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...]
My Daily Schedule
You guys asked for a peek into my 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. My 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 services and needs. You will … [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...]
Bb and Dd Reversal Tip & Freebie
I have to share with you this Bb and Dd Reversal Tip & Freebie. Don't you love it when you see a teaching tip that not only makes sense... but you can name 3 students who can benefit from it TODAY?! Me too! I recently saw a Facebook video from a mommy showing this cool Bb and Dd reversal tip to others that helped her own son. A fellow teacher saw it, tagged me, and asked me to make a … [Read more...]
The Outstanding Letter O
The letter O is usually the FIRST vowel we teach in kindergarten. It is such an important sound to master and be able to use throughout the whole school year. It makes it critical to make this letter meaningful and FUN. {I am a huge fan of memorable learning.} I know you are expecting me to start with letter and sound activities. But I am actually going to start with some math activities.A … [Read more...]
ABCs of Letter Order Fun
What does your curriculum map look like? Do you teach letters with a letter of the week? Do you use a certain program like Saxon, Orton Gillingham, Recipe for Reading, or anything else? Or do you teach a letter of the day? We know that studies have shown that students NEED letter expose to master letters and their sounds. We also know that our little learners NEED to be exposed to these … [Read more...]
The Letter Zz
The letter of the week was Z. And the name of the game was FUN. After all, the letter Z gives us so many chances to have fun learning. One of our math centers was this fill in the number activity with ZOO KEEPERS. the question mark is the spot that needs to be filled in. And we all know that filling in the INITIAL NUMBER is very hard. Check out this more of these mats. Another … [Read more...]
