When you're planning station activities, whether its Math or ELA focused, keeping it simple can be the difference between your students finding success (and you keeping your sanity) and absolute chaos. Tumbling Blocks (or Jenga if you prefer) is a simple game that offers so much diversity and engagement for your students, that you just HAVE to add it to your station activities. And here's the best part . . . They are super inexpensive and SO incredibly simple to differentiate! Plus your ... VIEW POST
Keeping It Simple With Tumbling Blocks
Counting Cup Math Mats
This is going to sound totally weird, but one of the earliest memories I have of a favorite activity when I was little, is sitting at a big table with a jar full of buttons. I would sort them, count them, make them into patterns . . . I literally spent HOURS playing with a jar of buttons. Perhaps that's why I love counting cups for my students. They're simple, engaging and there are so many skills that can be practiced while your students think they are . . . dare I say it . . . playing. I ... VIEW POST
Using counting cups in preschool, kindergarten or even first grade is an engaging, fun way to practice a variety of math skills. This blog post offers tips for organizing and using counting cups, suggestions for items to use as counters and a free set of printable math mats for use in your classroom or as a tool for homeschoolers. These hands-on activities are great for math centers, stations, or rotations. They are also a good resource for teaching small group guided math.
Stress-Free Valentine’s Day Fun Stations
After posting about my Stress-free Halloween Fun Stations, I had a bunch of requests for similar posts for other holidays . . . including Valentine's Day. I know a bunch of teacher friends dislike these days and planning a 'party' is beyond stressful with everything else we do, so I make my parties as simple as possible by filling time with simple, stress-free fun stations. I know that there are many teachers that have the benefit of a 'class parent' to plan these things, but I don't so this ... VIEW POST
Stress-Free Halloween Fun Station Activities!
I love Halloween, but I honestly feel like sometimes it can be a little over the top and too much for my kindergarten kids. I want them to have a fun day, but I don't want Halloween Station activities to be overwhelming for them or for me. Stree-free is key in kindergarten! So I made a promise to myself a long time ago that with all the craziness of the holiday, our day would be fun but manageable with some great stress-free activities. Stress-Free Halloween Day Schedule I am ... VIEW POST
Building Blocks Are More Than Just Fun!
Using building blocks (or Legos) to create images and designs is a SUPER popular activity in my kindergarten classroom and an easy one to set up and maintain. My students love the challenge and fun of Legos building blocks, and I love the fact that it promotes fine motor skills. But the benefits go far beyond that . . . Building with their little hands has helped my students develop creativity, build spatial awareness, problem solve, develop planning skills and it has them using ... VIEW POST
Getting Ready for Play Dough
I often hear that parents and teachers can be very reluctant to use dough in their classrooms because let's face it, it can be messy. I say 'it can,' because I really don't think it has to be. I think given time and routines and modeling, play dough can be one of the best tools you use in your classroom on a daily basis instead of something to fear! Let me explain how getting ready for play dough can mean the difference between loving it and despising it. Because let's face, it's the ... VIEW POST
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