St. Patrick’s Day is the perfect opportunity to add a little extra magic to your Kindergarten classroom! With playful themes like leprechauns, rainbows, and pots of gold, it’s easy to integrate fun, hands-on math and literacy activities that engage young learners☘️ Keep scrolling to see my favourite St. Patrick’s Day centers for Kindergarten that not…
Hi friends! Have you recently come across the term heart words and wondering what they are? Or maybe you’re an early SoR adopter and have been teaching irregular high frequency words this way for a few years now! I first learned about heart words when I started my SoR learning journey a few years ago….
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! 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 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! 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 friends! I am so excited because I start my spring break today! I am so excited to get caught up on a bunch of blog/TPT stuff, baby shopping and some other misc. personal things (car maintenance, taxes etc!) But first I wanted to recap our week before spring break to give you a peek…
Hi friends! How’s your October going? Truth be told I’m on a little bit of a #strugglebus. I just cannot get myself up as early as usual in the mornings and feel rushed everyday getting my room ready. 5:00 comes way too quick and I don’t feel like I’m getting much done after school. Being…
Hi friends! I’m back! I took a week off most things “A Pinch of Kinder” last week so I could focus on my wedding! It turned out to be a gorgeous day (which we were so thankful for since we had an outdoor venue!). I’ll share some photos when I get them back from our…
Hi guys! Can you believe we’re entering the last week of school? June has flown by! Here are some ideas I’m hoping you can use this week or next June 🙂 1. SIGHT WORD POPSICLE STICK PUZZLES I adapted this from an idea I saw on Planning Playtime’s Facebook page. Students are invited to find…
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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