Inside: Discover how carefully choosing your kindergarten classroom rules can help build better teacher language and improve classroom management. Be sure to download your free set of promise posters found at the end of the post. How We Talk to Kids When I first began teaching, I didn’t know how to talk to kids. […]
Kindergarten Classroom Procedures: 5 Ways to Make Them Fun and Playful
Inside: Discover 5 fun and playful ways to introduce kindergarten classroom procedures at the beginning of the new school year. First Day Expectations So it’s the first day of kindergarten and my new kinders are all excited because everyone has been telling them how much they are going to LOVE school. Then, they get to school […]
5 Fun and Playful Ways to Introduce Kindergarten Classroom Supplies
Inside: Introducing kindergarten classroom supplies is a crucial first step at the beginning of the school year. Here you’ll find 5 fun and playful ways to teach start-up routines for each “school tool” to get your year off to a great start. And Don’t forget to download the free School Tool Scavenger […]
The Magic of Tidying Up – Classroom Style!
I have a colleague who often says, “My room looks like kindergarten just threw up!” School has just ended and this is what goes through my mind as I look around my classroom and realize it’s time to pack it all in! The space does not look as it did in September – children have lived here, […]
Animal Research Projects Step-by-Step
Inside: Discover the step-by-step process I use for animal research projects in kindergarten. Using a Roadmap for Your Animal Research Projects Spring is an exciting time in kindergarten, because the children have now learned how to write and can create their own nonfiction informational books. But in order to get the results we want, our […]
Playful Encounters with the Reggio Emilia Approach
I recently went to Rochester, NY to attend a conference at the Strong National Museum of Play entitled, Playful Encounters with the Reggio Emilia Approach. Keynote speakers included Lella Gandini (United States Liaison for the Dissemination of the Reggio Emilia Approach to Early Childhood Education and coauthor of […]
How We Celebrate Birthdays in Kindergarten
Inside: Here you’ll find some nonfood ideas for celebrating kindergarten birthdays in the classroom, while creating meaningful traditions that kids will remember. Be sure to download the FREE birthday crown at the end to use with your own kiddos. My Kindergarten Birthday Memory My one and only memory of kindergarten is how we celebrated birthdays. […]
Rethinking Morning Meeting in Kindergarten
Inside: Discover how I came to think differently about how we start our day in kindergarten and explore ways to create a more authentic and student centered morning meeting. Discovering a New Approach to Morning Meeting In a course I took with author Julianne Wurm, author of Working in the Reggio Way, she described how […]
