Inside: Looking for ideas for your April kindergarten plans? Here are 25 ideas to help you create a more meaningful month with kids. Our April Kindergarten Plans In April, we are full blast into spring and enjoying the newness of the season and all that it brings. We are watching the colors change in the […]
5 Earth Day Projects for Kindergarten
Inside: Looking for some engaging Earth Day projects for kindergarten kids? Try these 5 ideas to encourage a sense of responsibility and love for our planet. Let’s Celebrate Earth Day! Young children are naturally drawn to nature and can be taught at an early age how to care for and appreciate the natural resources around […]
Earth Heroes: A Kindergarten Earth Day Project
Inside: Learn more about this kindergarten Earth Day project, where we took a virtual field trip to Earth Academy, participated in a “top secret” training, completed 10 learning tasks and became Earth Superheroes. How This Earth Day Project Came to Be A little girl came in one March day and said, “I saved a worm.” […]
25 Resources, Ideas, and Projects for Learning Together in March
Inside: Looking for ideas for your March kindergarten plans? Here are 25 ideas to help you create a more meaningful month with kids. Our March Kindergarten Plans When March arrives, I want to “melt” all the snowmen and snowflakes hanging in our room, send the kids’ snowpants home, and paint everything green! And while here […]
6 End-of-Year Ideas for Distance Learning
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 […]
Kindergarten End of Year Countdown: Flexible Fun for Those Last Days of School
Inside: Try this end of year countdown to enjoy those last 10 days of school with your kiddos. The Need for a Flexible End of Year Countdown Once May hits, I find myself doing double duty preparing for the arrival of next year’s kindergarteners, while still trying to wrap up loose ends with the current […]
Are Trees Alive?: A Mini Inquiry
Inside: Learn about our tree inquiry journey that began with the question, “Are Trees Alive?” Download the free printable tree inquiry forms at the end of this post. How Our Tree Inquiry Began In celebration of Arbor Day, I pulled out Are Trees Alive? by Debbie Miller. to read to the children about trees. We […]
Planting Bean Seeds to Welcome Spring
Inside: Mark the beginning of the new season, by planting bean seeds and discover books and explorations you can do around this experience. Hello Spring! Spring began this week (yippee!) and my favorite way to welcome the season is by planting bean seeds. They are always a huge hit! It’s still winter weather outside our […]
