One of the biggest mistakes kindergarten teachers can make at the beginning of the year is to not choose the right kind of activities for their incoming kindergarteners. After all, we want to keep students occupied and engaged, while also getting them used to the expectations and procedures at school. So what can we realistically plan on the first day of…
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3 Tips for Teaching School Safety in Kindergarten
Let’s go over 3 Tips for Teaching School Safety in Kindergarten! Just like other procedures, teaching our school safety procedures starts pretty much as soon as students get to kindergarten. It doesn’t need to be the first day of school but it should be within the first couple of weeks of the school year. After all, before we can expect…
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Fun Name Activities for Kindergarteners
Let’s Teach Names When students first come to us in Kindergarten, one of the very first things we have to teach them is how to write and recognize their own names. This basic skill helps students know where to sit, where to hang backpacks, and which things in the classroom belong to them. But, writing their names is just as…
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Patriotic Craft Crayons
July will be here before we know it, and these patriotic craft crayons are super easy and fun to make with your young learners. Add a few coloring pages or plain paper for them to draw fireworks (of course add a little glitter) and you have a simple activity to keep your little ones busy while you prep for family…
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Early Learning Hands-On Math Centers for All Year
When choosing hands-on math centers for your early learning classroom, it is important for them to be predictable, engaging, and address the key skills that students need to be practicing. It is even better, if you can find centers that allow students to use materials that you already have on hand. That is why I created hands-on math centers that…
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Summer-Themed Activities for Kindergarten
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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Tips for Teaching CVCE Words
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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Simple Ways To Keep Up With Your Child’s Summer Learning
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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How to Use Sensory Bins in Kindergarten
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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