If you are a kindergarten teacher or a parent of a kindergartner, you know you need to teach your kids how to read and write CVC words. If you are asking yourself, "what is a CVC word?" or "how do I teach CVC words?" then this post is for ... Continue Reading
FREE Sight Word Practice for Kindergarten
One of the most important skills beginning readers need to learn is reading sight words quickly. Sight words are not only words that are difficult to phonetically sound out, but also words that they will see SO often. Our goal is ... Continue Reading
Classroom Management Techniques for the New Year
As you welcome your students back to the classroom after break, you have a lot of re-teaching to do when it comes to classroom management. Even if your students were only out of the classroom for just a brief amount of time, they tend to ... Continue Reading
Morning Work Tubs for Kindergarten
If the start of your school day is as crazy as mine, I know how stressful it can be! Between parents who have questions, students who need immediate attention, or a call from the front office, it’s hard to split your attention in 5 ... Continue Reading
Using a Rug-Ed iPad Case
When it comes to using iPads in the classroom, a durable case is a MUST! Recently, I received the Rug-Ed ProLock 9.7 to test out and it did not disappoint! It has all the necessities of a protective iPad case but is not bulky or heavy. I'm ... Continue Reading
Laminating Classroom Materials with Mead
As a kindergarten teacher, a functioning laminator is a top ten item I need in my classroom! It helps our learning material stand up to lots of wear and tear and keeps me from having to recreate our centers and classroom decor year after ... Continue Reading
Name Practice with Kwik Stix Paint Sticks
Painting has never been more fun! Ruby, my almost 2 year old, loves to paint. And it typically involves paint ending up on her hands, feet, clothes...basically anywhere but the paper ;) I love to let her learn and explore, but sometimes I ... Continue Reading
Summer Math Centers and Literacy Centers for Kindergarten
I love switching out our themed centers each month! I wanted to share a look at our summer math centers and summer literacy centers which are perfect for the last few weeks of school or even if you're teaching summer school! Summer Math ... Continue Reading
Subtraction Fluency Practice
We have been working on our addition & subtraction fluency a lot in kindergarten! Earlier in the year, I introduced Add & Reveal and my kiddos went bonkers over the cards! They already loved our Read & Reveal cards, so they were ... Continue Reading
Learning to Read Words with Letter Blends Practice Activities for Kindergarten
Our CVC centers and CVCe centers have been a HUGE hit in our classroom...I knew I had to make some fun letter blends practice activities for Kindergarten. The kiddos love the interactive, hands-on activities they get to use during center ... Continue Reading
