While school's out for summer for some of us, other of us are still trying to cram assessing, field trips and last-minute assignments in to these few final days. And the kids . . . well . . . they just want to have fun. So in attempt to accomplish both meaningful and engaging … [Read more...]
Last Minute Mother’s Day Gifts and a Freebie to Help
What do you do when it's the Wednesday before Mother's Day and you haven't figured out what your class of kinders are doing for their moms? You use your planning time to scour Pinterest in hopes of some divine inspiration. At least that's what I did. I kind of had an idea … [Read more...]
Game Play, Freebies and Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites Chapter 4
I’m a bit late but back to hook up to the Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites Book Study and Strategy 4 is all about games. I love that research supports what parents and teachers have known for so long. Game play builds cooperative relationships, allows students to … [Read more...]
A Freebie Plus Organizing and Differentiating Independent Self-Correcting Work
You’ve seen my self-correcting cards here before, but I’ve been receiving a ton of questions asking how I organize these cards in my classroom to keep them easily accessible and differentiated with kinder kids in mind. So, with that in mind, I thought I would give everyone … [Read more...]
A New Spin On Morning Work and a Freebie to Get You Organized.
Morning Work! Yuck! Seriously . . . yuck! We feel like we need to have something for our kiddos to do while they file into our room haphazardly in the morning. Most of them are on time, but many are 5, 10 or 15 minutes or more late for class. I hate starting a new lesson … [Read more...]
Differentiated Kindergarten Winter Math Fun
Winter math activities (Ok, let's be honest, any math stations really . . . )are my favorite, because it just feels so much like game play to me and to my students. I know that many of you worry about accountability with math stations in your classrooms, but I really … [Read more...]
Spinning Up Math Fun and A Freebie for January.
I’ve had so many questions about spinners lately that I’m revisiting the subject and showing you exactly what a typical packet of math spinner activities looks like. I don't know about you, but I want to see pictures of what I'm getting. I want to see what it looks like in … [Read more...]
Trick and Treat Freebielicious Blog Hop – Come Fill Your Bags
Fall is upon is and that means it's time for some Teaching Trick & Treating! That's right - I have teamed up with my Freebielicious friends again to share some teaching tricks and special free treats for you! For my trick, I've had ton's of people write … [Read more...]
Ingredients For Successful Word Family Instruction
It’s the thirty-second day of school. Over half my kinders are ‘Top Bananas,’ I’ve introduced and we’ve reviewed over half the letters of the alphabet, they are showing signs of segmenting and blending, they totally ‘get’ patterns, and I’m feeling like it’s time to introduce … [Read more...]
A Differentiated Kindergarten (and Freebielicious Girls) Are Giving Away Gift Cards Galore!
I’m so excited to be teaming up with my favorite freebie-friends for a BIG giveaway to help get you going this school year! Over at the Freebielicious blog, we’re giving away a BIG, GRAND PRIZE (scroll down to the bottom of this post to read all about it!) and right here at … [Read more...]
Sensory Tables: One of the Best Tools For Differentiating Your Instruction. I Promise.
Before I get started, I'm going to warn you, this is gonna be a big post. I have a ton of stuff to show you, I have questions that I want to answer, and I want to give all the information I can. So grab yourself a beverage, make yourself comfortable and get ready.I recently … [Read more...]
#Colorizeyourclassroom with Astrobrights, A Freebie and a Giveaway from A Differentiated Kindergarten
Who wants to add color to their classroom without having to break the bank on color printer ink? Just about everyone. Well, Astrobrights Papers recently sent me a sweet packet of their new papers and a gift certificate to Office Depot, and I'm dying to show you what I did with … [Read more...]
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