That's right!  The end is close enough that we can start prepping our kids for the big transition to first grade!  I am ready, are you?  (Well sort of ready!) Recently we wrote stories about why we are ready for first grade.  Focused on what we know and of course how we are acting.  Here's the page we used for free: This is what I got... funny ...

Recently, I was browsing through the shelves at our local library when I came across this great book. (note: the image below is an amazon link in case you want to find the book)  It opens in a ''sleepy, slurpy swamp'' as a strange creature emerges and goes in search of a friend like him. He meets many creatures along the way, each of whom points ...

Becoming a kinder parent has really opened my eyes to the love of learning our little ones have! One of my son's favorite projects he did at the start of the year was bringing the Brown Bear home for the evening in his teacher' Take Home Backpack that rotated through the class. So... I have started to create those sets as well so that my ...

By Laura Eldredge Research shows those of us in early childhood that movementis a young child’s preferred mode of learning – and that children learn bestthrough active involvement. The same holds true for children's literacy learning. Linking movement activities to story time and other literacy learning gets children more actively involved in the ...

Hello Pk+K Sharing blogging friends! My name is April Larremore but in the blogging world you may know me better as “Chalk Talk”.  I’m thrilled to have been asked to stop by as a guest blogger today.  Wanting to stay in line with the “artsy” feel of Hello Pk+K Sharing, I decided to share my thoughts on the importance of teaching young children ...

As I mentioned in an earlier post, every Tuesday,  I head over to the day care center across the street from my school. I am a member of Read Aloud DE. What do I do? I read. I read for about an hour to eager 3,  4 and 5 year olds. They are thrilled when [...]

My kindergarten students have really enjoyed the game ABC Jump Up that I posted about back in December.  So I decided to create a sight word version to help them practice identifying 48 of the most common sight words and to get them up and moving! Come on by to learn more! ~ Mrs. McKown

 Do any of your students need some extra practice  reciting the alphabet and writing their letters fluently?   Mine do, so I combined the two activities to have  them practice doing both! Come on over to see the simple activity! ~ Mrs. McKown

In case you missed my post, I updated my  Let it Snow! Sight Word Find!  The download now includes both a K and a 1st grade version! ~ Mrs. McKown

I bundled up and posted some of the emergent student readers I created and have been using with my little literacy learners.  They include sight word flash cards and pocket chart picture cards to go along with each reader. Come on by to take a look! Thank you! ~ Mrs. McKown