These circle time games for kids require no prep and will make great carpet games for preschool and kindergarten. Make preschool transitions easier with fun circle time activities.
Use these great circle time activities for the first week or two of preschool. Great start of the year lessons with free printables.
Here is a sweet and simple summertime circle for you! The circle is by Kelly Ehrman and the songs and verses are all traditional except where otherwise noted. Enjoy!
Phew! Thank goodness the weekend is here. It has been a busy week, even though it was only 4 days long (yesterday was a PA Day thankfully!). Report cards are due at the end of the week, so guess what little old me is doing now...???? I'm sitting in front of this computer in my pj's (yes, still haven't showered) and decided I needed a much deserved break from those dreadful things. Hours in front of the computer is so DRAINING! Well, unless you are blog hopping! HA! Here's a little look at my week. We continued our Penguin Unit by making these adorable penguin glyphs from Deanna Jump's Penguin Unit. This was the highlight of my week...I asked one of my little sweeties to draw an "eye" on his fish. This is what he drew! Adorable! We are just about finished our unit on 2D shapes. The students went on a shape hunt around the classroom and completed this activity sheet. Click on the picture to download. We really enjoyed singing this song (and my kinders are excellent at describing these four 2D shapes in detail thanks to this song! I didn't write it by the way. I've had it for years.) This was a great tactile activity. We made shapes using various things. Seems easier said than done - nothing stuck to the paper so it ended up being a teacher activity more than a student activity. I adapted it so that the kids used the pieces to build their shapes and described them to me and then I taped everything together. Phew! Glad that's over! I had the students use geoboards to create shapes. I was honestly thinking they wouldn't like doing this centre...boy, was I wrong! Everyone wanted a turn using the boards! I created a whole blog post all about how I teach 2-D Shapes HERE if you'd like to read about it! Finally, I put out this cute activity all about more or less (great way to reinforce numbers which we have been learning about). I found this online from another teacher blogger...I just can't remember who! Please let me know if it was you so I can credit you! So I just had to make this for myself...the kids loved it! Enjoy your weekend! Back to report card writing for me. Next week it's all about winter fun with activities from my Winter Wonderland unit. You can view it by clicking on the picture.
These circle time games for kids require no prep and will make great carpet games for preschool and kindergarten. Make preschool transitions easier with fun circle time activities.
Get your kindergarten students up and moving with this list of fun no contact circle games. They are perfect for brain breaks!
As a Kindergarten teacher, I spent years collecting circle time songs and name games that always broke the ice with new classes. Here are nine never-fail favorites.
Circle Time Games for Preschool kids unlock amazing learning opportunities! I've taught thousands of preschool teachers these games!
Need the perfect song to get children moving? These are sure to be a winner!
Lots of fun YouTube videos with Spanish color songs for a variety of ages - great way to reinforce Spanish color words at home or in the classroom!
Circle time includes songs, verses, movement activities, and games. Does it work for homeschooling? Yes! Here ideas for how to do circle time at home.
Circle time! Last month, I went through how I do circle time in my Kindergarten self-contained classroom. The students there are minimally or non-verbal. You can read the post here. Today, I am explaining how I do circle in my 1-3rd grade self-contained classroom. Most of these students have verbal skills and are speaking in
Get the wiggles out!
Teach kids of different ages to play “Button, Button, Who’s got the Button” with these fun variations and ideas. This game is educational too.
Sharing activity inspired by Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems! Perfect for homeschool, classrooms, or family fun. Includes a free printable!
Teachers are sometimes looking for movement and activity videos that they can use in the classroom. They may need movement ideas for throughout the day when kids need a brain break or they may want to start the day with a movement activity. Other times, kids need a movement “wake up” midway through the day ... Read more
Great ideas for free preschool games! Perfect inside or outside, during circle time, at home, or to develop gross motor and critical listening skills.
Take a walk through nature with this garden themed yoga for kids routine. Suitable for use with children of all ages. Includes free, printable poster.
A fun dinosaur roll and move gross motor activity for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. Your kids will love moving like dinosaurs with this fun movement game!
I just finished making myself a new mini-poster to use during carpet time this year. I thought it turned out pretty adorably (how could it not with those cute kiddos!) so thought I would share it with you. Just click on the picture below to download a copy. Well, must run ... tomorrow I am back to work ... oh where, oh where did summer go?!?!
