- We’ll also use short video clips and songs for engaging “brain breaks.” ⚠️ Extra Resources Available! I’ll provide OPTIONAL math, writing, and reading worksheets for use at home each week. Need More Details? Message me your questions and I'll be happy to chat! Looking for...
i) To teach rhyming words to kindergarteners, use rhyming books, songs, and nursery rhymes to help children recognize word patterns. ii) Play a game where you say a word like “cat,” and they come up with a rhyming word like “hat.” iii) Try these fun games that teach kids how...
“What is important in kindergarten, but you don't always see, is that playful learning is happening,” she says. “When children are sitting at desks all day and doing things like worksheets, it doesn't really connect with what we know about the brain and how children's brains learn.”...
Individual Letters of the Alphabet Phonics Videos Playlists ABC Songs: by StoryBots– (1.5 mins each) This playlist hits each letter of the alphabet. While each video is not designed to be easy to repeat (or sing along with) they are great to build vocabulary and for higher readers to rema...
"We know the first three years of a child's life is when so much of the brain develops and all the parent stimulation and interaction that children have in those first three years are critical," she says. While preschool is not mandatory, it is one of many ways to prepare children for...
Music makes for fantastic social-emotional activities during snack time, as a brain break, or during transition times. 55. Sensory stations Setting up sensory stations with water or sand is a great way to help students find calm again. Teach students that they can spend time at the sensory ...
You might be surprised how many kids already know this one! This step by step Christmas dance video is another quick movement brain break. It’s under 2 minutes and it just for fun. Teaching about Christmas Teach how to say Merry Christmas in 6 languages. An iconic landmark appears so yo...
i.e. from birth to six years has been identified as the babble stage or primary music development stage. A child needs to have music stimulation and exposure. Kids song Old MacDonald Had A Farm is one of many kindergarten sing along songs that children can practice. It is best sung with...
To unplug and refocus, the book’s immersive nature play examples include: wildlife observation and tracking; nature sounds, songs, and poetry; gardening and cooking with wild edibles; printmaking, charcoal drawing, dyeing, and shadow play; and nature-inspired journaling. ...
Jean songs is ideal to get all your little wonderfuls wiggle-free and ready to be engaged again. An added bonus is teaching your little ones how to go from a brain break, back to whatever you are doing over and over again! Additionally, I am not a huge fan of worksheets, but I ...