I’m back with the second post in the series about my kindergarten daily schedule. Not only have I had to be creative with how I squeeze in all of our learning, but I’ve also intentionally carved out time for some …
An Intentional Daily Schedule: Part 1 – Play Centers
I have had to be creative with my scheduling over the past few years. Our kindergarten day is two hours shorter than the day I taught at my previous school. I knew there were things that would have to be …
How to SUCCESSFULLY Add Word Problems into Your Math Routine!
Incorporating word problems into my kindergarten math routine was a little intimidating at first. I had tried it so many ways in the past, but it almost always ended up with me in the front of the room, all of …
Why You Should Start Counting Collections in Your Classroom
During the summer after my first year in my current district, I was told that I would be going to a 4-day training about math. As you can probably imagine, I wasn’t particularly thrilled about it, but it was mandatory, …
The #1 Thing You Should Be Teaching (That There’s No Curriculum For)
I’m tired. I’ve not had to work this hard to build a classroom community since I started teaching! And while I absolutely love Responsive Classroom’s “The First Six Weeks of School,” it just hasn’t been working as nicely as it …