This is a re-post of a circle from Jan. 2014 - Enjoy! One of my favorite parts of homeschooling kindergarten is singing, dancing, and imagining with my children during circle time. I think of circle as a little drama adventure that we go on together. Not everyone does circle time at home
Bubbles are by far an affordable favorite to add to a preschool circle time routine. I know when I was teaching, turning the bubble machine on was an instant way to get kids up, moving,
Use these fun games to help remember each other's names.
It's SUMMER! If you need a fun summer primary idea for singing time, this one is fun, and easy! Dressing up is Dan's fave, and the kids always love to see what he comes up
I have a new favorite chart! I found this on pinterest and knew it would be great to use during the first week with my new little first graders. Amanda (the smartie who made this) from First Grade Garden graciously allowed me to share a printable I made to go along with her anchor chart. I was so busy my first week that I never got around do doing this activity with the kids, so I'm saving it for one of those days when I think they need a big reminder about being good listeners. Also, I may tie it in with a writing lesson on labeling. Click the image to download this document.
Are sticker charts a good tool for preschool behavior management? Instead of using sticker charts you can build relationships and better behavior.
Some children love a heated competition and some most decidedly do not. I have both types of kids, which creates an interesting dynamic. I have relied heavily on cooperative games in our homes…
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We’re sharing 20 summer camp icebreaker activities and games that are perfect for creating bonds and building a sense of community.
Free drama focus game on Drama Notebook. If you are teaching drama to kids, you'll love this collection of 40 Classic Drama Games. PDF download.
The lesson on Simon is both a lesson on rules and a story about a simple healing, this craft pushes Simon the Zealot to the side and just focus’ on the healing element. It’s simple flap reminds us what the hand was like before meeting Jesus but leaves us with the healed image of after […]
I've read about them, talked with teachers who love doing them (older kids though), but I haven't taken the leap to TRY them. I've been reading The Book Whisperer, and I love so much of what she has to say. I love the joy she gets from reading. I was certainly the Reluctant Reader as a kid. I was a good reader, great vocabulary, but I never FINISHED books. Encyclopedia Brown was my best friend. I could read half of the book and return in on "library day" feeling satisfied that I had read most of it with no urge to finish. How SAD is that! I truly did not enjoy reading until college. Summers were spent at the used book store buying all of the Flowers in the Attic series and devouring them. Not literature, for sure, but I enjoyed the escape and the freedom to read what I wanted for a change! Since beginning the Book Whisperer, I grew to appreciate the talks that I often have with my kids when they read a book or are trying to find a book. What was missing was the dialogue they could have with each other. Back to that voice in the back of my head that wanted to try Lit Circles with my kids. I have an amazing group of readers this year. We are focusing school-wide to broaden our genre reading which has really lent itself to the talks I've had with my kids. I knew before we tried Lit Circles, I had to choose a read-aloud that was more than funny or entertaining. I went with The Miraculous Journey of Edward Toulane. Wow..... What a great read! I sat at my desk reading aloud with tears coming down my face, my voice quivering, and a silent classroom hanging on every word. We had wonderful class talks about Edward. Great book to see a character change. I highly recommend and will read this book much earlier in the year next year! After these book talks, I am ready to cut them loose to talk with each other. I don't know how this will go. I'm making it up as I go along. We'll learn this together, but I have to try it out before I can improve it! Promise to keep you posted on our progress...hopefully! I teetered back and forth on how I wanted them to document their roles and decided on personal logbooks. That way, they have their own keepsake of their journey. I'm putting my attempt on TPT as a Freebie. I'd love for you to try it out and give me your feedback! I'd love it if you would Pretty Please follow my TPT store in return. I'd love to share future updates to the packet with you, and let you know when I make other items that might work for you! Here is the simple way I decided to put these together without the kids pulling out their scissors. Step One: Made 12 sets that were collated on the copier Step Two: Stapled the upper edge for each booklet Step Three: Trimmed the outer sides Step Four: Cut the two booklets along the center line Step Five: Done! Bonus: Added a few extra pages for the Summarizer in case they need more than one page. I put that page in the back of the booklet....just in case. And..........Finally!!! None of these on the floor! Yeah! Click on the image below to grab your OWN copy! Let me know if you LOVE it!
