Free kindergarten teacher resources to print and use. For personal use only.
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Teach handwriting easier with these free handwriting stroke posters. Group letters together by their similar strokes and you’ll be surprised how quickly kindergarten students will learn to form letters correctly. What do you think is easier: learning “the rules” for how to make 52 letters (because we’re talking both uppercase and lowercase) — or — learning 4…
Making class books is a favorite kindergarten activity of mine. Here is a free Dr. Seuss “There’s a Wocket in My Pocket” themed class book template you can make with your class. This activity is all about enjoying the rhymes of Dr. Seuss and recreating our own as a class. Let me share our interactive…
Teach handwriting in kindergarten by starting early and working smart. Here are the four basics to teaching handwriting in kindergarten — so that all students can form letters successfully and without stacks of worksheets. At first, I’ll admit, I was frustrated by being told to teach handwriting when the common core standards rolled out. These…
When we teach handwriting or how to form letters in kindergarten – it’s easy to focus on the wrong things. Let me help you teach handwriting more simply with the best handwriting font for kindergarten. In kindergarten, teaching handwriting is super simple. Think that’s a loaded statement? I’ll break it down and show you what…
To teach kindergarten to be independent in classroom routines takes a lot of effort. Here is how I used icons to help teach, reinforce, and get kindergartners to be independent with morning and afternoon routines. If you like this concept – you can get icons free to use in your classroom too. Let me start by…
This Valentine’s Day card collection keepsake book is a free printable that will allow your students to collect their Valentine cards all in one place. I wanted to make sure if you hadn’t already gotten your hands on a copy that you could with plenty of time to make copies before Valentine’s Day! This is such a cute and…
Make a sweet Mother’s Day present with your kindergartners. This free photo overlay will be a cherished Mother’s Day kindergarten gift. With spring in the air and the end of the year around the corner – it’s time to put together a quick Mother’s Day gift for kindergartners to give to their mamas. This fresh…
Learning to read CVC words is key to reading success in kindergarten. Learning to rhyme in addition to blending onsets and rime plays a key role in learning to read too. Here are some quick tools I’ve developed to work on these skills in my small group teaching sessions. I made these rhyming books to…
Work on understanding addition sentences and composing the number five with this free bingo game for kindergarten. Bingo is a classic way to practice recognizing skills in a small group setting. Here is a ‘making 5’ addition activity we do during our math groups to help practice our Kindergarten Common Core standards. Why I made this…
It’s the new year and the 100th day of school is upon us! Most schools celebrate the 100th day of school in Mid-January to Mid-February – so let’s dig into some fun resources to enjoy the 100th day in kindergarten. I plan to list some free learning activities, printables that are fun and a few…
The 100th day of school is such a fun celebration. We work hard in kindergarten and come so far in those first 100 days of school. Some of you may remember that I lovingly joke that we go from herding cats in the first days in kindergarten to teaching those same cats to read. What…
If you’re like me, we can’t spend the entire 100th day of school counting things. That feels monotonous… even though it’s just for a day. Here is a fun writing activity you can plan for your 100th day of school festivities. It’s a perfect activity to break up counting to 100 but still plays off…
Let’s get ready for the 100th day of school! Celebrate with free 100th day of school certificates that you can download and print for free below. It’s amazing how much our kinders can grow in 100 days of school. They come to us often knowing: the name of a single letter recognizing a letter or…
It’s the 100th day of kindergarten and time to celebrate! Let’s make some 100th day of school headband crowns to mark the special school day. If you’re like me, then we can marvel at how far our kinders come in the span of 100 school days. It’s fun to add in special 100-themed things throughout…
The 100th day of kindergarten is almost here. Are you ready for the 100th day of school? Quick – download these free, printable 100th day of school necklaces and you’ll be set for a little 100th day fun. Are you looking for something different than having your students wear a shirt with 100 things on…
Get working on sight words with this free Christmas pokey pinning activity for kindergarten. You’ll love how easy it is to work on fine motor skills at the same time as sight words for your kindergarten class. We can get so busy during the Holiday season in a kindergarten classroom. There’s so much we’d like…
Let’s work the famous blue cat into this year’s Thanksgiving activities for kindergarten! In kindergarten, we love Pete the Cat! Here is a free Pete the Cat Thanksgiving activity – a cut and paste craft with a writing component – that is just right for kindergarten. This activity is based off (affiliate) Pete the Cat: The…
Get ready for the first day of school with a free first day of school printable. Here are four free first day of school printables to choose from for elementary teachers. We can all relate to the craziness that is known as the beginning of the year. Especially in kindergarten. Am I right? Well, the…
At the beginning of the kindergarten year, it’s important to work on names. Here is a good fine-motor skills activity that offers creative name practice. This is a free pokey pin activity that is editable. That means you’ll be able to put in the names of your students and you’re ready to print. Since we…
Here is an example of a guided math lesson that works on composing and decomposing numbers 11-19. I’m also going to lay out the flow of what the entire lesson looks like when I am meeting with my kinders in “the teacher zone”… which is what I call where I meet with students as a center…
Today was the day. Our last day of school! I am excited to have time to share ideas with you this summer from this past year and ideas for next year. One of our end of year duties that we pull together is what we fondly call a “kid sort.” What’s a kid sort, you…
Looking through favorite games I’ve used in my guided reading groups, I found this free race car reading activity. I should totally add it to this list of games you can play in the classroom using race cars! Normally I would use this nonsense words activity with my groups once they were able to blend cvc…
How to figure out kindergarten classroom management comes easier to some than others. But even if it feels tricky at first, it doesn’t mean you are bad at classroom management, have to give up on kindergarten or feel like a flop. Let me share a little analogy of how important classroom management is in kindergarten,…
When it comes to celebrating Valentine’s Day in the classroom – I like to play it easy. That’s because I like to keep it simple and work smart. Here’s what I like to give my students for Valentine’s Day gifts in kindergarten. If you like it, you can download the toppers and use them too….