This is my letter to you, dear first-year kindergarten teacher. Let me start by saying that even though you may be ...
Kindergarten Activities & Teaching Ideas
Make learning the cool thing to do in your classroom with fun, age-appropriate lessons and activities for kindergarten.
How to Create Smart Literacy Centers that Last All Year
Literacy centers can be a blessing or a pain. I think it all hinges on the design, organization and effectiveness behind ...
Retell Literacy Center: 20 Famous Story Retelling Ideas and Printables
My literacy centers are a core part of our kindergarten schedule. They are active literacy centers that keep ...
How to Make a Year-Long Big Book Literacy Center
Literacy centers can greatly improve reading skills for kindergartners. This is how I organize, offer choice and set up ...
6 End of the Year Celebration Ideas for Kindergarten
When it comes to winding down the school year, there are lots of fun ways to celebrate a year of learning together. ...
14 Alphabet Countdown Calendars: Here Comes the End of the Year!
Doing an ABC countdown is a fun and simple way to wind up your school year together. Want to create your own alphabet ...
18 Quick and Simple Earth Day Ideas for Kindergarten
How is it that some calendar dates can totally just creep up on you - leaving you feeling a little unprepared?! ...
13 Creative and Sweet Kindergarten Mother's Day Crafts
Mother's Day crafts for kindergarten can be tricky to finagle in the classroom. Time is precious and yet creating a ...
Studying Butterflies for Kids
Studying butterflies for kids is one of the highlights in my school year. Some years we get really in depth and others, ...
How to Empower Kindergarten Writers By Reading Aloud
Teach kindergarten writers how to write books by reading aloud and dissecting stories. When teaching reading - one ...
Pokey Pinning Literacy Center
You can create literacy centers that last all year long. This is how I set up, organized and displayed the work created ...
Easy "Flashcard Flash" Game for Kindergarten
Simple is my style. So when you find a game or tool that is simple and can be used for many things - it's a keeper in my ...
ABC Center - See, Stamp, Write and Explore
As a big fan of year-long literacy centers, I don't really know how to use anything else. {Nor would I want ...
One Quick Way to Practice Spelling Sight Words in Kindergarten
Learning to spell kindergarten sight words, let alone read them can be quite challenging for beginning readers. Here is ...
End of the Year Class Photo
If you like to take a cute end of the year class photo, here is a simple and quick idea. This class photo for the end of ...
5 Outside-of-the-Box Pointers That Are Fun for the Classroom
Create your own pointers for your kindergarten classroom. Here are 5 easy, outside-of-the-box pointers that make reading ...
87 Cool Pete the Cat Freebies and Teaching Resources
Pete the Cat is the go-to book for many kindergarten and elementary classrooms. Here are free Pete the Cat ...
Simple Chart for Teaching Students When to Use the Restroom
You'd think I like writing about the kindergarten bathroom. Not really. It's just that using the bathroom during ...
Free Overlay for an End of the Year Class Photo
In kindergarten, we celebrate the end of the school year by counting down the days together using the alphabet. Here ...
How To Line Up the First Day of School
The first day of school is almost overwhelming with new procedures and things to learn in kindergarten. No, that would ...
How to Make a Library Literacy Center in Kindergarten
Literacy centers make up the huge portion of my 90 minute reading block. If you've read any of my thoughts on ...