Educating the Whole Child in Kindergarten
Happy Thursday! You’ve *almost* made it to Friday. Woot! Woot! I have a love hate relationship with this time of year. I love enjoying all of the little light bulbs going on in my students’ heads. The pieces are finally coming together. Their reading and writing just melts my heart melt. School is just fun. Then, there is the flip…
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I will admit it. My name is Crystal and I am a cutesy snob. Straight up! No denying. I love cute. I love themes. I love to be inspired. I love creativity. Guilty as charged! I spend as much time in my classroom as I do my home. To me, they are equally important. I want both to be a…
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We all have our quirks right? Well, let me honest. I HATE purses. Don’t throw stuff at me. Seriously, makeup goes on in the morning and if it stays, it stays. My wallet has one of the hand straps on it or my cards go in my pocket. Horrible habit I know. I am terrible with keeping up with money….
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Happy Monday! It’s going to be a great week. I just feel it! What are you learning about right now? We have all things Spring in the mix. Here are a few pics of what is going on in kindergarten at my school. This craft (flower above) is from Caitlin’s All About Plants Unit. I’ll share pictures of the plants…
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Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! This week I have a different giveaway planned for every day. Make sure you pop by and enter to win some pretty sweet stuff. To start us off, let me introduce you to Doodle Bugs. Kacey, the creator of Doodle Bugs, is as sweet as pie. I had the privilege of meeting her in San Antonio…
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I’m feeling fancy, hence the fun font! Fonts make me happy. Okay, maybe that makes me lame. Oh well! Sooo…this week has been a bit of a bummer. I have had this headache/migraine for over a week. I finally went to the doctor. He prescribed me a muscle relaxer for my tense neck and shoulder. According to my massage therapist…
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It’s that time of year again. Time to bust out my famous Spanish accent and transform my persona into that of one very famous book character in my classroom, Skippyjon Jones. Yes, it is love at first chihuahua. He had me at holy frijoles. Dude! This crazy kitty rocks! I always do a book study on Skippyjon around Cinco de…
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Hey all Kreative in Kinder folks. I am little old Mary from Sharing Kindergarten I am here to share with you something I created that has changed the way my student learn sight words forever! Let me introduce you to For years, I have been teaching sight words through activities, games, and more. My students have been doing well with…
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I will be the first to admit that MATH is not my favorite subject. Yes, I said that out loud. Surely you don’t love everything? Please tell me I am not alone here! I have to work at it. I want it to be meaningful and fun. Well, I want all learning to be meaningful and fun but math was…
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