I don’t know about you, but every year I feel like I’m scrambling to come up with Mother’s Day gift ideas for my students. I always want to change it up! This year is even more difficult because of distance learning. I wanted to give you a few Mother’s Day crafts and activities you can do at home or save for next year, and a directed drawing you can do during a video class!Mother’s Day CraftFor this craft, students will write about why they love their mom or another significant person in their ...
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Create Activities for Distance Learning Using Resources You Already Own
When I posted about my free Thelma the Unicorn unit, many of you were wondering how you could use this unit for distance learning. I realized that many of us were thrown into this digital learning world without any training or experience. Today, I wanted to show you how you can take the resources that you already own and use them for digital learning activities.I know that many of us are scrambling to plan and find activities. I never want anyone to feel like they need to spend more money when ...
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Free Thelma the Unicorn Activities for Kindergarten
A few weeks ago, I ordered TONS of unicorn books thinking we would have a unicorn week in my classroom. Obviously, Coronavirus shutdowns happened and so that didn’t happen. But I wanted to make the best of it by creating these Thelma the Unicorn book activities to share with you!This unit is a sample of my Little Readers Kindergarten reading curriculum and it contains all the parts of one of those units (see more here), but I wanted to make sure any of my K-2 friends could use this unit for ...
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Back to School Reading Activities for Kindergarten
Do you ever feel overwhelmed trying to plan reading activities for kindergarten that meet all the standards and yet are fun and engaging? I’ll be the first one raising my hand! That’s why I designed my Little Readers Kindergarten Reading units.August is out now and I wanted to give you a closer look at all the fun back to school reading activities I have planned for you!Every unit in this curriculum contains 4 weeks focusing on 4 books. August features books that will help your students ...
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Our Kindergarten Daily Schedule
One question I get All. The. Time. is, “What does your kindergarten daily schedule look like?” That’s why I thought I would lay it all out in this blog post.Keep in mind, some times are set for me by my district, but our day is also fluid - things may go shorter or longer depending on how things go. This is just our general daily schedule in kindergarten.Breakfast and Morning Tubs9-9:30 - Our schools serves free breakfast, so our day always begins with breakfast and morning tubs. Students who ...
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Free Spring Chick Directed Drawing
I love doing directed drawings with my kindergarten class because they hit so many skills - listening, following directions, fine motor, and more! This spring chick directed drawing is perfect when learning about life cycles or oviparous animals!I like to use directed drawings to compliment a book we are reading or as a fun addition to a science unit. They are a fun way to brighten up our room!If your writing center is themed like mine, you can add the visual directions for the directed drawings ...
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