Hand-picked videos for the kindergarten classroom to teach alongside what you’re already doing.
Want to find kindergarten-friendly videos that hit the mark in time for learning about Valentine’s Day? Here is a list of teacher-recommended videos for teaching about love, friendship, and the holiday filled with candy hearts. It can be fun to change up our normal routine in the classroom for February (when most teachers sprinkle in a few…
Want to find kindergarten-friendly videos that hit the mark in time for learning about dental health? Here is a list of teacher-recommended videos for teaching about brushing teeth. It can be fun to change up our normal routine in the classroom (or via distance learning) for February (when most teachers cover dental health) and add a video…
Want to find kindergarten-friendly learning videos that are a hit with your class of five and six-year-olds? Then you’ve got to check out this list of teacher-recommended videos that are all made by Harry Kindergarten. The video creator “Harry Kindergarten” is pretty well known in the land of kindergarten teachers because he often uses a hip-hop style…
Want to find kindergarten-friendly videos that hit the mark in October? Here is a list of teacher-recommended videos for Halloween. It can be fun to change up our normal routine in the classroom on a holiday and add a video or two into our lesson plans. For example, you just might need a learning video that can…
Want to find kindergarten-friendly videos that hit the mark in April? Here is a list of teacher-recommended videos for Earth Day. It can be fun to change up our normal routine in the classroom (or via distance learning) for Earth Day and add a video or two into our lesson plans. For example, you just might need…
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 in the classroom on a holiday and add a video or two into our lesson plans. For example, you just might need a learning video…
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 – it’s essential to have a handful of favorite learning videos during January. January usually means endless days of indoor recess and built up excess…
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 letter sounds, learning to read and working on building letter-sound fluency. Most of these videos cover the entire alphabet in one 2-3 minute video but…
Bring Thanksgiving to life with kindergarten Thanksgiving videos. Here is a collection of favorite Thanksgiving videos for kindergarten. Whatever you need – here are Thanksgiving-themed books read aloud, brain break videos, and some learning videos that can help you teach. Thanksgiving-themed stories These stories are good read-alouds for Thanksgiving. They are fun and keep 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 kindergarten. You’ll love that they are easy to pull together. These are all free kindergarten Thanksgiving activities, printables, worksheets or online read-alouds I have found…
Teach color words with the ever-popular frog street press color songs. Here are the top color word songs on video, in my opinion, for kindergarten. I don’t know about you but we used these songs repeatedly to teach how to spell color words in kindergarten. In fact, I love using songs so much that I…
Are you planning for Christmas in your classroom? Here is a collection of favorite Christmas videos for kindergarten. These are YouTube videos that aren’t too long and can hold the attention span of a five and six year old. I’ve found audio books, brain breaks and how to say Merry Christmas in different languages you’ll want to show…
Here are some favorite kindergarten videos on describing and naming 2D shapes. These videos are quick and very handy to use in lessons or during a transition. For example, you just might need a learning video to supplement what you’re teaching or a brain break video that can help get the wiggles out. Let’s look…
Teaching kindergartners how to cut – quick resources for teachers. Here are some bright ideas to teach how to cut for the students that need it in your classroom – be it with just a few students or as a whole group lesson. Along with teaching basics, often we need to teach students how to cut at…
Here’s a great kindergarten math question that I posed to the awesome kindergarten teachers on facebook. “Is 11 a teen number?” Here is your answer straight from the source – what real kindergarten teachers have to say about 11 being a teen number. Plus, I’ll weigh in on the subject too with a pictured explanation. Teachers were…
No David by David Shannon is a classic book to read in kindergarten (and first grade honestly). Here are free No David activities, videos and book ideas listed all in one place so you don’t have to go digging to look for them. I’ll include more ideas for other No David books too. Be sure…
There comes a time we all need emergency sub plans for kindergarten. Here are free beginning of the year emergency sub plans for kindergarten that you can prep in advance. You can stash your plans, papers and read aloud all together and sleep better knowing if you have to call it in, you’re all set. Because…
Are you on the hunt for a good January read aloud or set of sub plans? Here are resources to teach Sneezy the Snowman in kindergarten. You could plug and play these into your winter theme lesson plans or they can stand alone as a set of plans for a substitute teacher. Sneezy the snowman…
The Kissing Hand is a classic book for many kindergarten and elementary classrooms on the first day of school. Here are Kissing Hand freebies, activities, videos, and books listed all in one place so you won’t have to go digging to look for them. Be sure to click on the name of each Kissing Hand freebie to see where it came…