills to develop during early childhood is their fine motor muscles. Learn about how I reinforce this essential in my classroom. I have spoken at length about fine motor skills on my Podcast, on my Instagram page, and I even did a whole series of activity ideas using cookie cutters. …
This list of tech tips for teachers is perfect for learning new skills, making your teaching life less stressful and keeping you organized. Over on my Instagram, I like to share tech tips that can be helpful for teachers. Whether you are teaching online or in-person, these ideas are a great way to up your …
Teaching letters to kindergarten students is the first step to making them readers. Here are my 5 tips for reinforcing the alphabet in your classroom. So often I get asked how I teach letter names and sounds to my students. In this post, I’ll share my top 5 tips for teaching the alphabet. Before I …
Reinforce uppercase and lowercase letter recognition, letter formation, and letter sounds with hands-on and engaging activities. These digital task card decks will work on learning to identify and name the letters of the alphabet. Boom Cards are a great way to reinforce skills and concepts with your students. I love using them in the classroom as a math or …
play-based literacy: A discussion about play-based literacy learning in the kindergarten classroom. What that looks like, what it means and how it works in my classroom. This post contains affilitate links. If you buy a product after clickling on the link, I may receive a small commision. I discussed the topic of play-based literacy on …
Kindergarten printable no-prep literacy activities that will reinforce letter formation and recognition, or sight words. Use these for emergency sub plans, easy planning, or back-up centers. I have reflected on the difference between Play-Based and Paper Centers in a blog post. I am a proponent of hands-on and play-based learning. It is so important for …
Play-based learning is a hot topic and I share my opinion and thoughts on it. I discuss what works best for me and my kindergarten students. A popular topic of debate with kindergarten teachers seems to be around play-based versus paper centers. In this blog post I am going to outline my opinion on this …
Practice coding skills without the need for technology with these offline coding activities. One of my favourite skills to teach my kindergarten students (other than fine motor skills) is teaching how to code. I don’t start my students with technology right away- I wait a few months before I start using robots.That doesn’t mean you …
Math Centers: Find out how I plan and teach math in my kindergarten classroom. I give you some tips and advice for running successful math centers. Today I wanted to take a deep-dive into math centers. Providing my students with rich, hands-on learning opportunities for math is a critical aspect of my classroom. It is …
Kindergarten classroom tools can be a great way to ensure that all students in your classroom have what they need to be successful. Having tools available for students to use throughout the day is an integral part of a kindergarten classroom. Having your students access their own tools teaches them self-help and self-regulation skills. I …
