Making a Glue Sponge is incredibly easy and even EASIER for your little one to use. If you haven’t already (and if you are now teaching your little one at home…) you’ll learn quickly about the headaches of loosing glue stick tops, and the GLOBS of glue that come out of the liquid glue containsContinue reading “Glue Sponges”
Author Archives: KinderKidatHeart
Teaching Colors – ELA Plans
Sooo…. you’re thinking about your teaching schedule and wondering how you are going to fit everything in… AND make everyone feel successful?! No problem, I’ll share with you what my typical day looks like the first 2 weeks of school (minus the 1st day, we always just do 1st day things… I’ll touch on thatContinue reading “Teaching Colors – ELA Plans”
Beginning Writing in K
Soooo…. I would say the HARDEST thing to do is to get kids to write! They are interested in books with all the cool pictures, they will flip through them pretty easily, but as soon as you say we are going to write, many of the students instantly say, “I can’t do that!” Well… IContinue reading “Beginning Writing in K”
Learning About Colors: Hats
A fun and exciting way to learn about Colors is through decorating your own hat! It’s something you can wear with pride after learning all about that specific color. I love using hats as a Home Connection piece! Think about it… can a parent really miss the colorfully decorated hat on top of their child’sContinue reading “Learning About Colors: Hats”
Daily 5: What You Need to Begin
There are a few things you will need to gather before beginning on your Daily 5 journey within your classroom. Here is a short list with some suggestions on what I do in my room. Quiet Signal: You will need something to signify that students independent work time is completed, they need to clean up.Continue reading “Daily 5: What You Need to Begin”
Daily 5: Choices
There are 5 choices (hence the name!) for students during each independent work rotation. They are: Read by Myself, Read with Someone, Word Work, Work on Writing and Listen to Reading. Many teachers have some of these, if not all of these options within their classrooms already, so its not a far stretch. The BIGContinue reading “Daily 5: Choices”
Daily 5: Why & My Schedule
Welcome back! Today I’ll begin explaining Daily 5 within my classroom setting. If you haven’t read Daily 5 by Gail Boushey & Joan Moser, I’m begging you, PLEASE go read it!! It was by far my BIGGEST transformation of my classroom in my 12 years of teaching! Ok… first there are TONS of things thatContinue reading “Daily 5: Why & My Schedule”
Ultimate Battle: Tables vs Desks
Now to be fair… their are benefits to both. Plus you can turn those desks together to make groupings or “tables” if you’d like. In the beginning of my career, I was at a school that ONLY had desks… even for Kinders… If you can’t tell, I am NOT a fan of Desks! Ok, okContinue reading “Ultimate Battle: Tables vs Desks”
Library Tour… Continued!
Now… I know most teachers LOVE books, and I’m one of them! BUT I didn’t want ALLLLL of my books to be an overwhelming endeavor for my kiddos, so I have a bit of my library kind of spread across my room. I think it makes it more approachable for the kids and also itContinue reading “Library Tour… Continued!”