Educating the Whole Child in Kindergarten
Tips for Getting Kids Outdoors This Summer The outdoors is a great place for kids. Unfortunately, there are many kids who don’t like going outside. The second you send them out, they come back in complaining that they’re bored. If this sounds like your kid, then you need these tips for getting kids outdoors this summer. Go With Them You…
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As summertime gets closer, it gets harder to keep our kindergarteners engaged. All of us (teachers included) have summer on our minds and that can make it hard to squeeze in the last bit of learning time we have left for the year. That is why it’s important to bring in fun, summer-themed activities, and summer crafts for kindergarten that…
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After our kindergarten students begin to master the CVC spelling pattern, it is time to move on to reading words that are a little bit more complicated: CVCE words. Many students struggle with reading CVCE words, not only because it is something new, but also because they have to remember when a vowel makes its short sound versus when it…
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As a teacher, I understand that children who do not do much in summer months in regards to learning, lose two months of taught skills. For example, if a student left my classroom on a reading level 4 at the end of the year but read nothing over summer break, they are most likely to test at a reading level…
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Sensory bins are such a fun and hands-on way to get students learning in your kindergarten classroom. It gives young children a chance to touch and explore different sensory objects and sensory materials with fun themes. With that said, you may still be wondering how to use sensory bins in kindergarten to help aid little learners with their learning experience….
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In order for students to be successful in the classroom, they must first learn how to be successful in making good choices. After all, they can’t effectively learn if they can’t regulate their emotions and behave appropriately in the classroom. Social emotional learning might not seem like something that should fall under our realm of instruction but it is a…
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For many of us, May signifies the end of the school year. Summer break is just around the corner, which means it is on our students’ minds (and ours, too!) However, just because summer is quickly approaching does not mean that we suddenly get to stop pushing towards those end-of-the-year kindergarten goals that we want our students to reach. Instead, we…
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Preparing for a substitute? Just want an easy way to include a book’s theme throughout your lesson plans? Using book companions in kindergarten can be a great resource. A book companion is exactly what it sounds like! It’s a set of activities that students can complete alongside a read aloud. It usually includes the same theme or subject as the…
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In kindergarten, concepts of print are skills we start teaching at the beginning of the year and revisit throughout the school year. This includes things like noticing spaces between words. It also means being able to distinguish the difference between a written word, letter, and sentence. Students also learn that when we read, we go from left to right. It…
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