Provide your students with the opportunity to practice problem-solving and creative thinking skills with these STEM Activities for Kindergarten. Providing various opportunities for students to practice STEM skills is an important part of my kindergarten classroom. Problem-solving and creative thinking can be worked on through different activities. These Building Challenges task cards are such a …
This past week we worked on subtraction using a number line, and finished up our Earth Day activities. We also challenged our students with a coding STEM activity that uses binary code (keep reading for a free printable). Our students practiced writing CVC words with different centers. Keep reading to see what we have been …
Host a fun STEM night for students and families. Find out what we did in our classroom to introduce coding to the families in our community. Beginner coding centers for hands-on learning and exploring. Our school hosted a STEM night for the families in our community a few weeks ago. Families were invited to come …
It is the start of a 4 day weekend, and I am excited to get some much needed rest. I caught a cold that was going through our class and now I am stuck with a nasty cough! I hope you are staying healthy, and that you enjoy the time off with friends and family. …
The weather is getting warmer and we are introducing more spring activities in the classroom! I am excited to be getting outside more, and I cannot wait to be able to bring our activities and centers to our outdoor space. In the meantime, here are some of the activities we had in our classroom this …
What a bananas week this has been. We ended off last week on the 100th day of school, there was Valentine’s Day this week, and Chinese New Year, and we had our Elective Day today (students picked a fun activity to do inside or outside the school). It was exhausting but so fun, we had …
Use the Sphero Robot in your kindergarten classroom for great STEM activities for art and building centers. Problem solving and innovating activities. Our students have been learning how to use a Sphero for the past few weeks. A Sphero is robotic toy that is controlled through apps and makes it easy for students to learn …
We have only more week left to go before Christmas break, and I am so excited to be celebrating the holidays with our students. We had our Holiday Concert this past week, and our students performed beautifully! I was so proud of them, and they had so much fun singing in front of their families. …
As we are getting closer to Christmas, we are having fun with some holiday centers. Our students are getting in the Christmas spirit, and they have had a great time exploring these new activities. Decorate the Tree! This simple provocation was easy to set up- some loose parts and a tree cutout. We challenged students …
Our classroom has been full of building, learning, exploring and art this past week. Our students have been enjoying some of our winter activities, and some new centers to explore. Take a look back on some of the things that we have been up to: Compost Container Our school gave us this composting container to …
