I am continuing on my Instagram journey, and I have managed to keep uploading a picture a day. I try to keep it a mix of classroom pics, products from my Teachers pay Teachers store and some ‘real life’ pictures. Here are a few things that I was up to this week: We have a …
Reinforce literacy skills with these fun, hands-on activities. Students will practice letter recognition and letter formations while using this fun manipulative. I was really excited when I saw these 30 sided Alphabet Dice. I was trying to think of different ways to use these dice in our literacy centers and use them in fun, interactive …
I purchased a new manipulative for our classroom and I am loving its versatility. We have been using this for math and literacy and students have been so creative with how to use them. The Rings and Sticks set form Hape comes with its own images that students can use as a template, but we …
Since we have finished learning all the alphabet letters and sounds with our Junior Kindergarten group, they are ready to really start focusing on some sight words and sight word recognition. For this young group, learning has to be play-based and fun for them so that they stay engaged in the activities they are doing. …
We have continued to use fun activities to support our kindergartners as they learn new letters. These past few weeks we have focused on the letters Z and Q! We used loose parts (rocks, gems and jewels) to make zigzags! Our students have been loving puzzles lately, so we created our own puzzles! I printed …
Use loose parts to create an invitation to explore number lines to 10. Students will be able to explore numbers and the concept of movement is magnitude. Loose parts are a great way to have students explore and learn math concepts. With a few carefully placed math resources and items- you can get children talking …
Symmetry for Kindergarten: Use hands-on activities to engage students in learning about lines of symmetry. Use a variety of materials to practice symmetry for kindergarten students. To get my students to understand a line of symmetry, I used a lot of hands-on materials and provocations. I put together some ideas that you can incorporate into …
We have been discussing with the students what makes them special. We have started off by reading the book Only One You by Linda Kraus. We then put out some loose parts at a center and some circle cork trivets to let them create their own faces. What we included: Cork trivets Place-mats Yarn in …
My boyfriend came up with the idea of making wood tiles with each letter of the alphabet on it. Each tile has the letter and the braille writing drilled into it. This way, students get to explore the braille alphabet during literacy centers. My boyfriend used a drill press to drill the holes for the …
We have been wanting to add wood pieces to our loose parts center for a while now. I have been waiting for the weather to dry out so that we could collect some wood to cut up. Once we got the wood, it was just a matter of cutting it up and sanding down the …
