Live Animal Cams in the Classrooms because they are a powerful tool to take little learners INTO the animal world to see the animals for free. Students also love live animal cams because they are spectacular! Integrating live cams into your classroom can be fun and educational. No two days are exactly the same and nothing is as awesome as seeing the animals in their natural habitat. My students … [Read more...]
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If You Give a Mouse a Brownie Learning Fun
If You Give a Mouse a Brownie by Laura Numeroff is a new book in her "If You Give a..." series. It is a great addition to any library and it is sure to be a hit with little learners. As a teacher, I love to turn a well written and illustrated book into inspiration for learning activities to hook my learners. Learners can easily practicing their skills in fun ways. Let's check out my … [Read more...]
Centered on Learning: Letter Ii
Centered on Learning Letter Ii: Let's get talking about center time and how we can get our students centered on learning activities that are cross curricular and engaging, In this case, how we can get them centered on learning: Letter Ii. Letter Ii Activities Time is always my enemy. The desire to make activities cross curricular so it layers my activities and learning is real. I … [Read more...]
Thanks Back-to-School Helpers
We need to thank our back-to-school helpers. It is that time of year when we teachers need to spend a moment to thank those people who are the back-to-school helpers. Those who help and support us as we make the shift to ready our classrooms. Summer Self Vs Back-to-School Self Back-to-school time transforms me. During the summer I am a full-time wife and mommy who organizes activities and … [Read more...]
Tips When Moving from Upper Elementary to Kindergarten
Let's start by asking if you are moving to Kindergarten. You can not even begin to imagine the HUGE blessing you have been given by teaching five and six-year-old children next year. So here are Tips When Moving from Upper Elementary to Kindergarten. Tips When Moving from Upper Elementary to Kindergarten First, you may choose to be teaching Kindergarten next year or you may have been … [Read more...]
Classroom Management Tips
Classroom management is hard. It is so hard. Little learners don't always know how to behave at school or in a structured setting. And let's keep it real. Some students have little desire to behave. Classroom management was the single most important topic I needed to learn in college. Why?My former principal told our faculty this: Those question marks touch my soul. When I have a student … [Read more...]
Teaching is a Love/Hate Relationship
Teaching is a love/hate relationship. Teaching is a passionate love/hate relationship. Let's talk about it. Teaching is a Relationship Why? Teachers are absolutely passionate about their careers, their gift, and most importantly their students. After all, once a student enters a teacher's room, that teacher holds claim to them. Forever. They will always be "my student." This passion … [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. Now, keep in mind I am this is a kindergarten schedule public school. Kindergarten Daily Schedule My schedule doesn't always look exactly like this. I check out the services any and all my … [Read more...]
All About the Letter T
Working on learning all about the Letter Tt soon? Get ready! Let's make learning all about the letter Tt activities the best! One of my favorite subjects to teach in K is phonics. I LOVE teaching students the sounds letters make and how to put those sounds together to make words. {I can't lie... I love every subject in K. But I really REALLY love phonics too!} My school began teaching the Saxon … [Read more...]
Daily 5 in a Kindergarten Classroom
How do I use the structure Daily 5 in a Kindergarten Classroom? There are so many good structures to teaching reading, if not great ways, to teach reading skills to little ones. When I was fresh out of college, I had no clue how to actually teach little ones to read. My first year in K was an eye-opener. You can read more about what is Daily 5 here. Daily 5 in a Kindergarten … [Read more...]
Professional Development
Check out these Professional Development opportunities from Sharing Kindergarten. Presentation Bank for Profession Development:Need something specific? Just ask. 📓Assess But Don't Stress- Does assessment and data collection drive you crazy? It won't after you apply Mary's tips and tricks for making it quick and fun. Explore how to organize your assessments without stress while … [Read more...]
Fun Friday Linky
I like to think my classroom is always a place where fun and learning meet. My TA will most likely tell you the same thing. My custodians will tell you we are messy and creative. My Administration will tell you we always have something up our sleeves. And my team will tell you we like to think outside the box. So I am linking up to the FL post all about FUN activities for our classroom! And since … [Read more...]
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