No I haven't been dying my sheets in our kindergarten class but we have been doing these beautiful Pinterest inspired tissue paper tie dye art that I just HAD to share with you. I the got idea from HONEST TO NOD when I saw this pictureIt looked easy enough and guess what? It is!You have to be really careful when your pulling it apart.You don't want it to be completely wet but you don't want it to be completely dry either.But once it's opened . . .Is it ever gorgeous. And ... VIEW POST
A Pinterest Inspired Art Project and . . . a differentiated place value freebie.
Chapter 3 and Time for a Freebie!
It's time for my reflections on Chapter 3! I love that we are getting into the nuts and bolts of D5 now. This is the putting it all together, getting organized and making it work . . . all starting to come together little by little. So here's what I came up with while I followed along with Tammy's guiding questions:1. Establish a gathering place for brain and body breaks. (Do you call your gathering place anything special? A few of my teammates did. Annie called ... VIEW POST
Kindergarten Daily Schedule
I often get emails asking about my kindergarten daily schedule. For the longest time, I couldn't imagine how it would be helpful to other teachers. However, I recently asked my Facebook followers about their own schedules and realized just how crucial it is for teachers, especially those new to teaching kindergarten or transitioning to a full-day schedule. The responses I received were so varied, it really hit home how useful it might be to share my own example of a typical kindergarten daily ... VIEW POST
Father’s Day Fish and a conversation about Papa!
Father's Day is fast approaching, and while it's a difficult day for my personally, I wanted to be able to share a project that you might want to take on for your own Father's Day celebration. I'm generally not THIS personal in my blog posts, but it has somehow evolved to this and so I hope you'll humor me and my 'sharing.' My own dad passed away five years ago, having only really known my two oldest boys. My oldest son was only 3 when dad left us and my second son was ... VIEW POST
Setting Up For A Successful Year Of Daily 5 In Kindergarten
The beginning of the kindergarten year is such a blur. About halfway through it, you try to look back and figure out exactly how it all started. It gets difficult to remember the hard work and organization that it took to get your from there to where you are now, but by remembering the parts that went well and the parts that didn't, you can always improve each year. So I'm trying, desperately to make sure I document these first days of math stations and now Daily 5 Stations so I can adjust ... VIEW POST
Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites! Chapters 1 and 2 Bookstudy
I’m jumping on the Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites book study train this week a couple of days late, but I’m still delighted to be taking the time to re-energize and re-affirm my feelings and philosophies about teaching that start to get a bit hazy around this time of the year. This book is a perfect fit for me, because so much of what it speaks to is what I believe about kindergarten, what is developmentally appropriate, and what is key to differentiated instruction. It seems to be a ... VIEW POST
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