It’s coming! It’s coming! Just one more day. Amen and hallelujah!! I am so excited. I plan on working on my blog and creating several new units. I know, major plans. Don’t be jealous. It’s not Disney. If you are going to Disney, well I am jealous. Maybe not. That place is going to be packed. Lots of crazy tourist….
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Hello! My name is Cindy Feeney and I am the author of a very new blog called LOVE THOSE KINDERS. I am so honored to be a guest blogger on Crystal’s wonderful and FUN blog! Thank you Crystal! I am in my 17th year of teaching kindergarten! I can’t believe it myself – time has flown and so many things…
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I am so excited to review this super cool Easi-Speak microphone from Learning Resources.  I am my grade level’s ESL teacher so I am always looking for fun ways to create learning opportunities for my ESL kids.  I also find it sometimes a daunting task to find something new that my struggling readers will thrive with. Well, when the box…
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Last week, I taught my class how to tell time to the hour. It was really fun! We made clocks out of copied card stock and a brad. I had them color the minute hand red and the hour hand blue.   I projected my worksheet on my dry erase board (I think it is in my Dr. Seuss Unit)…
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Hello Kreative in Kinder fans!  My name is Jana and Crystal is giving me the great opportunity to guest post for her today. Every teacher I know has a word wall…a word wall for sight words, math vocabulary, read aloud vocabulary, important science words, etc.  When I first started teaching reading, I was told I needed a word wall, so…
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Are you excited about the BIG sale tomorrow? I am! Tomorrow only, everything in my store will be 20% off and if you enter the code L2P9Y when you check out, you will get an ADDITIONAL 10% off! I’m no math whiz, but I am thinking 30% OFF is pretty sweet!!   http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Kreative-In-Kinder  OMG! I made it the biggest size…
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Hello Kreative in Kinder Fans!  I am Heidi Raki of Raki’s Rad Resources, and I am super excited to be here today on Kreative in Kinder to share some ideas for you on how to promote independence in centers. In my classroom, we do centers for the majority of our day.  I use the time when my kids are at…
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This week, I taught my students how to write a “How-to” piece of writing. We have been writing nonfiction (for the most part) all year. We use this chart to help remind of the differences between fiction and nonfiction for reading and writing. Anywho, we first created a snowman Interactive Writing chart for “How to Build a Snowman.” This is…
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