Valentine’s Day is the perfect opportunity to reinforce friendship, kindness and love in a Kindergarten classroom! Scroll through this post if you need ideas for Valentine’s day centers for Kindergarten that will keep your students busy and engaged while also strengthening their fine motor, literacy and math skills! 1. Build & Trace Valentine’s Day Words…
Hi friends! Today I’m rounding up some of my favourite winter themed centre ideas for Kindergarten to hopefully help you with your January planning! Let’s dive in 🙂 1. Arctic TOOBS Small World Play Centre (Freebie) This is one of my favourite winter centres and always a hit with my classes too! I bought this…
Hi friends! Like many of you Christmas is my favourite holiday and a favourite of many of our students! High interest typically means high engagement so I love incorporating Christmas themes into our centres when I can do it in a hands on, meaningful way that supports their learning! I hope you are able to…
Hi friends! I’ll be writing other blog posts still but this will be my last weekly round-up for a while.. since Friday was my last day of work! I’m officially on maternity leave! Here is what we were up to my last week of work! 1. COUNTING WATERMELON SEEDS We are working on 1:1 correspondence…
Hi friends! Sorry I haven’t been keeping up with these weekly round-up posts.. I feel like they’re turning into monthly updates! I’ll be starting my maternity leave on June 8, so these weekly updates will be on pause while I’m off on leave.. but I’ll probably have at least one or two more posts coming…
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! I’m popping in to share some of our activities from this week! 1. SIGHT WORD GARDEN My friend and co-worker Amanda (@creativekindergartenblogontpt) shared this activity on her Instagram last week and I knew I had to try it too! My kids love craft activities, so I knew this was going to be a…
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 back to share a bunch of new valentine themed activities we’ve been exploring in our classroom. There’s a freebie too so make sure you grab it before you go! 1. VALENTINE CHART & SENTENCES I love adding these themed word charts to my whiteboard centre to spark new writing. Students can draw…
Hi friends! Happy Friday! Today was our report card writing PA day and I am so glad we get this day to write! I basically locked myself up in my room and wrote all day so I feel good about the amount I got done today! I brought some assessments and documentation home, so I’m…
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!
Check out my story below to learn more about the why behind A Pinch of Kinder.
