Welcome to the 1950's room transformation to celebrate the 50th day of Kindergarten. Let me walk you through some of the decorations and how we created them to spark engagement for the 50th day of school. Most importantly, I hope you get some easy 50th day of school ideas. Check Out The Before Here is a glimpse of my classroom before the room transformation. I literally took these … [Read more...]
A New Way to Use Class Dojo to Redeem Points
Attention all you teachers who love to use Class Dojo as a communication tool in your classrooms. Class Dojo now as a feature that allows you to redeem points with ease. Let me show you how to use this feature from the website and the app. As well as an important tip you need to know. How to Use Class Dojos to Redeem Points First, as a classroom teacher, you have to teach rules and … [Read more...]
Center Ideas for Kindergarten
Let's talk about Center Success in a Kindergarten classroom. Center ideas in Kindergarten is all about what learning center activities we dived into during the second week at school. We will be moving our learners from play centers to work or skill centers activities at the main tables, but still allowing some play. So let's dive into center ideas for Kindergarten. Centers Ideas in … [Read more...]
Covid Ideas Teachers Want to Keep Going
Our year of Covid education was interesting, to say the least. It encompassed many things; good, bad, and ugly. Along the path of getting through this past year, teachers got even more creative and we problem solved more than ever. We learned some new skills and ideas that we may want to keep going. Let's dive into those Covid Ideas teachers want to keep going. What are Some Covid Ideas … [Read more...]
Back to School Book List
Check out this list of excellent Back to School Books that are perfect for Kindergarten and lower elementary classes. I want to strongly encourage teachers to grab some actual books and read them to their learners. Students need to see the parts of a book, see how to turn pages, and learn how to track text. But the reality is, even if you read aloud to students, you can use a video or two along … [Read more...]
Treasure Chest ELA Activities
Check out these FUN and engaging Treasure Chest ELA Ideas that will make your students happy and make the teachers jump for joy because of skill building fun. Get ready for some much learning FUN. I plan to use many of these ideas to start the school year assessments and small groups with. These were a teacher request because so many of you loved our Treasure Chest Math Activities. Treasure … [Read more...]
Balance Home and Teaching
Being a teacher is a job where you can work 24/7 and still won't have enough time to get everything done. Truthfully, the work load is never going away. Here are my tips for balancing home and teaching the best way I know how. I am not perfect, but I strive to become a better person/mother/wife/teacher everyday. Do You Struggle with Home and Teaching Balance? Keep in mind that this is just … [Read more...]
Kindergarten Boot Camp
Kindergarten Boot Camp is Back! We have brought back Kindergarten Boot Camp, but we have made it bigger and better than ever! This year we are bringing you 18 topics, tons of printables, and now this will be a VIDEO series. Our Learning Guide (Topics & Take Aways) First, you want to know what topics we are covering this year in Kindergarten Boot Camp and what you are walking away … [Read more...]
Books About Plants
Spring is here and that means it is time to dive into plants. Check out this Books About Plants list to help with your plant lesson plans. My Favorite Book About Plants I feel a strong need to start with best fictional book to integrate into your plant unit. A must read is Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens. Sincerely, this is book I look forward to reading every single year and it never … [Read more...]
Earth Day Books
Earth Day is coming and you may be in need of some great Earth Day Books to integrate into your classroom. Check out our Earth Day Book list with links to grab the books or check out our Earth Day videos for kids watch the books online. If you are looking for some Earth Day Lesson Plan, you can grab some ideas, inspiration, and printables right here. Earth Day Books First, we have a … [Read more...]
Kindergarten Readiness Checklist
Each year, my Kindergarten team hosts a Stepping Up to Kindergarten meeting for upcoming Kindergartener's parents and every year parents ask for a Kindergarten Readiness Checklist. Many times Kindergarten is a learner's first experience with school. This is a time we dedicate to our upcoming parents so they can better prepare their own students for Kindergarten. Plus, the jump to Kindergarten … [Read more...]
The New Kind of Recess
Everything this year is new and different, and this includes recess time. Let me walk you through our new kind of recess and hope I can inspire you a little bit with yours. This year we are lot allowed to interact with any other class of students, and this includes at recess. So how did we plan recess out and how do we make this fun for our students? Let's walk through it all. Select … [Read more...]
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