Sometimes, kids have trouble learning the alphabet. And when this happens, teachers and parents will use anything and everything to help them learn. And often, inventing a mnemonic device (also known as a memory trick, a memory booster, or even a gimmick) about the more difficult letters can really help! In this article, I'm going to share the little tricks I use to help my kids that struggle remember the letter NAMES.
In this activity children will create feelings faces to explore different feelings to build their emotional intelligence... Did you know that including social emotional learning activities when teaching can lead to better academic performance? For so long, schools focused only on teaching academics, but with more and more research, people are understanding the value in
Our world has gone digital, but there are so many analog life skills that our kids still NEED! It’s no secret that life has changed in the past 25 years. When I was in high school, we didn’t have internet either at home or at school. No one owned a cell phone, except for wealthy […]
A list of 38 skills that are part of social-emotional learning & tips for how you can help teach your child social-emotional skills they're struggling with.
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Learning to read is one of the most important skills our children will ever learn, yet as parents, most of us have no idea how to begin! Keep reading and I will walk you through the 3 simple steps and show you how to teach your 4 year old to read! This blogpost contains affiliate
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Relationship building is the single most important way you can impact a child's life. So often, kids actually can't learn from someone they can't connect with. I'm also convinced that building a strong relationship with a kid or young adult diminishes a huge number of behavior challenges. Many times
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Helping kids learn to get along and build relationships is one of the most important things caregivers can do to give them a successful future.
This post shares tips and strategies for teaching different learning styles to meet the needs of all learners.
Executive function skills are something that kids can improve over time. Learn activities to improve executive function skills as well as what to executive functioning skills by age to expect from your kids. Learn strategies for kids with ADHD, sensory processing disorder, and those with cognitive impairments.
Video tutorial and 7 pages of free printable worksheets to help kids learn the colors in french, and to read, write and spell 12 french colors.
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Hello Friends, I am sure that the after school meeting that I participated in on Thursday was very similar to yours.... Our principal telling us that our spring break was being extended and that we would be working together to create home learning activities for our students - with no definite ending. It was such a surreal experience... My students and I had just been discussing all the fun things that they were going to do when we returned - finish our pinball machine, wear shorts for the first time since the fall, plant something in our school garden.... now, everything is so uncertain. And for the first time, we might be creating lessons on line for our students - which is new territory for so many of us. I am blessed to have some really amazing contacts in the teaching world. I have been perusing some of my favorite bloggers who have gathered together resources that can be used while we struggle to create plans for our little ones. I thought that I would share the links that I found to be useful. Hopefully having all these links in one place will save you a little time as you plan. There are several lists circulating right now. I tried to list (mostly) ones that give kids a bit more hands-on experiences. Of course, parents need a printer for many of these hands-on activities, so if you need more internet based experiences for your students, scroll to the bottom of my post for an internet based link. This looks so interesting and the service is free (at least for now). It looks to be a good site to do video conferencing with your students. I have only glanced at the possibilities, but being able to speak to my students in some way sounds amazing. Shelley has provided links to a few math games, a free camping unit, and other age appropriate links and ideas. There is a wonderful list of on-line games listed on this blog. The Blue Brain Teacher has created (and continues to create) google slide lessons for kindergarten teachers to send to their students that will last up to 14 days. I love The Science Penguin and she has uploaded some fun science activities that simply need to be downloaded. I love Differentiated Kindergarten. Marsha has listed some wonderful links and resources on her blog. A free resource from Differentiated Kindergarten that is worksheet free.... Mary, from Sharing Kindergarten created a wonderful list of activities to do that are easy for teachers to share and parents to implement. Here are free Print and Play resources from The Measured Mom. Scholastic has posted some amazing activities with more to come. Phonics Hero has created a 30 day free trial for parents. This is free from Katie Mense for a limited time. Home lesson plans for 4 weeks! Deedee Wills created this packet filled with ten math and literacy games and it's free right now! Tons of fun activities for kids to do at home are listed on this website. This resource has two amazing editable templates - a schedule and "lesson plan" template - all to be shared with parents. This is an "At Home Calendar" with a choice board. Sesame Street continues to strive to create videos and activities to teach kids to care and get along. Mo Willems is hosting lunch time doodles videos - perfect for Elephant and Piggie lovers! If you are looking for Catholic resources, Tiny Saints are uploading materials for our littlest learners. Presently there is only one, but their website says that they will be uploading more. For a limited time, Catholic Kids is making their library of Mass videos available for children. These items are not free, but are reasonably priced for stressed out teachers. My sweet friend, Deedee Wills, has created a home learning pack for both kindergarten and first grade and she has reduced the price greatly. She is presently working on two more to add. Kreative in Kinder has created a packet for kindergarten learning that can be found in her store. If you need activities that are simply internet based, Cara Carroll has a wonderful blog article with tons of links listing internet based resources by companies that have lifted their subscription fees for a few weeks and/or months. I will be updating this list as I find more resources. To find free resources in my store, click the image below. I am in the same situation as you, so I have not made anything specific to home learning, but I have quite a few free items in my store that might be helpful.... In closing, my favorite life quote (from Nelson Mandela) has always been "It always seems impossible until its done." Hang in there, sweet friends.... together we can do this... Blessings,
I did not include any channels for toddlers or early elementary. Because of the width of YouTube, kids can come across crazy things on YouTube! For even more safety, watch the following videos on the channel’s website or YouTube Kids instead of YouTube. Learn in Color is not affiliated with any of the channels below. […]
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