I am so excited to share details on how you can travel to Italy and/or Greece with me! I don’t know about you, but having something to look forward to is life-giving. Add in a few dreamy destinations and let the countdown begin! After having friends, family and followers fill out a survey, it was clear that Italy and Greece…
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The Importance of STEM in Kindergarten
Do you include STEM activities and projects as part of your regular kindergarten routine? Then you have already figured out the importance of STEM in kindergarten, which is so important for young learners. Not only do STEM concepts help address important academic skills like science and math, but you can also use it as a key component in helping young…
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Fine Motor Activities for Young Learners
Fine motor skills are the ability to make movements using small muscles in the fingers, hands, and forearms. Examples include cutting, buttoning, carrying small objects, eating, etc. Strengthening these abilities leads to the highest form of fine motor skills, which is handwriting. In the early childhood classroom (and even sooner), it’s important to provide a variety of experiences to…
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Creating “I CAN” Expectations in Kindergarten
When students first come to the kindergarten classroom, it is so important as their kindergarten teacher to start teaching them what will be expected of them at school. After all, if young children aren’t explicitly taught what is expected of them, how can we hold them to those expectations? A great starting place is to have conversations about classroom rules…
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Teaching Procedures in Kindergarten
Let’s talk about the sometimes daunting task of teaching procedures in kindergarten for back to school. The best gift you can give yourself during back to school is taking time to teach procedures, build classroom community and lay the foundation for a structured environment where kids feel safe and loved. It is easy to get overwhelmed with your focus documents…
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“All About Me” Activities For Back to School
When going back to school, it is so important to do “all about me” activities with your students. Not only does it help you begin to build relationships with your students, but they are also a great way to ease them back into their daily school routine. You can get to know your students, and they will love getting to…
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Five Behavior Management Tips for Back to School
With a new school year quickly approaching, most teachers are preparing their behavior management plans so that their classroom will run more smoothly throughout the year. Most of the time, the best plans include many different components that work together. Other times, the well-managed classrooms may have components implemented that work for them that you may not have even considered….
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Ideas for Meet The Teacher Night
Meet the Teacher Ideas for Back to School With back to school approaching, you probably have a few ideas for Meet the Teacher night (or open house night as some like to call it). You want to make sure your future students are excited about the upcoming school year and about being in your classroom. This is especially true in…
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Having Fun with Back-to-School STEM
With back-to-school season in full swing, you are probably looking for fun activities to use in your classroom on the first day of school and at the beginning of the year in general. In kindergarten, those first days typically look like doing a lot of hands-on activities and being introduced to more structured learning time. A new school year can…
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