Hi friends! I’ve been super busy these last couple of weeks. But I had a minute today, so I thought I’d pop in and share some of the things we have been up to in our class! 1. MOTHER’S DAY PORTRAIT GIFT BAGS So originally we were going to make “All About My Mom” books…
Hi friends! Today’s post is super short, but I wanted to share a freebie with you (that you can use tomorrow!) so I decided to still post! 1. SPRING BEGINNING SOUNDS One area of need for many of my kiddos is identifying beginning sounds in words and paying attention to beginning sounds when reading emergent…
Hi friends! I’m sitting down today to share about the inquiry we just wrapped up! When we did our March inquiry brainstorm (I do these when there are no spontaneous wonders to expand on, I just ask the students to tell me everything they are wondering about about and I sort through them and pick…
Hi friends! I’m back to share with you some of the things we have been up to in our classroom this week! 1. CARD MAKING CENTRE So my kids are still OBSESSED with card making ever since we introduced it before Valentine’s Day. Our mailbox is full daily of cards to their friends and family!…
Hi guys! I’m here to share all about our bee inquiry that we just wrapped up in our classroom. It all started when we were learning about where bees go in the winter during our animals in winter inquiry. You can read the blog posts for that inquiry here (part 1) and here (part 2)….
Hi friends! I’m here with another Weekly Round-Up to share what we have been up to this week! 1. BEE INQUIRY: NECTAR/POLLEN TRANSPORT CENTRE Since we are learning about bees during our inquiry time, I set out this nectar transport centre for the students to act out how the bees suck up the nectar, carry…
Hi friends! It feels like forever since my last weekly round-up post! Here is what we have been up to in our classroom! Scroll to the bottom for the freebie! 1. NUMBER SENSE LOOSE PARTS TRAY I switched up my math loose parts tray and the kids ate it up this week! They are obsessed…
Hi friends! I’m sharing some ideas from our first week of 2018! I hope you can use some of these ideas! 1. NEW YEAR FIREWORK PAINTING I got this idea from @teachingspecialthinkers on Instragram. All you need is some black construction paper, gold and silver paint and a toilet paper roll with slits cut in…
I’m popping in real quick to share a few things from the last 2 weeks. Scroll to the bottom for the calendar freebie! 1. 3D FIGURE TRACING BOOK I updated this one this summer and the kids enjoyed tracing the figures and words with the expo markers! This 3D figure tracing book is included in…
Remembrance Day is an important day to teach about, but it can also can be a little tricky in Kindergarten. It’s important to gage how much they can handle in terms of talking about war and death before delving too deeply into it. And although it is important to remember and talk about the…
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