Five for Friday: December 18
We made it! Happy Winter Break 2015!! I’m sharing some of my last week before winter break activities and linking up with Kacey at Doodle Bugs Teaching for her Five for Friday linky!
math centre
-
-
Teaching Measurement in Kindergarten: Hands-On Lessons and Centres for Length
Length is one of my favourite measurement concepts to teach in Kindergarten because children can see and test it everywhere. Which block tower is taller? Is a marker longer than a crayon? Whose play dough snake is the shortest? I originally shared the lessons from my classroom in 2015. I updated this post in 2026…
-
Teaching Patterning in FDK – Part 2
📌 Looking for my updated patterning ideas? This post has been combined with my newest lessons, hands-on centre ideas, 2026 Ontario Kindergarten curriculum information and FREE printables in one updated guide! 👉 Read the updated Teaching Patterning in Kindergarten post here. Hi friends! I’m here to share with you how I taught patterning to my…
-
Five for Friday: October 16
Hey hey! I’m finally linking up with Kacey @ Doodle Bugs Teaching again for her Five for Friday! It has been way too long but I finally have 5 random photos to share! Here we go 😉 This past Monday was Thanksgiving Day in Canada so we read “The Thankful Book” by Todd Parr and…
-
How I Teach 2D Shapes in Kindergarten: 9 Lessons + Hands-On Centres
Save on Pinterest Jump to Freebie Shop the Resource This post was updated in August 2026 to align with the Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum, 2026. 2D shapes are one of the first math topics I like to teach in Kindergarten. Many students arrive already able to name a circle, square or triangle, so it gives them…
-
How to Teach Canadian Money in Kindergarten (Centres, Lessons & Activities | Ontario 2026 Aligned)
This blog post was updated on April 9, 2026 to Align with the 2026 Ontario Math Curriculum 🚀 How do you teach Canadian money (coins and bills) in Kindergarten… without confusing your students and build real understanding, not just rote memorization? If your students find coin names and values tricky… you’re not alone. Teaching money…
-
Five for Friday: March 6
I’m back for Five for Friday! Visit Kacey’s blog, Doodle Bug’s Teaching to link up too! On Wednesday we had our superintendent visit the school. She came by to visit our class with my principal and… she started to cry! I went over to ask her if everything was ok and she said that she…
-
Teaching Composing Numbers in FDK
My kids have been rocking math lately! I am so impressed by their ability to use the language that I teach them. We had a VP walk through our class a few weeks ago and she sat down with one of my students and asked her what she was doing. She replied “Oh I’m decomposing…
-
Teaching Decomposing Numbers in FDK
I feel like I haven’t posted about math in so long! I have been teaching math, I promise! 😉 Last week we started decomposing numbers. I started by telling them the learning goal “We are learning to decompose numbers” and then explained that decompose means to take apart. Our success criteria is “I know I…
-
Fishing Fun! Alphabet & Ten-Frame Matching
Hi guys! I wanted to share a centre that has been super popular in my class lately! They are constantly asking me if it’s open. It is the fishing centre! I filled our sensory table with paper from the paper shredder. Then I printed the fish on coloured cardstock, laminated them and cut them out….
Hi, I’m Yukari!
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.
