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Count Down to Kindergarten

The first day of kindergarten can be filled with excitement, tears, fears, joy, wonder, surprise, and much more!  It can go surprisingly smooth and it can sometimes be like quickly removing a band-aide.  Either way, it's a special time for kids and parents and it marks one of the most important milestones in a child's life.  As we get to know each other, make friends, read stories, explore, establish routines and expectations, we start to come together sort of like a family.  It takes some time.  I posted a few pictures of what the morning of the first day of kindergarten looked like last year.  Check out the following article from Education.com for some very encouraging tips.

http://www.education.com/magazine/article/Count_Down_Kindergarten/

The Playground

Seeing old friends and making new ones.

This is the way we line up!

Play-dough fun!

FIND and LEVEL books for students!

Kindergarten Activities

Looking for kids activities to show your child the fun side of learning? From science experiments and math games to writing projects and more, we've got you covered! Scroll through some of the activities below or visit education.com for more!

Education.com Activities

Kindergarten Activities

Resource for Full-Day Kindergarten Teachers

The Kindergarten Scrapbook is a free resource I personally wrote for our school district's professional development department. I hope it can serve as an inspiration and helpful resource for building a successful kindergarten program.

I LOVE This Book!

I LOVE this new book!  It bursts with the most colorful art and invites children to use their imagination to closely explore new and familiar interesting places and objects.  This book was read to my kindergarten class at the end of the year and I found that it is not only wonderful for those cozy bubble baths at home, but can also serve as a the perfect spring board for bubble science, new vocabulary, geography, math, and writing.  After the book was read to my class, we pretended to be scientists and made a bubble mixture using measuring cups and solutions.  We took our bubble mixture and pipe cleaner wands outside, and imagined where the bubbles were going and what else we might see inside the "tiny orbs."  The students couldn't wait to write and illustrate the "world" they imagined.  

Science Projects for Kindergarten: Experimenting with Bubbles

Duct Tape "Offices"

How cool is this?!  A wonderful dad in my classroom made these Duct Tape "offices" out of scrap cardboard.  They are very durable, colorful, and work wonders to stop those wandering eyes during assessments!