Educating the Whole Child in Kindergarten
It is almost Thanksgiving, so we are sharing 10 yummy and easy to make Thanksgiving snacks kids will absolutely love, no doubt about it. All of the snacks are really easy to make. Making snacks for kids from ingredients like cheese, cookies, or pretzels is really fun, and it is even more fun if you are making them with your little ones….
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Before students can master more complicated math concepts, they have to spend time building number sense. At the kindergarten level, students must somewhat develop number sense before they can successfully add and subtract. Later, number sense is necessary for division, multiplication, and even real-world skills like handling money and managing their time. Knowing just how important building number sense is,…
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We have news and would love your prayers. We are growing our family. We are not quite sure what that looks like but here are the cliff notes. If you are a frequent flyer to my social media accounts, you know that I share a lot about our open adoption of Bennett. Before adopting Bennett, Nick and I were quite…
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Kids love crafts. Moms and teachers love simple crafts. Today we are sharing our favorite Thanksgiving craft: The Turkey Clothespin Craft. Turkey Clothespin Craft Supplies: Gather the following supplies. Cardstock (Autumn colors) Brown Paint Paintbrush Clothespins Glue Scissors Googly Eyes Instructions: Download and print the template onto heavy cardstock. Cut out the template. Paint the clothespins brown. Let them dry…
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I love giving treat bags to coworkers, neighbors, and friends. When my kids were younger, we would always BOO families in our neighborhood, too. Aren’t holidays fun? Today we are sharing these cute treat bag tags. Just click here to grab them for free. Attach them to a bag of candy and make someone’s day!
With Google Maps constantly at our fingertips, it is easy to let simple skills like understanding a map fall to the wayside. However, teaching map skills to young learners are still essential, even to young students like kindergarteners. For example, they can learn to make sense of a map, map key, and map symbols. These concepts can help students improve…
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Recognizing beginning sounds in words is a phonological awareness skill young students can use to become more independent readers and writers. For example, once students can recognize letter names and understand the initial sounds of a word, they can figure out the rest of the word. Being able to figure out the rest of the word is crucial for developing…
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Using puzzles to learn seems like a no brainer. Kids LOVE working with puzzles so having puzzle activities in your classroom that also provide learning opportunities is a win/win situation. Puzzles help strengthen fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Challenging puzzles also allow children to practice using new strategies which is an important learning tool when attempting to solve a…
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Back to school… Those three words do one of two things: They either burn your eyes or give you butterflies. It’s okay to experience either, or even both, of these feelings. There is SO much work that goes into preparing for the first day of school. It’s almost like preparing for a marathon—except we don’t end up fit in the…
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