Let's talk about choices. What are good choices? How can we make good choices? Why should we make good choices? These are not just important questions little ones as themselves, but most likely questions they have in general. Are you addressing, answering, and specifically addressing these questions in your classroom? A Variety of Terms First, let me tell you that the terms teachers use to … [Read more...]
Rocks Rock! All About Earth’s Materials
Covering this standard about Earth's materials that include rocks and soil is about to become your favorite unit of the entire school year. After dissecting this standard and pulling resources to make it hands on and engaging, I am sure it is going to be a hit because Rocks Rock! All About Earth's Materials is fun! Beginning With the Standards Typically, I begin breaking down a unit by the … [Read more...]
Winter Sports Activities for Little Learners
I am obsessed with watching the Winter Olympics. I love the culture it brings in my home and the idea of worldwide competition. Simply put, these games are jammed pack full of meaningful learning opportunities for everyone. Since I love using this event in my house, I wanted to incorporate these Winter Sports Activities for Little Learners in my classroom as well. So far it has been awesome! … [Read more...]
MLK Print & Play Pack
Martin Luther King Jr was not just an Important Human Rights Leader. He was so much more. To honor him and he great works, I created an MLK Print & Play Pack to make sure that teaching about this man could be done easily in many classrooms, even with the very young minds. Introducing MLK I love to show the Brain Pop Jr video on MLK to start this lesson. You can watch it here even without … [Read more...]
US Symbols
One of my favorite themes to discuss US Symbols with my awesome little learners. It is such a fun unit to integrate across many subject areas. I teach this unit directly after I teach about Presidents since there is a direct tie in to each other. First, we start the week by discussing what symbols are in our everyday life. We talk about symbols that are meaningful to us like Target or McDonald's. … [Read more...]
Breaking Down the Water Cycle for Little Learners
Let's chat about how to breakdown the water cycle for little learners in lots of fun ways. Since I live in Georgia and snow isn't a common occurrence, I like to have this unit prepped and ready for when the cold weather does come! When the words "snow" and "ice" show up in the meteorologist's vocabulary, we all start paying attention. When the teachers and parents start chatting about a "snow day" … [Read more...]
Now and Then Print & Play Pack
Let's take a deep breath from the craziness that is Halloween and start to mentally prepare ourselves for the month of November. We know the feast is coming, along with crafts galore and tons of great activities. One of the biggest units we cover is all about The First Thanksgiving and therefore Now and Then. I want you to check out this easy to use and fun to teach with... Now & Then … [Read more...]
Five Senses
I am working away on all unit my class will be covering my class will be covering at the start of the school year, because every veteran teacher KNOWS how crazy the first month in Kindergarten can be. To open the topic of our Five Senses, I start with this section, asking my student What Are Our Senses? Then, we talk about our 5 senses. We chart what our senses are and what they are not. We … [Read more...]
School Rules
First thing is first.The FIRST month of school you are going break down your class rules for your students,many of whom have never been to school or in a structured environment. In fact, one of the Kindergarten Social Studies Standards (Citizenship) in Georgia states,the student will learn "How rules are made and why they should be followed." This is a topic the teachers of younger grades cover … [Read more...]
Earth Day Made Easy
Earth Day has always been one of those day that I acknowledge and celebrate with my students. I never dug deep into this special day because it was just too easy to read The Lorax from Dr. Seuss and integrate the conversation into plants. But I knew I needed to do more... I need to do better for my students. I knew it had to be fun for my students. It HAS to be easy. And it has to be … [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 K
Letter Kk is so much FUN. It is a great time to learn about the letter that sounds like the letter C. Here are great Letter Kk Ideas to making learning fun inviting and engaging. I start this letter like I do all my letters, we read the Alphatales book about the letter Kk and follow it with the minibooks. We also watch this video from Have Fun Teaching... Letter Kk. Letter Kk Idea #1- … [Read more...]
