I've told you before how much I dislike paper/pencil morning work. Blah! I mean, like anything, if it works for you, GREAT! But it has never really been an effective or engaging activity for my students. I needed something that would provide hands-on practice but give them a chance to work cooperatively. Morning Work Stations are THE BEST thing to happen to my mornings. Seriously. Students used to come in, dragging their feet and wasting time. Today, they are on time, ready to get ... VIEW POST
Getting Started With Fine Motor Morning Work Stations
February Fine Motor Morning Work Stations
I know that as soon as I hit publish for this post I'm going to start getting emails asking when I'll have my plans done for March, but honestly friends, I'm working on it. It has just been a crazy month with kindergarten assessments, snow days, mass amount of kids absent from class and report cards. I'm hoping things will calm down a bit and that I'll have March done a bit ahead of time. As it is, I still have two or three days left of January morning stations left ... VIEW POST
October Fine Motor Morning Work Stations
Since all of you were so interested in my Back To School Fine Motor Morning Work Stations, I thought I'd share what I've been up to for October. (If you'd like to see last month's post, just click HERE.) I just finished setting up my new Morning Work Stations for the month, and since my kinders still needs tons of fine motor work, all the activities within my drawers still have a fine motor emphasis of some kind. My first set of stations lasted me through September and a bit of October, but ... VIEW POST
May Fine Motor Morning Work Stations
While many of you may only have a few weeks of school left, my kinder friends will be with me until the second week of June so I am still toying with the idea of whether I will be adding another set of Fine Motor Morning Work Stations to my arsenal or whether I will maybe just let them pick their favorites and have them revisit them for the last 2 weeks of school. Until then though, it's May and time to change over stations for a new month of fine motor work. I'm working into the wee hours of ... VIEW POST
January Fine Motor Morning Work
Have you been waiting on pins and needles to see what I have in my morning work stations this month? Well, it's all about winter, snowmen, snow flakes and penguins. Winter has definitely arrived in Michigan, so I might as well embrace it. Right? At least that's what I keep telling myself. By the way, I have added a couple of extra stations this month (14 in total) to get me through the entire month counting all our specials, late starts and the like. So here's a ... VIEW POST
March Fine Motor Morning Work Stations
Here in Mrs. McGuire's class, we have St. Patrick's Day, leprechauns and all things green on our minds. That's why this month's morning work will have a bit of an Irish flavor to them. Luckily, my kinders indulge me and love all the mystery and intrigue that comes along with chasing leprechauns and pondering over their pots o' gold. It's sad to break down the February stations. They were such a hit, but I think that March will be a winner, too. Depending on how long ... VIEW POST
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