One of the questions I’m asked most often is how I set up and run centres in my Kindergarten classroom. How many centres do students complete each day? Do I assign groups or use a rotation system? Do students move around the classroom, or do the activities come to them? How do I introduce centre…
If you’ve ever wondered what a Kindergarten daily schedule actually looks like… you’re not alone. Lately, I’ve been getting asked about my timetable a lot: So I put together a realistic example timetable based on my years in the classroom, along with what I know about how Full-Day Kindergarten classrooms are running now (I even…
If you’ve started looking at the new 2026 Ontario Kindergarten curriculum, you might be wondering: 👉 What actually changed?👉 Is play-based learning still a thing?👉 Do I need to completely change how I teach? The short answer:No — but there are some important shifts that are important to understand. In this post, I’ll break it…
My blog post “What I Do: First Day & Week of FDK” is one of my most-read posts of all time — but it’s from 2017! Since then, I’ve taught a few more classes, had my own kids go through Kindergarten, and gathered lots of new ideas to share. This updated version includes fresh routines,…
Hi everyone! Every summer as teachers start thinking about going back to school, I get flooded with DMs and emails asking me the same questions: “How do you get ready for the first day of Kindergarten?” and “Can you share your Kindergarten start up list?”. After years of sharing bits and pieces in my newsletter,…
Hi friends! Over the years I’ve been asked countless times to share organization ideas for the Kindergarten classroom so I finally decided to do a big blog post about how I’ve organized my classroom in the past! It’s a big topic so I’ve broken them down into different categories. Read them all or scroll to…
Hi friends! Happy teacher appreciation week! I hope you are shown extra appreciation this week for all of the hard work you put into your classrooms♡ As a Kindergarten parent now myself, I knew I wanted to do something small to show my appreciation for the two wonderful educators that T has. Honestly I cannot…
Hi friends! As many of you know, I had taken a break from sharing things on the blog when I found out I was pregnant with our second baby. Now that baby #2 is almost 5 months old, I am playing catch up and will share some of the new things that I posted to…
Every year in August I get lots of questions asking which resources I recommend the most from my TeachersPayTeachers store. So I’ve compiled them in this blog post! Hope this is helpful to those who are browsing! You can click on the title above each image (e.g. #10: Fill in the Blank: Sight Word Poems for…
Here are some of the things we have been up to this month! 1. INVITATION TO CREATE – APPLES One of my teaching partners told me about this easy invitation to create and I love it! I love how the kids need to look closely and problem solve as they build their apple. I also…
I love sharing lessons and activities that have worked well in my Kindergarten classroom to provide you with engaging ideas and to help you cut down your planning time!
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