Teach how to rhyme in kindergarten with simple hand motions. Here is one way to make rhyming orally easier to teach in kindergarten. I found myself asking, “How do I teach kindergartnershow to rhyme?” And not justhow to identify two words that rhyme, but to make their own rhyming wor...
Ask the caregiver to explain their approach to raising children. Try to determine if their approach aligns with howyou would raise your child. Asking about how they react to excessive crying, an accident, or your baby not wanting to nap or sleep can provide helpful insights. Set up a week ...
This makes it easier for your students to practice the cardinal directions. Explain that there are four main directions a person can go: north, east, south and west. Show how you have labeled these directions on the walls.Step 3Ask the students to stand up. Ask them to point forward; ...
By now your child is more than ready for first grade. Check with your state education department’s standards for kindergarten to be sure you have covered everything. If you haven’t, or even if you have, keep at it over school breaks, including summer break. And check back issues of m...
If you are ready to give up the endless search for new activities and want everything done for you in one spot, please check out:Play into Kindergarten Readiness! Since rhyming is such an important part of preschool learning, one of the seven themes found inPlay into Kindergarten Readinessis...
The fall season in our homeschool is filled with wonderful activities! In this post, I've rounded up some great fall kindergarten activities that you can enjoy at home. From arts and crafts to fine motor activities and everything in between, this post co
As the son of two educators in the school system, my parents saw to it that I could read fairly well by the time I got to kindergarten. I looked at the name cards that the teacher had placed at each student’s desk space. I saw nice “normal” names like Harold, Gordon, Mary, ...
You can create a playdough literacy center that lasts all year long. This is how I set up, organized, and maintained a playdough word work center in my kindergarten classroom. First, can I explain that it’s my belief thatstudents learn faster and are more successful when they can manipulat...
Rain Drop Art– Using watercolors, paint a few sheets of paper and then cut out raindrop shapes to create a raindrop mobile to hang the nursery rhyme from. One of my favorite things that I used Teaching in my Kindergarten classroom were theseNursery Rhymes Posters. I’ve now brought them...
It’s good to know we don’t need to include that we’ve been writing since kindergarten! Tis is my author bio for “What, No Sushi?”– a kids fiction book about the Japanese-American internment: “In addition to the Solar-Powered Time Machine series and her hands-on unit studies ...