Check out these latest posts on teaching kindergarten in fun ways that are fun, age-appropriate and make learning the cool thing to do.
As kindergarten teachers, we do our best to plan lessons, activities, and tasks that help our students learn. While doing this over the internet definitely looks different for distance learning
Create your own distance learning lesson plans with this free template. Make navigation easy and simple for your kindergarten students and their parents. This free eLearning template is designed for
Let’s skip the search and go straight for the most helpful free online games for kindergarten. If you’re in the midst of planning for distance learning or staring down a
Want to find kindergarten-friendly videos that hit the mark in March? Here is a list of teacher-recommended videos for St. Patrick’s Day. It can be fun to change up our normal routine
Play a St. Patrick’s Day-themed word work game with your beginning readers. This free spinner game is perfect for guided reading groups. It’s important for kindergarten students to be able
Create a space to teach math in small groups that is organized, efficient and easy to use all year long. Here’s what a teacher center is and how I recommend
Let’s plan fun St. Patrick’s day activities for the kindergarten classroom. Here are free mini-projects, reading resources, sight word activities, and math mats – all with a St. Paddy’s Day
Set up a math games and activities center in your classroom that is easy to maintain all year long. I think that math games are the perfect fit in a
Enjoy some reading fun with these activities to go along with Dr. Seuss books. Whether you’re doing an author study, celebrating Read Across America or Dr. Seuss’ birthday these ideas
Guided math lessons in kindergarten can be easier if you set up a lesson plan format to follow. Let’s learn how to set up an easy-to-use format so you can
Let’s talk about when you should teach each of the math standards in kindergarten. Your curriculum guide may have it all laid out for you, but if it doesn’t or
Learn how to create a year-long math journal center in kindergarten. Math journals are an excellent way to work on math standards without using worksheets, allow students to show their
Find kindergarten-friendly videos that hit the mark in January. Here is a list of teacher-recommended videos for January. Let’s face it. For many of us – especially in the Midwest
Let’s look at favorite kindergarten teacher books for the month of January. Here is a list of January books for kindergarten that teachers love to read aloud to their classes.
Good morning. I wanted to invite you into a day in the life of… me, a kindergarten teacher… in my classroom. This is also the skeleton of our daily routine
Celebrate the 100th day of school with a cute, free 100th day of school photo. Use this free photo overlay to make pictures of your students extra special on the
Give your students lots of opportunities to explore place value concepts like composing and decomposing numbers 11-19 in kindergarten. When you give them hands-on practice over and over they form
Fill your lesson plans in December with fun, standards-based learning opportunities. Here is a free download to practice composing teen numbers (11-19) using groups of tens and ones. It’s my hope
Let’s get into the Christmas spirit with a free printable sight word battleship game for kindergarten. This Christmas sight word battleship game is easy to use with beginning readers. It’s
Keep your phonics time fresh by building in a phonics video every now and then. Here are 16 phonics videos that are designed for kindergarten-aged students who are learning their
Bring Thanksgiving to life with kindergarten Thanksgiving videos. Here is a collection of favorite Thanksgiving videos for kindergarten. These are YouTube videos that aren’t too long and can hold the
Conferences, Halloween and then we run straight into Thanksgiving. Before we know it Christmas will be here! Make going from holiday to Holiday easier with these fun Thanksgiving activities for
Make an emergent reader using handprints and fingerprints to recreate the life cycle of a pumpkin. Here is a free mini-book to print and use in kindergarten. There is so
Laying out the fun ideas from kindergarten teachers – here are some awesome Halloween activities, ideas and read-aloud books for kindergarten. Whether you’re planning a Halloween classroom party or just want
Fun and simple ideas for classroom management are often found from the best resource available to teachers: other teachers! I’ve asked my Facebook readers to share their hallway transitions to
A teacher planning binder is the ultimate way to customize lesson planning to your needs and keep everything at your fingertips. But every teacher planning binder deserves a cute cover.
Learn to identify 2D shapes in kindergarten with this free roll-a-shape activity. Kindergarten students need to get familiar with basic 2D shapes like the rectangle, square, triangle, hexagon, circle and
Introduce how to describe 2D shapes by simply using dots and lines. Here is a free printable booklet to describe the attributes of 2D shapes for kindergarten. Let me share
In kindergarten, students are expected to describe shapes like a circle, square, hexagon and triangle with the number of sides and vertices. What’s a fun, smart way to then get
While I think using a classic game like bingo isn’t always the most effective way to teach a classroom skill – I do think you can give it a twist
Learn to organize, think and teach kindergarten in smart ways. Make learning fun, age-appropriate and the cool thing to do.