Inside: Discover ways to teach future-ready skills in kindergarten using open-ended play centers. The Hard Truth About Soft Skills I have a husband who is wicked smart. We play trivia every week with 5 other people and he answers 95% of our questions. But here’s the thing – he struggles in the workplace. While […]
3 Ways to Add New Materials to Your Kindergarten Play Centers
Inside: Spark new interest and increase engagement in your kindergarten play based centers, by discovering 3 easy ways to add new materials. Keeping Play Based Centers Going Maintaining play centers can be extremely overwhelming, especially if your system includes putting out new centers every day or week. You want these centers to be inviting and […]
Room Tour: Play-Based Centers for Kindergarten Choice Time
Inside: Come take a tour of our kindergarten classroom to see 7 of our favorite play-based centers, where we play and learn during choice time. Making Room for Play-Based Centers Play gets a bad rap. I know this because I hesitate to use the word in certain circles. To some, if children are […]
Our Bald Eagle Research Project
Inside: Each spring, our class of kindergarteners embarks on an eagle research project, and follows the day-to-day happenings of a bald eagle family, that we observe via a webcam. Our Eagle Research Project Path Some projects are just too good not to repeat each year. That’s how I feel about our eagle research project. Using […]
5 Steps to a Classroom Calming Corner for Social-Emotional Needs
Inside: Use these 5 steps to set up a calming corner in your kindergarten, or early childhood classroom to better meet the social-emotional needs of your children. This post contains affiliate links, but please know that I was not solicited by any of the above businesses to promote these products and am super picky about […]
Routines & Rituals to Welcome the Week
Inside: In part 2 of this 4-part series, you’ll learn how to take advantage of the weekly cycle to create weekly routines and rituals that children can anticipate and build upon. Part 1 explores daily rituals, part 3 monthly rituals, and part 4 seasonal rituals. A Weekly Reading Routine and Ritual Every Monday morning, I […]
Meaningful Ways to Open and Close the Kindergarten Year
Inside: Here you’ll find opening ideas, for the beginning of the year, that will help you get your kindergarten program off the ground. You’ll also discover closing ideas, for the end of the year, to provide closure as you bid your little friends farewell. What Do I Do at the Beginning of the Year? As […]
Class Party Ideas for Every Month of the Year
Inside: Use this list of class party ideas to find new traditions for every month of the school year. Class Party Planning Panic You are busy teaching reading and math and all the things and then all of a sudden you realize that Halloween is only a week away. Yikes! What the heck are you […]
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