I’m very excited this week. I love introducing new types of writing. Teaching writing to young kids actually makes me giddy. I know, total nerd. In my classroom, I usually introduce list writing by reading a couple of my favorite books about lists, Oliver’s Must Do List and Wallace’s List. We talk about different reasons
It’s kind of crazy to think that I’m an online kindergarten teacher. My home office is set up on my kitchen table. Steve the stinkbug and Peanut the turtle are both home from school with me and I have added our usual springtime creatures to the mix. I ordered some caterpillars and made a little
In our efforts to continue school with online instruction, the lesson I created this week for writing reminded kids to track down the Word Wall or Sight Word cards that their teachers sent home earlier in the year. When my kids were little, I used some pegboard to make a writing wall that we attached
As you are getting started with writing this week, think about what you want the writing space to look like. When my kids were little, we used a cupboard to store art supplies. I used pegboard to contain all of their papers, blank books, envelopes, cards, postcards, and sightwards. Another idea is to put all
For the last few weeks I’ve been learning how to use iMovie and making a couple of YouTube videos. I’ve just been playing around, in preparation for our move to online learning. Today is the first day we are able to require kids to do assignments or participate in activities, so I’m starting with some