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January 15, 2017 by: Jennifer

Dramatic Play Idea

Dramatic Play Idea Dramatic Play Idea: Order Up! Restaurant Play to encourage writing, speaking, and listening skills! For as long as I can remember, my students have loved to play restaurant.  Even when I taught third grade, I would hear them at the writing station taking each other’s orders.  Now that I have made a commitment to including play in my kindergarten classroom, it was

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Filed Under: Uncategorized, Writing Station Tagged With: play, writing

February 7, 2016 by: Jennifer

Inventory Exploration Boxes Freebie

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

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Filed Under: Freebies, Math, Morning Work, Uncategorized Tagged With: freebie, Math, play

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