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St. Patrick's Day can still help you teach your standards when you bring in quality, free printables. With St. Patrick's Day themed printables to cover math, language arts, treats and make it all feel fun - you can bring St. Patrick's Day green into your Read More...
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Learning sight words can be a very B.O.R.I.N.G task. Boring doesn't work for me so I thought I would try to make learning sight words a bit more interesting with our Sight Word Watches . Don't get me wrong...kids can't learn by sight words alone...but Read More...
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Calendar Time has always been an important time of the day in all the classrooms I have taught in. For my students Calendar Time is not just about finding out what day it is or how many days until the next big holiday. It is about a daily review of some Read More...
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Happy Sunday to ya! I have really been enjoying all of the ideas regarding classroom management. Management of classrooms big and small is so important, without it we have chaos and with chaos little learning goes on! Back when I was teaching 11 pre-kinders Read More...
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It's the simple things in life that are so fun for kids! No lesson plans, no agenda...just magnets! We had a ton of FUN with magnets today and I just used some basic materials that I already had at home. Magnets are a great way for kids to explore and Read More...
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Toddlers and Preschoolers are constantly changing and growing. As educators and parents, one of the best things we can do for these little learners is provide them with a variety of learning opportunities. At this age (2-3), it is so important that these Read More...
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As a kindergarten teacher (and as a grandma to two kindergarten-aged little boys), I believe in the benefits of teaching children sight words. A big sight word vocabulary allows children to quickly read most "beginning reader" books, since these books Read More...
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Are you even ready to think about next year? Whether you are, or aren't... that's okay! If you're not, be sure to pin or bookmark this post and come back to see me in August! If you're ready to bring on the planning, then join me as I share my planning Read More...
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It seems just about any preschool or kindergarten curriculum includes a unit on Farm Animals. From learning the names of the farm animals to perhaps even visiting a local farm, it's virtually a rite of passage that all children take a week or so out of Read More...
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Last week on my blog, I wrote all about the importance of helping children learn to recognize digraphs. Digraphs are a combination of two or more letters that make a single sound (like sh or th, just to name two). When children are able to recognize digraphs Read More...
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I've created Three Little Pig characters for fun and for you to have for free! I often expect my kinders to use favorite stories as inspiration when doing writer's workshop. In fact, we even do a unit to stretch the pure amount of writing they can do Read More...
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Assessments play an important roll in understanding how much a child knows and where we can better meet their needs. Assessments also helps students identify their own areas of strengths and weaknesses. As educators, we uses assessments before, during Read More...
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Most kids start learning with basic, two- or three-word sentences. Dr. Suess is always a classic "first reader" for children, with his silly (and short) rhymes like "I am Sam" or "Cup, pup, cup is on pup." But there's so much more to early reading than Read More...
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I am always looking for fun and innovative ways to teach and reinforce sight words since they play such an important roll in early reading success. I thought I would share a few sight word statistics with you: * 12 Sight Words make up 25% of those we Read More...
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Every teacher or parent undoubtedly has a list of words that appear frequently in the classroom or home that the children quickly learn to read "on sight," even if they can't phonetically sound out the words. For example, most kindergarten-aged children Read More...
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