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Don't miss out on this free kindergarten prep worksheet! It's free and has over 20 pages for your child to use and learn from!
Explore different materials and their properties with this engaging unit. Activities and printables for the Foundation and Prep Year chemistry strand.
I can't even believe May is almost here…. time flies in the spring! This might just be my favorite time of year to teach kindergarten.
April is nearly here and we are geared up for some fun spring-filled learning! This month we are keeping it rigorous and FUN! The following April
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Back to School is right around the corner for us and I am SUPER excited to kick of this school year with some fun, hands-on and engaging resources for The
I can't even believe May is almost here…. time flies in the spring! This might just be my favorite time of year to teach kindergarten.
These fun and engaging hands on measurement activities will help teachers plan and implement lessons on length, capacity and mass. Includes a FREEBIE!
Explore different materials and their properties with this engaging unit. Activities and printables for the Foundation and Prep Year chemistry strand.
Are you ready to conquer DIGRAPHS? Once a child masters CVC Words it is time to move on to more complex word structures. Digraphs are a great place to
Nouns No Prep Printables from nouns worksheet for grade 1 pdf 2 , source: pinterest.com
Set goals, track progress and celebrate success! I will email you this chart for FREE , plus you can instantly access our entire freebie library.
Tips for Building Reading Fluency in Young Readers Graphics by Creative Clips by Krista Wallden , Whimsy Clips , and KG Fonts Sinc...
Rhyming Bridge is Falling Down: an active learning activity to practice rhyming skills in Kindergarten
Teaching grammar and language art skills can be a challenge for anyone. How do you hit all of the skills...effectively? How do you know your students are
Teach your child to recognize and read consonant digraphs /th/, /sh/, and /ch/ with a digraph garden!
April is nearly here and we are geared up for some fun spring-filled learning! This month we are keeping it rigorous and FUN! The following April
Help kindergarteners compare length & use appropriate vocabulary with this FREE "Shorter and Longer" activity. Great hands on practice for comparing length.
Check out all the fun things we are doing in room 28!
Make learning hands-on and fun with these nouns activities for kindergarten, including centers, games, digital activities, freebies, and more!
Are you looking for fun hands-on kindergarten activities? This list has 25+ play-filled activities for kindergarteners to do at home (from Busy Toddler)
Here is a look into our kindergarten homeschool plan with details of our schedule, routine, curriculum choices, why we are homeschooling, and more.
Guess what? It's the weekend! Two glorious days of sleeping in and lazing about (I wish!). And boy, do I deserve them after the week I hav...
Yay!! It's Friday! Woooo-hoooo!! Today I had my kids work on a really fun activity. Most of my students are progressing along nicely with learning their letters and sounds but many of them still mix up b's and d's! Do you kids have this problem?? My good friend came up with a great activity set to help those struggling students master the difference between b's and d's! Take a look at the activities:: This first game is a simple b/d race. The students rolled a dice with only the letters b and d on it. (We used garage sale stickers on a dice where I wrote the letters b and d.) We also were resourceful and used glue sticks as the game pieces. They simply rolled the dice, said what letter it landed on and moved the glue stick up until one of the letters won! The next activity had the kids sort 20 cards depending on the initial letter of the word. This was a great game for my visual learners! (Another picture of some of the word cards.) They then recorded them on the sheet with a dry erase marker. This is another recording sheet where students could record their b and d words or come up with their own words, if they were able to do that! It was a great way to differentiate for my higher leveled students. Lastly they had to circle b's and d's according to what the directions said! They did awesome with this activity too! I will be using this activity set a lot in the coming weeks until we can master those pesky b's and d's! Click here to check out this activity!! I also wanted to show you what my co-worker did with her kindergartners for the 100th day of school yesterday! It took them a loooooong time but they turned out great! They made pictures of what they would look like when they are 100 years old! I just didn't have the time or patience for this activity--- but her kids did an awesome job!! Aren't those pictures so precious??? I love them!!
As we approach the end of the school year, I wanted to make some monthly NO PREP packets that would help keep us on course, review some skills and making
Back to School is right around the corner for us and I am SUPER excited to kick of this school year with some fun, hands-on and engaging resources for The
Handy, free printable Synonym Puzzles are a great way for kids to practice and build early literacy skills with fun synonym activities .
I am hosting a linky party today for Gwen while she is in professional development. She and I both LOVE cooperative learning in our classrooms. Today I am going to share with you two cooperative learning ideas/activities. One is probably one that you are already familiar with....it is called "Find Someone Who". This would be considered a classbuilding activity. I love using this for "fun" getting to know you activities, but I also like to use it for review and learning. Each student has a paper and pencil. They find a partner and ask them something from their sheet. I am providing a freebie where the students would ask "Do you know one of these letters?". If the student knows a letter, they will write their name or initials in the box with that letter. Then roles will switch. Once both students have marked their initials on the OTHER person's paper then they take their own paper and find a new partner. Did that make sense?? I feel like you have to see it in action sometimes to understand so I am going to provide a mock conversation so you can see how it would work. Amanda: Gwen, do you know a letter on the page? Gwen: Yes, I know the letter S. (Gwen then marks her initials on Amanda's paper in the box with S) Gwen: Amanda, do you know a letter on the page? Amanda: Yes, I know the letter M. (Amanda then marks her initials on Gwen's paper in the box with M) Amanda: Thank you! Gwen: Thank you! (Each student takes their paper on finds a new partner) That made a little more sense now right??? Good, I was hoping so! If you are interested in a letter and sight word version of find someone who, click here to grab a copy or click on the image below. The next activity I would like to tell you about is awesome!! It is called "Dot the Wall". Ok, don't panic.....students are not actually going to dot your wall. We all know I custodians would blacklist in an instant if we let that happen. ;) You make this game for whatever you are learning about. All you do is hang papers up around the room and then students will come along and "dot" them. Example: In the beginning of the year, I put papers up with different letters we have been working on. I might put a paper with an uppercase A, another one with lowercase a, another one with uppercase B......you get the idea. I let the students each choose a marker or crayon (because writing is more fun if you don't use pencils) and then go to each paper in whichever order they want. When they get to the paper, all they do is copy the letter. It is handwriting practice without the students knowing they are practicing....hehehe! Sometimes if we have a couple extra minutes I do this "game" because it takes very little prep. Just some blank paper and tape. I show the students where each page is and tell them what is on each page as well. You can use this activity with many different things. Here are some ideas I have done: letters name practice color words sight words number practice Do you use cooperative learning in your classroom? I would love to hear how you are using it or some activities you have done. Grab our button, link up below and tell us all about it!! :)
In this post, I am share 5 tips for teaching Heart Words in the classroom, a high-frequency words scope and sequence to guide you, & a Heart Word resource to help K-2 students learn their sight words!
Learn about five different biomes as you color and read key facts about with free printable Biome Coloring Pages for Prek-4th graders.
Try this fun positional words activity with your preschool or kindergarten students! It's free to download!
These strategies for teaching phonics are perfect for focusing on specific phonics skills while students are also ncreasing their fluency.
Practice left and right by wearing these handy left and right wristbands and by playing the cover it board game! Your kids will get tons of practice.
