When my son was in Kindergarten or First Grade, I decided to start reading a chapter book to him. We had a lot of picture books around the house and I read to him multiple times a day, but I thought he might enjoy something like Magic Tree House or Mouse and the Motorcycle. He
I love teaching literacy in my classroom and it has always spilled over to my home life. Our home has been filled with books, library trips, interactive writing centers, and book making. My kids have always played along because (I think) I made it pretty fun! Now that they are getting older, and more active,
There was a happy accident in kindergarten today. We were doing some explorations with trees, leaves, twigs, and pinecones, when the kids started asking about hidden seeds inside of pinecones. They could see the seeds in there, but they didn’t come out very easily. We tried digging a few out with a pencil, but
We’ve started our tree unit, in Kindergarten. I asked families to send tree related items to school, and boy did they come through! Many of the families in my school live on a few acres of property, so they helped do a bit of collecting for our class project. The kids were thrilled to bring
I love this time of year, in Kindergarten. It’s a magical time, when kids go from saying, “I don’t know how to read!” to “Hey, I can read this book!” I’ve been telling them they could do it all along, but it usually take until about February for the kids to start believing it. Some