5 earth day activities that you can use at home or at school. These easy to do challenges cover math, literacy, STEM and art. To celebrate Earth Day during distance learning, I have put together a list of activities that I have done in previous years. I have given instructions and ideas on how to …
Co-Teaching: Teaching partnerships need to be cohesive in order to function and be successful in the classroom. Get my tips and advice to make co-teaching work. In a Full Day Kindergarten classroom there is an Early Childhood Educator and Teacher working together. This teaching partnership can put two people together that have never even met …
free choice centers kindergarten: Incorporate self-regulation skills into your classroom with free choice centers for kindergarten. Tips for making it successful with your students. I use free choice centers in my kindergarten classroom, and they work so well for me. It might take some time to get students used to it, but once they ‘get’ …
Oral Language: I share 9 simple questions that will promote oral language development in kindergarten. Use these questions with any book during a read-aloud. Over on my Instagram, I shared my favourite questions to ask students while I am doing a read-aloud. These questions work for any book that you are using, and can be …
Effective tips to make small groups in your kindergarten classroom meaningful and useful to you and your students. Try these ideas to get started today! With large class sizes, it can be hard to meet the needs of all the students in your class. Using small groups can be a very effective way to provide …
Kindergarten Addition and Subtraction: Engage students when teaching addition and subtraction skills with this FREE template. Students make their own stories to show their understanding of these math concepts. I know my kindergarten students need to be engaged in order to learn about a new math concept. Are your students the same? In my experience, …
Valentine’s Day Activities: Find Valentine’s Day activity ideas to try with your kindergarten students. Hands-on centers, printables and FREEBIEs to make your day fun and engaging. I love celebrating fun and special days with my kindergarten students. These Valentine’s Day activities have been a hit with my students, and they reinforce some important skills. Here …
Fine motor activities: Work on fine motor skills with these fun and engaging cookie cutter activities. Find ideas for different materials that can be used in your kindergarten classroom. Have you heard me talk enough about fine motor skills? Fine motor activities were a focus of a previous blog post (that you can find here) …
Get tips and ideas for your kindergarten classroom. I will answer all your questions, and showcase what I have done with my students.
Need some ideas for Christmas? Here are some different kindergarten Christmas activity ideas that you can try out over the next few weeks: Create some Christmas transient art using some shape cutouts and loose parts. Our students loved making patterns, and decorating the different items. This is a fun STEM challenge that uses Lego. Jingle …
