Educating the Whole Child in Kindergarten
There are tons of fun ways to teach kids about their five senses. Many of these activities often focus on fun so it may be easy for us to see them as only that. While there are both fun and effective ways to teach students about their five senses, it can be much more than just fun. Despite some…
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Teaching Number Sense Teaching number sense in kindergarten is an important skill to focus on developing because it’s a math skill on which many other skills are built. It includes understanding concepts like more or less in a quantity, that numbers are representative of quantities, and grouping items too. In kindergarten, these skills are useful when composing and decomposing numbers….
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Teaching financial literacy to children at a young age may seem like a daunting task, especially when you think about how many aspects there are to financial literacy. Students need a clear understanding of money, wants and needs, and many other things for finances to make sense to them. There are also several key vocabulary terms they need to be…
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7 Ways to Ease Back-to-School Anxiety in Kids The arrival of a new school year can lead to anxiety in kids. Whether your child is just entering a new grade or a new school, the anxiety can become burdensome and cause a great deal of stress. So how can you as a parent help ease back-to-school anxiety in kids? There…
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Teachers work so hard throughout the year and often tirelessly for their students. Here are 9 things teachers should do over the summer! A teacher’s mind never turns off. Never. It’s always going. Creating to-do-lists, working on these lists, and then creating more lists. We obsess over changes we will make next year. How will we set up our room? What theme…
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Do you regularly take time out of your week to take care of yourself? Self care is extremely important to your health. With it, you will feel happier and healthier. Without it, you can feel the negative effects of stress. Here are a few reasons why you should make self care a priority in your life. Stress Management Life can…
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Summer is the perfect time to play with sand and seashells. It also doubles as a sensory play idea as well as a fun way to play in general. This alphabet sensory activity is easy to make and provides an engaging learning opportunity for your young learner. An important part to include when working on developmental skills is ensuring you…
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Let’s Teach The Alphabet! Learning the alphabet is such a crucial part of the kindergarten learning experience. Aside from phonological awareness skills, it is the first step our young students take towards becoming readers. Knowing this, I am always coming up with fun, engaging ways for children to learn the letters of the alphabet. Young children thrive with consistency….
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After spending a year dealing with crazy anxiety and riding the roller coaster of the pandemic, I was thrilled when we decided to travel to Mexico during COVID in May of 2021. Before you gasp, we were fully vaccinated for two full months before we planned our trip. We had been tossing around a weekend getaway with my sister and…
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