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Virtual Hands-On Alphabet Mats and Activities

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When I made Hands-on Alphabet Mats for my students a couple of years ago, I never in my wildest dreams imagined that I would need a virtual counterpart for students. But then came COVID and everything changed. Now, even though we are currently face-to-face, I know that going virtual is a possibility and one I wanted to be prepared for if it happened. So I decided to create a virtual counterpart using Boom Learning™ Cards. Alphabet Mats Hands-on is the key in kindergarten. Using snap ... VIEW POST

Letter recognition fun doesn't have to be boring. Your kindergarten students will be so engaged in these hands-on alphabet mats. If you're virtual, no problem because there is also a virtual option using Boom Cards that will engage them as well.

Name Practice In Week Two

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When you've survived the first week of face-to-face teaching during a pandemic, you move onto name practice during week two. I'd like to think that my class list is pretty stable now but the reality is, with students being able to move back and forth from virtual to face-to-face, my class list will probably be a moving target for quite a while. So with that in mind, I'm glad I have editable name activities that I can enter, print and go . . . Week Two This week was all about names . . ... VIEW POST

What do you do the second week of school during a pandemic? You start to work on names. Using all the tools that we learned last week, we focused on reinforcing letter names and recognition while building stamina during literacy stations.

First Days of Face to Face

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In a time when everything is 'unprecedented' and 'new territory,' I just finished up my first days of Face-to-Face teaching in my new (old) classroom with my class of 20 kindergarteners. I thought it might be interesting to share a little bit of what I did to prepare in my part of the country, and how it went. This post does contain some affiliate links for your shopping convenience.  I do receive a small commission when someone purchases an item after clicking on a link. ... VIEW POST

What's it like going back to school after being gone for 6 months due to a pandemic? Take a look at my classroom and our first few days of face-to-face learning.

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