Now soaring in Kindergarten
Using Dice in the Classroom Using Dice in the Classroom: This past week I had the privilege of presenting at the New England PreK-2 Conference in New Hampshire. The teachers were so sweet and Manchester was lovely! Anyway, one of the sessions was all about using dice in the classroom. I shared some freebies and thought you might enjoy one of them, too! Using dice in
Doubles Math Facts Freebie Doubles Math Facts Freebie: I have a great Doubles Math Facts Freebie for you today! But first, let me tell you a little bit about what I’ve been doing. First, I packed up my kindergarten classroom. A few packing up tips: Use Astrobrights Papers for your custodial signs: Line the bottoms of your cabinets with painter’s tape so that they aren’t
Inventory Exploration Boxes Freebie Inventory Exploration Boxes Freebie: Play is so important in the early childhood classroom. Play isn’t just play, it’s the way kids learn best! My friend Vickie at Primary Press has a great post {HERE} about how she uses exploration boxes as an alternative to morning work. I decided to give them a try but not necessarily for morning work. I
We are busy. There, I said it. We are so busy that sometimes we forget or run out of time to do special activities with our class. With that said, it’s important to make those activities part of your daily or weekly routine, then they are less likely to fall by the wayside. Estimation is one of those activities that is easy to forget, or
Common Core Math Question of the Day Common Core Math Question of the Day: As most of you know, I do a Question of the Day {here} with my kids…I did it last year in Kindergarten {seen here} with the Math Version {HERE} I went back to my first grade version this year. My kids love it as part of their morning routine…especially my EL
Exploring Numbers to 120 {FREEBIES} Exploring Numbers to 120 {FREEBIES}: I wanted to share a lot of the fun things we did during the week we were working on numbers. We specifically focused on: CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.A.1 Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral. We began by creating
