Little Learners, Big Ideas
2020 is a year that will go down in the history books. Especially for us educators. The end of the 2019-2020 school year really put us to the test. We had to learn phrases like ‘distance learning’ and ‘remote teaching.’ We got educated quickly about Bitmoji classrooms, digital lesson plans, and Zoom. We figured out how to use Google Classroom,…
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It’s fair to say, back to school this year won’t quite be the same. And for our incoming kinders who are attending to “big kid” school for the very first time, it’s especially devastating things won’t feel and look and be “normal.” We can’t plop on our colorful rugs and read stories and give hugs. But we do still need…
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You’re not a kindergarten teacher or preschool teacher if you haven’t been awkwardly hugged by a student or held a sticky hand. They love us and we love them and we both want to show it. In our classrooms, that usually starts with our morning greetings. We hug or high-five or have a special handshake. Some teachers even post a…
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While we’re out enjoying some fun in the sun, one of our favorite activities is strawberry picking. To connect learning to that fun activity, we created our Strawberry Long and Short Vowels Freebie. During the summer, we’re always looking for ways to sneak in learning while we’re having fun. We love our say and spray activity that helps kids practice…
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While we’re out enjoying some fun in the sun, we start thinking about all the ways we can still learn things while having a great time. So if we’re able to make a connection between watermelons and rhyming, our students will find learning interesting and find a love of words with this Watermelon Rhyming freebie. We celebrate everything summer by reading…
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Colors and Rainbows are all around us this time of year. Whether we are heading off to play in the yard or our students are bringing them into class to decorate, the chatter is all about rainbows. Our kids love learning about colors with our Color Puzzles. And we bring colors into our alphabet lessons with this Say and Spray…
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