Back to school time can be overwhelming for even the most experienced teachers. Staying organized is a great way to relieve stress and feel confident about going back to school. Back to school organization is critical to set the stage for the school year, especially for busy teachers. Save yourself time and energy with this […]
Here you’ll learn the answer to “what is a sound wall?” is and “why you should I use sound walls in my kindergarten classroom?”. Maybe you’ve heard about a sound wall from your literacy specialist or while browsing a Facebook page. And you’ve seen other teachers making the switch from a traditional word wall to […]
Kindergarten registration is an ever-evolving process for many schools. Administrators and teachers much strike a delicate balance between welcoming new students and their families and getting the assessment data they need to plan for classes and how to best meet the needs of the incoming kids. When you are preparing, it can be difficult to […]
Classroom management is the most challenging part of teaching. One simple note with a behavior checklist can improve student behavior in your classroom overnight. Seriously. The secret to good classroom management is in the relationships you build with your students and their parents. You can show students and their families that you care by focusing […]
Kindergarten graduation is a fun way to end the year but I always felt strange calling it graduation and it always ended up feeling super stressful during an already stressful time of year. I loved the idea of celebrating the end of my students’ first year of elementary school as it is a momentous occasion. […]
You’ve read about sound walls and you’re ready to get started but where will you find the space? Using a sound wall instead of a word wall can take up almost double the space of a traditional word wall. Most teachers are already short on wall space or maybe you’re a resource teacher with a […]
This is such a surreal time for teachers. We suddenly find ourselves forced out of the brick and mortar classrooms and into a distance learning set up that we are making up as we go along. Most of us were not at all prepared for remote learning for kindergarten and even those who were likely […]
Adopting a reading buddy stuffed animal is a fun way to encourage students to read both in school and at home. A reading buddy can help to make reading more engaging for students. Kids can pull out their reading buddies during read to self time or keep them at home for homework time. You may […]
Kindergarten homework is not developmentally appropriate. There I said it. Five-year-olds are not meant to sit down to do paper and pencil tasks about reading and writing. Somewhere along the way, someone who was most definitely not a kindergarten teacher decided that five and six-year-olds MUST read by the end of kindergarten. This created unrealistic […]
