Inside: In this post, I share ways to better use your centers to find options for alternative seating and flexible workspaces. Making the Most of Our Classroom Space One day it occurred to me that I was devoting a large part of our classroom space to a small portion of our day. Most of our […]
The Green Project
This project began in early March when the snowflakes and snowmen that hung in our room just didn’t match what was happening outside our window. The snow had begun to melt, the sun was shining and I was craving green! So I took it all down, sent the snow pants home (bad move because it […]
Kindergarten Bunny Brunch
Easter has a way of sneaking up on me and I often find myself scrambling to fit it all in before it’s time to move on down the bunny trail! Despite this year’s short notice (aka poor planning!), I still managed to pull a few “rabbits” out of my hat! The trick to these little […]
Kindergarten STEAM: The Paintbrush Project
Want to do a Kindergarten STEAM project with your kiddos, but unsure of where to begin? In this post, I share the steps we went through in designing and building our own paintbrushes. This activity comes to us from our Project Lead the Way program in our unit on structure and function. For this project, we […]
St. Patrick’s Day Activities You’ll Treasure
View the autosave Planning St. Patrick’s Day Activities In the classroom, planning St. Patrick’s Day activities can be tricky for teachers! We want to feed children’s interest and imaginations, yet we don’t necessarily want to spend all month looking for leprechauns as children gather evidence in the form of lint specs found on the carpet. […]
Classroom Call Backs and Attention Getters for Playful Management
Inside: Learn how to use classroom attention getters and call backs for fun and playful classroom management. Getting Children’s Attention Throughout the Day Ever stop to count the number of times you have to get your children’s attention throughout the day? Neither have I! But I would guess we’re talking double digits. Multiply that by […]
Kindergarten Classroom Cheers for a Positive Environment
Inside: Discover how using classroom cheers to recognize positive behavior can build community n your preschool, kindergarten, or first grade classroom. Three Cheers for Positive Reinforcement When I was pregnant with my first child, I noticed pregnant women everywhere! Certainly pregnant women were nothing new, but I was tuned-in in a way that I had […]
Hands-in-Your-Lap Rhymes
While criss-cross applesauce might seem like magic in September, it has usually lost its charm by December. So if you’re like me and find that your classroom management needs a tune-up right about now, try these monthly hands-in-your-lap rhymes to provide a consistent, but novel routine for gaining children’s attention. The […]
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