This week is one of the best weeks of the entire school year. This week we get to celebrate Johnny Appleseed Day and integrate apples into our classroom. Let's break down TONS of teaching ideas and activities to help you to get ready for apple week with apple activities. And the best news is how HUGE of an update this apple unit received. Getting Ready for Apple Week By Using … [Read more...]
If You Give a Dog a Donut Activities and Fun
The letter Dd is a great time to use the book If You Give a Dog a Donut. I know you will love all of these If You Give a Dog a Donut Activities and Fun ideas for the week. Tying learning into literacy and math skills is a great, solid teaching tip to cover multiple standards in an inventive and engaging way. Charting and Write the Room I love to use this chart (shown in the back) on my … [Read more...]
The Nuts and Bolts of Constructing Word Fun
A huge part of kindergarten is learning to sound out words and determine if they are real or nonsense words. Making this experience hands on and fun is a key element to making teachable moments memorable. I found these fun Learning Resources Constructing Word set and I knew I had to not only have this educational toy but I had to create something to use with it to make even more powerful in my … [Read more...]
Learning with a Light Table
Learning with a light table is a fun way to let little learners play to learn. By tying in math and reading skills your students are already learning about, you will find them working on learning activities on their own. Here are some examples of ways to increase learning activities with your light table. Light Tables Let me start by telling you that my light table isn't fancy or high tech. I … [Read more...]
Fill the Ten Frame
Fill the ten frame is a game I invented to help my learners enjoy learning. A huge joy in the classroom is when you see your learners actively engaged in a game. They are having so much fun they forget they are doing real work. This is a complete victory for the learner and the teacher. Break Down Fill the Ten Frame Let me break this game down to show you how powerful and FUN it can be! Since we … [Read more...]
Why You Should Be Playing 20 Questions
What is the game 20 Questions and why should you be playing 20 questions in your classroom? This is a fun game that your students will enjoy! What is 20 Questions? 20 questions is a FUN game that your students will love. This game focuses on asking and answering questions, which every young child needs to work on! It also can be concentrated on one subject or another. For example, a game … [Read more...]
Dollar Store Ideas
As I prepare to head out to I Teach K in Vegas and Frog Street SPLASH in Texas, I heard many of you ask how you can be included in some of the professional learning FUN at home. I can't share with you my sessions, which are on Technology, Science and Social Studies, Phonics, and Google for I Teach K as well as QR Codes for Frog Street. BUT I can share with you some great Dollar Store Ideas … [Read more...]
Letter Yy Ideas
Are you ready for the letter y? There are so many times that we get to this letter and I am out of ideas to make it fun. Are you in the same boat? Well, lets look at some fun ideas to bring the letter y to life. Check out these printable activities. We love to practice handwriting practice to review letter formation. We also use the sheet on the right to identifying the letter Yy. There is … [Read more...]
Letter Mm
Teaching letters and their sounds is always a fun journey in Kindergarten. But we don't JUST teach letters and their sounds. We use the topic and idea of the letter M and expand it to be so much more. Additionally, as educators we have a responsibility to make this path of learning so much FUN. Let's explore some fun ways to teach the Letter Mm! To introduce the letter of the week, I read … [Read more...]
Kindergarten Daily Schedule
You guys asked for a peek into a Kindergarten daily schedule. So, as always, I am here to help you take that peek into my classroom schedule. Here is a glimpse into my Kindergarten Daily Schedule. Kindergarten Daily Schedule My schedule doesn't always look exactly like this. I check out the services any and all my students will be receiving each year. Then I make adjustments based on their … [Read more...]
Letter Nn Activities
Letter Nn Activities are here to help you and your students LOVE learning about the letter Nn. I have a ton of fun, engaging, and meaningful Letter Nn activities that will be ideal to teach your little learners into letter n experts in no time. Let's start with some phonics printables. We do one day of sensory phonics, three days of these printables activity sheets, and then a charting … [Read more...]
Letter Pp Activities
This week we are diving into the letter Pp activities. And man... is this week loaded with PERFECTLY fun activities. We complete these letter Pp phonics sheets for three days. I love to use these printables to see who can recognize the uppercase and lowercase Pps. And we work on these letter handwriting sheets. I strongly believe that handwriting practice should not only … [Read more...]