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Continue reading →: Strategies to Support Non-Playing Students in the Primary ClassroomEvery year, I have students that don’t know how to play with other children in a classroom setting. They will roam the room, break their classmates’ creations, dump out bins and not settle into an activity. There can be many reasons for this but my goal becomes teaching them how…
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Continue reading →: Effective Free Play Strategies for Starting a Playtime in KindergartenDo you have playtime in your class? Are you wanting to start? My goal is to have a variety of types of play throughout the day, the play that I’m writing about in this post is free play. It’s a time for the students to have unstructured time without teacher…
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Continue reading →: Teacher Life & FrogsWhere I live school finishes at the end of June each year. We generally have amazing weather right away – this year – not so much. (This is not AI; I just really like using em dashes.) The first week was pretty rainy and cool until the second weekend. Which…
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Continue reading →: Enhancing Classroom Literacy Through Book OrganizationOrganization has never been one of my strengths. I appreciate a well-organized classroom, and parts of mine are, but overall, it’s an area that I work on. In an effort to be kind to myself, I’m focusing on my teaching goals and ways to make them happen. For years,…
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Continue reading →: Engaging Field Trips: Learning Beyond the ClassroomWe take a few field trips throughout the year. We receive funding from our PAC each year, which helps keep costs down for families. If a family cannot afford to attend, the school will cover the cost of the trip so that every child can participate. Most of our families…
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Continue reading →: The Benefits of Risky Play: Rock Throwing in KindergartenLast year, our district invited Dr. Megan Zeni to work with us on improving our outdoor learning and risky play practices. This wasn’t new learning for me or my kindergarten colleagues as we have been doing it for years and loving it. However, we did get some new ideas, and…
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Continue reading →: Engaging Families Through Student VoicesOne of the ways that I connect with families is with an email from the students. Sometimes it will be all that I send and others I will add information that I want families to know. During snack time, I will ask the students to tell me what things we…
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Continue reading →: ChristmasI’m often torn about how much or little I want to focus on Christmas in the classroom. Some years I want to wait and only do Christmas activities in the last week before the holiday. This year I started early; it seemed like a good year to get festive early.…
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Continue reading →: Ideas for School Outdoor Play AreasI think we have fairly typical school and we have been able to use ours for some great outdoor learning. While it’s different than playing in a natural area, we have found that it is just as valuable. If you are just thinking about spending more time outside, maybe start…
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Continue reading →: Organizing Your Classroom Book Collection EffectivelyEvery teacher I know has a strong book habit; they collect them, read them, share them and talk with passion about their favorites. I’m no different, although as I begin to understand my stress around clutter, I have reduced the number of books I own and I only buy those…
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