The 100th day of school is one of the most exciting days of the year! I love planning and implementing fun activities to get the kids excited about counting to 100. I have some fantastic ideas to celebrate the day, one of which is an ... Continue Reading
FREE Kindergarten Reading Fluency Passages
It's so amazing when your little ones start to read! After they become more confident with reading, you can start building their fluency! Learning to read fluently takes a lot of practice. These reading fluency passages are a great way to ... Continue Reading
My Favorite Center Manipulatives
I was asked recently about some of my favorite kindergarten center manipulatives. It got me thinking that I should share some of those ideas here on my blog! An important part of keeping centers engaging is rotating center manipulatives ... Continue Reading
CVC Words Practice For Kindergarten
We're halfway through our kindergarten year and students are working hard to listen for beginning, middle and ending sounds while working with CVC words. Even though many students have mastered this skill, there are plenty that still need ... Continue Reading
Winter Centers for Kindergarten
One of my favorite ways to keep my kindergarten students engaged and learning is through the use of centers. In January, I like to incorporate these winter centers in our math and literacy rotations. We use these January math and literacy ... Continue Reading
Snowflake Counting Activity Free Download!
I love using themed centers throughout the year to keep the learning fun and exciting. We use this snowflake counting activity in the winter and it's always a favorite! It's the perfect way to continue practicing counting and one-to-one ... Continue Reading
New Year Writing Activity & Craft
2020 is coming to an end and 2021 is on the horizon. In kindergarten, we love to start the new year by reflecting on what we have learned so far and set goals for the new calendar year. After we return from the long holiday break, we use ... Continue Reading
Hands-on Sight Words Activities in Kindergarten
How can we teach sight words in kindergarten? Sight words are words that your students learn to read and place in their "sight word bank". This means that they are able to read the word by sight, no longer needing to use decoding skills or ... Continue Reading
Mastering Handwriting and Letter Formation
As young learners begin to write, they aren’t always familiar with the capital and lowercase letter shapes. Knowing the difference between capital and lowercase letters is a tricky task. In my experience, plenty of students only know how to ... Continue Reading
Sight Word Boom Cards ™ Make Learning Fun!
Teaching is always difficult, but teaching in the middle of a global pandemic is even harder! We are continuing to look for ways to keep our students engaged while also making sure to not overwork ourselves either. I created these Sight ... Continue Reading
