Hey all! I hope that you are enjoying your last few days of summer. I've had some questions lately from both new and veteran teachers alike about year-long pacing of curriculum. How can you make sure
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Image 1 of 21 from gallery of Frederiksvej Kindergarten / Cobe. Photograph by Rasmus Hjortshõj
Woot woot! This post was featured on the TpT blog! You can see it here. Never underestimate the importance of teaching routines. In every classroom and every grade level... but ESPECIALLY in Kindergaten. And in Kindergarten,
All About Adjectives is a NO PREP, printable pack designed to suit Kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 2. It is important that students develop a strong knowledge base of adjectives early on to help improve their descriptive writing skills in later years.This pack contains 34 different adjective printab...
This week in art class we studied the primary colors and self-portraits. We first painted the backg...
20 Free Name Activities for the First Week of Kindergarten. Check out these amazing hands-on and fun name activities! Integrates multiple skills.
As a conclusion to our Snowville, we made Ice-cream in a Bag by measuring and combining all of the directions. Try this at home with your parents and see if you can follow the directions to make delicious ice-cream. Ingredients: Ice cubes 1 cup of half and half 1/2 cup Kosher salt 2 Tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 pint size ziplock bag 1 gallon size ziplock bag Directions: Combine half and half, sugar, and vanilla in pint-size bag. Seal bag tightly (do not want it to leak) Fill gallon-size ziplock bag halfway with ice cubes. Sprinkle Kosher salt over ice cubes. Insert pint-size bag with ingredients into bag with ice and salt. Seal gallon-size bag. Shake bag for 5-10 minutes until the ice-cream mixture begins to harden. Take small bag out of ice and open. Enjoy!
FREE printable sorting mats for preschoolers and kindergarten kids to learn about animals and their habitats. Great science and nature activity that kids will love! Includes rainforest, ocean, desert, polar, woodland and wetland habitats.
by Elementary Creations Pre-Kindergarten - 2nd Grade This is a great activity for the students to understand that not all animals are alike. In this activity the students will be able identify each animal and which category they belong in. Students are to cut and paste the animals in their correct category. I hope your students enjoy this activity as much as mine did. Thank you! Yamila Rezola https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Animal-characteristics-270299 Join The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative at http://www.thebestofteacherentrepreneursmarketingcooperative.com/2014/01/the-best-of-teacher-entrepreneurs.html and get THOUSANDS OF PAGE VIEWS for your TpT products! Victoria Leon's TpT Store Go to http://www.pinterest.com/TheBestofTPT/ for even more free products!
By Jan Millikan and Stefania Giamminuti This new title links the Early Years Learning Framework and documentation and draws on research from both Reggio Emilia and Australia.
K-1 NONFICTION WRITING My nonfiction writing unit is here! This is the perfect way to introduce kindergarten and first grade students to what informational writing is. This unit is so engaging for students because it uses real life photographs and animals. We discus
FREE geography matching activity with the 7 continents of the world. Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten to introduce the continents.
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Half-Day Kindergarten. Is there really such a thing anymore? Even with Common Core standards being implemented across the country and talks of rigor in the classroom I can assure you, it still happens. I live it every day and I am here today to help you organize your half-day schedule! I am thrilled to share what has worked for my today as a guest blogger at Education to the Core. Emily is a wonderful host, and I hope you enjoy my post!
My students love to SUBITIZE. Subitizing is like quick images. It is simply the ability to quickly identify the number of objects in a set without counting. Perceptual Subitizing is the instant visual recognition of a pattern such as numbers in a ten frame. Conceptual Subitizing involves recognizing smaller groups and adding them together, for example “I see five dots on the top row and 4 dots on the bottom row. So, that is 5+4 =9. I'll show my students a dot card, ten frame, a domino, etc. for about three seconds because I don't want my kids to count the dots. Then I ask them what did they see. My kiddos come up with answers like "I saw 6 dots, I saw 4 dots on the top and 2 dots on the bottom, I know 4 and 2 is 6, I saw 3 groups of 2, I saw 2+2+1+1, I saw 4 missing, 10-4=6. 2 x 3=6." Yes, even some of my 1st graders are multiplying using this technique. It's amazing how their number sense has improved tremendously. Here are some of the different Subitizing cards that I use in my classroom. If you want to try Subitizing you can pick up this resource here. Thank you for visiting and have a fantastic week!
Summer Enrichment 2017 Summer Art For more information please follow me on Instagram @youngschoolartwithmr.g Like me on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/youngschoolart/ Sandcastle Paintings Crayola Model Magic Clay Flip Flops on Wood Flower Paintings with Marker Details Pop Up Ladybugs Seahorses on Wood Butterfly Mosaics Lighthouse Collages on Wood Under the Sea Collages Clay Octopus on Wood Paper Bag Pineapples Origami Whales Ladybug and Bee Watercolor Paintings with Sharpie
Howdy peeps! Lindsay here . . . Well, I survived. Barely. Our school district had its first day of school yesterday, but at my scho...
Do you remember playing with magnetic or wooden shapes when you were little? I had a set of wooden shapes in different sizes and colours which could be used to make all sorts of pictures and patterns. This is my DIY version, which I made for my class recently as we've been learning about shapes. I started with seven or eight sheets of colourful paper and being very lazy, I cut the shapes out mainly freehand and holding the whole bundle together at the same time! The only shape I didn't cut freehand was the circle as I find I can never get a perfect circle, they just get smaller and smaller as I keep cutting, trying to make them perfect. This pack of paper was from Lidl for £2. What a bargain! After cutting the shapes I laminated them. I have a little laminator at home for doing school bit and pieces (supermarkets sell them for around £10). Then I made up some ideas cards by creating pictures with the shapes and taking photographs of them. When the children at school make their own pictures and designs, I'll take photographs of them too and increase the box of ideas cards. Shapes are great for all sorts of learning including.... Colour and shape recognition Sorting for size, colour, shape Making patterns Making repeating patterns Creating pictures and art You can also discuss properties of shapes such as whether they have curved or straight lines, number of sides, corners etc... Here are some of the other picture card ideas I made. Repeating patterns Create pictures Create art!
Alphabet Journal in Kindergarten: Use directed drawings for each letter in the alphabet as a way to teach children their ABC's.
Welcome new kindergarten students and their families—perfect for kindergarten registration, orientation, or roundup.
Start the year off right with these adorable Back to School Kindergarten Worksheets. Preview and get your FREE printable worksheet today!!
The portfolio papers mentioned in this blog post here (freebies!) are a big part of my routine, so if you plan to do this, you will need ...
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Tips for a first year kindergarten teacher - for newbies and teachers new to kindergarten. Let's break it down and keep it simple. You can do this!
Natural vs. Man-Made for Little Learners {Freebie}
Every now and then, people ask me to post my schedule for full day or half day Kindergarten. I also get questions about our schedule for e...
LEARN TO WRITE YOUR NAME It is so exciting when children become curious about how to write their name. I believe teaching them to write their name should be the first word they learn how to spell . It is personal, concrete and helps them realize that putting letters together in writing has me
No David by David Shannon is a classic book to read in kindergarten. Here are free No David activities, videos and book ideas listed all in one place.
Download the Ontario Curriculum in a checklist format grade by grade instead of by subject. Easy to use. Now updated to the 2019 learning outcomes!
The most common mistake I see is #1 ... this is great advice for people teaching handwriting to kids in preschool and kindergarten. The tip about worksheets is so important. #handwriting #preschool #penmanship #kindergarten
