One teacher chose to show her students how to treat others is a truly unforgettable way, and I'll be passing it on to my kids for sure.
Use household ingredients to create fireworks in a jar! A fun science experiment for kids of all ages that illustrates liquid density.
The Kindergarten artists and PreKinders also created some artwork inspired by Mondrian. The PreKinders glued down black lines creating squares and rectangles they then colored some of their shapes …
These FREE Learn My Name & Address Printables is perfect for helping preschool and kindergarten age kids to learn their name and address.
Discover 40+ LDS Primary Activity Days ideas for youth. From crafts to lessons, find activities that inspire and enrich their spiritual path.
Learn how to teach a child to hold a pencil correctly: With an easy, fun Alligator Trick.
Free printable shapes worksheets for teaching kids the basic shapes. Lots of fun activities to download for FREE!
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
Wondering how to teach a child to tie shoes? This method took 3 minutes and my kid learned to tie his shoe without stress, tears and it was super easy.
A simple way to teach your students classroom procedures and expectations at the beginning of the school year
Here are some great ideas about things to teach your 2 year old. Most skills can be achieved through these learning activities for two year olds
How do I Teach Preschool at Home? What does my preschooler need to know before kindergarten? Find it all here! Plus a Free Printable Preschool Routine
I have the absolute BEST set of Free Dinosaur Printables to share with you today! And I'm not even exaggerating; these dinosaur printables are absolutely beautiful and incorporate literacy, numeracy, vocabulary building, and more. You'll also be able to play lots of fun games with them, like a matching game, Go Fish, and Guess Who!
First piano lessons- easiest way to learn the notes is a fun animal memory game that teaches the names and positions of notes that Kids love!
This is one of my FAVORITE art lessons for 2nd grade!! I LOVE each and every one of them!! (More info. and how they were created below! Plus a little virtual gallery walk video!) &nbs…
I can't believe back-to-school time is coming up so quickly! I've been thinking about my classroom decor and decided to go a little different route this year. I want to try and use as many actual photos as possible to make things super clear for my students and help with explicitly teaching classroom procedures. I've made some new visual posters and wanted to share them with all of you. My first change was with my class rules posters. I have used a modified version of the Whole Brain Teaching rules for the last several years. I also wanted explicit Voice Level posters for my students. If you haven't checked out A Day in First Grade's blog post about her morning meeting, it's a must read {here}. I loved how she gave her students three choices for sitting on the carpet. Last year, I had a lot of students who didn't want to sit criss-cross applesauce. I think my students will be much happier with these options. If you're interested in any of these visuals, you can download them all below for free by clicking on the pictures! I hope these are helpful in your classrooms!
Grab some pipe cleaners and googly eyes and make 9 adorable pipe cleaner animals! This is a fun craft for kids. Perfect for a rainy day!
There are some old-fashioned skills that kids should learn that will benefit them in life. While we often forgo teaching them to our children, thinking it's not necessary anymore, one day they could use those skills if they have them, even if they are labeled as "old-fashioned." Every generation changes. Things become old-fashioned and are
If you are doing Montessori at home, this free Montessori curriculum download will be a God-send! Come and take a look!
Is your child battling to tie their laces? Here's the easiest method out there for teaching your kids to tie their own shoelaces. Just moments after being taught the method, a keen young man proves how easy it is to imitate these simple instructions. There are not many instructions that a kid can learn on
Don't let your teen go out to live on his own without being prepared! Make sure you have taught these 25 life skills for teens BEFORE your child leaves the house.
There are so many ways to approach self-portraits with children: observation, inspired by a particular artist, symbols of interests and activities, the list goes on. This time, I wanted to create an engaging, multi media
The fastest and easiest way to tie shoes! How to teach your kids to tie their shoes the fast and easy way. The best shoe tying hack.
This quick and EASY frankenworms experiment demonstrates baking soda and vinegar chemical reaction with fun halloween activities for October.
6 simple tips and lots of fun fine motor activities to help you figure out how to teach a child how to tie their shoes the fun way!
