End-of-Year Ideas for Distance Learning Even when distance learning had just begun, I was already thinking about how we might bring closure to the school year in a meaningful way. I’m big on traditions and knew that we wouldn’t be able to end the school year with our annual slide ceremony as we have done […]
Planning Virtual Field Trips for Distance Learning
Virtual field trips in kindergarten, while not a substitute for the real thing, certainly have their advantages. They are free, not limited to one/year, and put a teacher’s mind at ease knowing that no one will get lost or hurt. I’m embarrassed to say that I once called in sick on a field trip day […]
10 Zoom Meeting Activities For Distance Learning
Finding Zoom Meeting Activities That Work When a parent shared that their child didn’t want to join the Zoom meetings, I was crushed. I took it very personally and immediately reached out to a friend for help, hoping she might have some Zoom meeting activities that would prove to be more engaging. Her response was, […]
Setting Up a Natural Classroom in 3 Easy Steps
Today I’m sharing a guest post by Tina Gabel, an amazing transitional kindergarten teacher, who shares my love of bringing the outdoors in. She is a natural classroom specialist and has some great ideas to share! Easy Natural Classroom Set-Up Setting up a natural classroom can be achieved in 3 easy steps. Although these […]
Story Maps: Teaching with Fairy Tales in Kindergarten
Teaching With Fairy Tales If I had my way, a fairy tale unit would be an essential part of every kindergarten teacher’s curriculum. These age-old stories are highly engaging and full of teaching opportunities that include building oral language, expanding vocabulary and increasing comprehension. They are also my go-to favorites for teaching the story elements […]
My Biggest Challenge with a Classroom Makerspace
The Benefits of a Classroom Makerspace My classroom makerspace is an exciting spot where children enjoy the freedom of designing and creating. As they work on projects, they are immersed in the engineer design process that teaches them how to plan and develop ideas, test and evaluate designs, and best of all, adopt a growth […]
Why I Don’t Have a Dramatic Play Center in My Kindergarten Classroom
Now before you go jumping to conclusions, let me say that I have nothing against a dramatic play center. In fact, it makes me pretty sad to see how few kindergarten classrooms have space for them anymore. I even got choked up at a conference once (not unusual if you know me) as I described […]
Teaching One More and One Less with Number Staircases
Teaching One More and One Less Since day one, I had been giving my kiddos lots of great number sense experiences. We’d been using ten frames, number paths, and subitizing cards. They could count orally, recognize numbers, and count sets using 1:1 correspondence. So why the heck was I having so much trouble teaching one more […]
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