I’ve had a wonderful week chatting with kindergarten teachers who are getting ready to use my new Kindergarten Morning Activities in their classrooms this year. Not being able to allow our students to share manipulatives and supplies presents a challenge in all grade levels, and that challenge is felt deeply in our kindergarten community. However, we always do what we need to do for our students’ ... Read More about Kindergarten Morning Activities FAQ + $100 Giveaway!

Every teacher will have to be gone from their room at some point in time and will need the services of a substitute teacher. Substitute teachers are professional teachers who have the same education and training as classroom teachers to teach students. Substitute teachers go into different classrooms every day and have figured out how to manage those classrooms, grades, schools, and colleagues all ... Read More about 6 Things Your Sub Wants You to Know

One of the most exciting activities for a child is playing a game. My own kids want to play games multiple times per day during the summer and I love it!  What’s better than playing a game? Playing a game and reinforcing important skills at the same time! I know the feeling of wishing I had more review games for my kindergarten students. Sometimes after a whole-group literacy lesson, I ... Read More about Print, Cut Play Literacy Games: A Low-Prep, Hands-on Way to Practice Kindergarten Literacy Skills

Seven or eight years ago, I was teaching half-day kindergarten and needed to add more variety to the alphabet activities I was using with my class. I found that using the same alphabet worksheets from our district’s reading series was not only getting a little boring, but didn’t provide enough repeated practice. I came up with a set of alphabet activities and a couple years later, I added them to ... Read More about 11 Alphabet Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

With morning tubs not being an option for many teachers and classrooms this year, I knew that many teachers would be wondering what to do as an alternative.  There are so many valuable benefits to using morning tubs that remind us why it’s still important to have something for students to do when they arrive in the classroom. (If you haven’t used morning tubs in the past, you can go back ... Read More about Kindergarten Morning Activities: A Morning Tubs Alternative for 2020