A Valentine’s Day Printable Book created by me.
The Kissing Hand Ideas from the Virtual Vine
100 Hearts by Activity Village
Valentine’s Day Concentration from ABC teach
Heart Templates by Activity Village
Numeral/Set Heart Match by Activity Village
Valentine’ s Day Bingo Card (Blank) for numbers, letters, or sight words.
Non-candy graphing activity: For this I have create a page of hearts with [...]
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January 27, 2009
Valentine’s Day Ideas
January 27, 2009
Our First Snow Day!
I would like to report that our school district has had it’s first snow day today! I was able to sleep in for a little while and now I am enjoying some time on the couch with my warm blanket. I also let Wrigley play outside for a little while and he had a blast. He was jumping [...]
January 27, 2009
Groundhog Day!
It seems that we have had a lot of celebrate in kindergarten recently. Groundhog day is another day that many kindergarten classes talk about. In my opinion this day is great for science and writing. I am excited to celebrate this year with my kids. I created a printable book (with clip art I found [...]
January 23, 2009
The 100th Day of School!
Wow! There are so many great ideas out there from teachers around the country… Here is a list of ideas I have done in my room and ideas that other people have created!
100th Day Trail Mix:The teacher provides 10 different small snack items like pretzels, marshmallows, cereal, etc… Students take 10 of each piece and [...]
January 21, 2009
Obama Stuff
Mrs. Keenan’s PhotoStories and More
As I was driving in my car today listening to Obama’s speech I was thinking of a way I could share all this with my students. The tune to BINGO came into my head and then I came up with this…
It is something quick and catchy that will help the kids [...]
January 5, 2009
National Board Certification Helpful Links
Below is a list of the websites I have found helpful so far!
http://www.nwrel.org/msec/science_inq/whatisinq.php
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/ECT/Inquiry/inquiry1text.html
http://aims.tie.net/content/docs/SampleInquiryQuestions.doc
http://www.coreknowledge.org/CK/resrcs/lessons/06_K_Kinder.pdf
http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/uploads/6930.pdf
December 18, 2008
Classroom Photos
Classroom Pictures
Here are some pictures from the beginning of the school year. I am always changing the room around to find something that works better. I try not to change it to much because I know that consistency is important for my students. This year I am really trying my best to get organized. I [...]
December 18, 2008
The Power of Power Teaching!
I recently was searching for some new management ideas for my kindergarten classroom. I came across the below videos on www.youtube.com. I highly reccomend watching the first video, it takes place in a college class but can easily be adapted for any grade, even kindergarten. The second video is an actual kindergarten room.
I watched the [...]
December 17, 2008
Cut Up Sentences
Here is a sample of work that was done that year by some of my students.
Cut up sentences are one of my favorite things to do in kindergarten. If you take a look at the picture above the words have all been cut off the bottom and glued onto the top of the paper. [...]
December 16, 2008
Wanted: New ideas for kindergarten math!
I have been in search of new ideas for kindergarten math centers. Here are a few I found!
www.kidscount1234.com Shari has lots of great math ideas for kindergarten teachers!
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/mathcentres.html Center ideas by topic…
http://www.teachingheart.net/graphing1.html Great graphing ideas!
http://www.hubbardscupboard.org/math_tubs.html This is a great overall kindergarten and preschool site. I especially love the printable readers on there. However, I found the math tub [...]
