2019-20 Favorite #4: Kindergarten Phonics 101
As we finish up a school year, and prepare for the next one, I wanted to re-share my top 5 favorite blog...
A Distant End of the Year
This is certainly not how I expected the year to end… I think we are all feeling sad, even grieving, wishing we...
Place Value Kindergarten Activities
Place value is such a critical understanding for young mathematicians – it is a basic building block for future math problems. Place...
Science Questions to Ask
The most important part of any science unit is not the experiments or activities or teaching… but rather the science questions that...
Earth Day Activities
Earth Day is coming up! I have to be honest – growing up I never cared about Earth Day. I want my...
Non-Fiction Reading
Teaching non-fiction reading is a key literacy skill in the
younger grades. Students need to understand that there are different kinds of
books and...
Social Studies for Kindergarten: Mapping Standards
In social studies for kindergarten, a major standard for younger children is to understand maps and why we use them. Students are...
Plant Inquiry for Kindergarten
Planting is an important and reoccurring science unit in the younger grades. I prefer to take an inquiry approach to planting. I’ve...
Exploring and Understanding 3-D Shapes
In the fall, one of our first math units is all about 2-D shapes. But now that the year is moving along,...
Blends and Digraphs
Blends and digraphs are a very challenging concept for young readers and writers. It is not expected that students fully be able...