How to Set Up a Fun End of the Year Escape Room for Kindergarten – First Grade
It can be tough to keep young students engaged as the school year winds down, but an end of the year escape room activity can be just the ticket! The hands-on, interactive challenge will stimulate their imaginations and keep them entertained while they work together to review and reinforce what they’ve learned throughout the year. […]
Free March In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb Calendar & Weather Activity
Free March In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb Calendar & Weather Activity My students always enjoy this calendar activity! I hope yours will too! Does the saying “March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb” hold true this year? Find out by keeping track of lion days (cold, winter-like […]
Fun Winter Numbers to 20 Activities (Differentiated) Plus a Free File
Building a love of math plus strong number sense is so important in the younger grades. It is the foundation students need for being able to understand more advanced mathematical concepts. In order to build strong number sense, young children need a lot of hands-on practice. When we first begin working on number sense, we […]
Fun Fall Numbers to 20 Activities (Differentiated) Plus a Free File
Building a love of math plus strong number sense is so important in the younger grades. It is the foundation students need for being able to understand more advanced mathematical concepts. In order to build strong number sense, young children need a lot of hands-on practice. When we first begin working on number sense, we […]
Tips for Using a Sound Wall in Kindergarten, Early Elementary Grades
In my last post I shared tips on setting up a sound wall in your kindergarten or early elementary classroom. Now, it’s time to talk about ideas for using your sound wall. A sound wall is a valuable teaching tool that helps students connect speech to print and build the phoneme-grapheme correspondence needed for decoding […]
How to Set Up a Sound Wall in Kindergarten, Early Elementary
If you are a kindergarten or early elementary teacher and have been considering using a sound wall in your classroom but are not sure if it will work or how and where to set it up, this post will offer some helpful suggestions and options as well as some useful resources. What is a sound […]
Name Recognition & Name Writing Activities
One of the first skills we work on during the first few weeks of school is name recognition. While some young learners come to school able to recognize their name in print, many can not. Here are a few of the ways I help my students learn their names. Find Their Names Around the Room […]
Earth Day Activities: Science Experiments, Crafts, Bulletin Board, Writing Prompts, Song
Earth Day gives us a great opportunity to introduce young children to the importance of taking care of our world and the harmful effects humans have and can have on the environment. I have always felt it important to teach my young students about Earth Day. They are the future and it is crucial that […]
Presidents Day George Washington Abraham Lincoln Crafts, Activities, Books
To help make your Presidents Day more fun and engaging, I’m sharing some favorite learning activities that young students have loved over the years. They should help make prepping for Presidents Day a little easier! George Washington & Abraham Lincoln Activities We usually start off our Presidents Day unit by discussing George Washington and Abraham […]
How to Set Up a Fun Winter Themed Escape Room for Young Students
The winter months can be hard for young students (and teachers) when outdoor recess is limited and the holidays are over. This is why I like to add something different and exciting to our lessons. I started creating escape rooms for kindergarten after doing a few with my family and having such a great time […]