The first week of school generally consists of getting to know one another, in addition to discussion and practice of classroom procedures and routines. We also got our creative juices flowing by creating summer reflection writing pieces, squiggle stories, and "All About Me" mini-posters. Students are getting to know one another and me, and we are learning to work together to build a successful and positive classroom environment. On Wednesday, I wrote out six questions, all having to do with how to make our classroom and ourselves function to the highest level, on six pieces of chart paper. Students, in groups of three, spent two minutes at each chart, collaborating and responding to each question on a sticky note. After all groups visited each chart paper station, I hung all of the charts up and we discussed each answer and noticed some very interesting trends. Here's the finished product, which you can click on to enlarge: Inspired by Life in 4B To tie into the previous activity, I was inspired by my wonderful teammates, Mrs. Fadden and Ms. Mattox, to develop at class pledge with my students. We reviewed our responses to the above questions, and then we put all of the ideas together to form a cohesive paragraph that we have all agreed will help us to remember why we are here at school and what our common goal is. Below is the rough draft of our class pledge (which I will type up, make pretty, and have all of my students sign): Since we were able to develop a class goal (to achieve success in third grade), I also had each student determine an individual goal after reading the story Matthew's Dream by Leo Lionni. I displayed our "Hopes and Dreams" for third grade near the classroom door, so that we can refer to, and revisit, them throughout the year. Lots of students are interested in learning how to sharpen their cursive skills, multiplication and division skills. I was very impressed by the number of students ready to take on our 40 book challenge! More on that later! Here's our class display of our hopes and dreams for third grade: Lastly, I read a book called Have You Filled a Bucket Today? The premise is that everyone carries an invisible bucket everywhere they go. When your bucket is "filled" you feel happy.When your bucket is "empty" you feel sad or upset. People can fill buckets by lending a helping hand, smiling, being kind, including others in games, and more. People can empty buckets by teasing, being ungrateful, acting disrespectfully, and more. I encourage my students to recognize the actions of bucket-fillers by writing them quick note and sticking it in their bucket display. This helps make everyone feel good. When we feel good, we want others to feel good. Therefore, kindess is passed from person to person. This is our bucket-filling display, complete with ways we can fill buckets and ways we can empty buckets: I look forward to more of these types of meaningful activities that promote teamwork, kindness, and achievement with your child!
Get inspired with these 25+ Fun Back-To-Homeschool First Day Ideas. Enjoy learning fun and more with your kids.
A Proverb a Day Handwriting Practice is a downloadable and printable set of handwriting pages that uses meaningful proverbs instead of arbitrary sentences.
Wondering how to teach the alphabet? Preschool and kindergarten teachers can find all they need to know right here. Learn veteran teachers' wisdom.
A collection of letter of the week crafts to do with your preschooler. The craft includes free printables and step by step instructions for A-Z.
This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. After years spent in different sectors of the education system, one thing I know for sure is that concentration in children doesn’t always come easy. Lack of focus and concentration is one of the issues most teachers struggle with; It is also one of the issues many parents
Struggling to get your boy to read? I've got a huge list of books that both of my boys(now 12 and 14) absolutely loved - and still read! These books engage the reader and help get them to love books!
Age-appropriate chores for young children (and older children) are so important - with or without a chore chart! They help raise children that work hard and are not spoiled. It's the reason that we use these Printable Chore Cards because they teach kids that they have to do their chores in order to have downtime.
Inside: Tips and resources to learn Spanish with kids, at home. “Oh, I would love for my children to learn Spanish. Your kids are so lucky!” I hear this one often.Really, ask anyone if they’d like their young children to speak a second language and the answer will be YES. Of course we would! But
Here are some helpful tips for name practice in Kindergarten. I also created some freebies for your first week of school.
2-year-old tantrums are often over a desire to be independent. Teaching these tasks within your 2-yr-old's daily routine helps limit that difficult behavior
Editable Logical Consequences and Expectations Chart This is the perfect tool to help you involve your students in setting their own expectations and WHY they are so important for everyone. This activity lends itself to teaching students about logical consequences and remind them that our choices create change. I love doing this at the beginning of the school year and revisiting our expectations regularly to help keep us focused! What's Included: *SEE VIDEO PREVIEW!* Editable "If you..." "Then" Chart Editable Logical Consequences Poster
