Butterfly Bingo Dotter Symmetry Fun and a FREEBIE
Last week I shared photos of my sweet young friends creating butterfly window decorations using the wax from discarded crayons. I also seized the opportunity to teach symmetry and apply the concept by...
View ArticleFlash Card Label Freebie
The Common Core requires kindergarten students to fluently add and subtract within 5. I created a flashcard set to help students master those early math facts. I have a minor obsession with Avery...
View ArticleMastering Numbers in the Teens and Twenties
As my class prepares for the 100th day of school, we are working on number writing and recognition. Everyone is FINALLY over the hump of those pesky numbers in the teens and twenties. I swear, the...
View Article100th Day of School Ideas for Kindergarten
Last week we celebrated the 100th day of school in my classroom, Kinder-Craze style. My students had a blast learning, counting and demonstrating their newly acquired knowledge of numbers and...
View ArticleA Rainbow of Skip Counting Fun in Kindergarten
We have been learning how to skip count in my Kindergarten classroom for the past 2 weeks and the students have had a BLAST! You know how much I love adding a fun twist to any traditional instruction,...
View ArticleTeaching with My Classroom Calendar
This fall, I was determined to overhaul my classroom calendar. With a little effort, it now looks better than ever and is more interactive for my students. I’m so excited to show you all of the...
View ArticleApple Number Writing Book Freebie
Last week we wrapped up our apple unit in my classroom. In addition to all of the usual apple activities, I took the opportunity to work the apple theme in to my math and handwriting lessons. In math,...
View ArticleHalloween Marshmallow Graphing Freebie and FUN!
Halloween is so much fun when you are a kindergarten student. When you are a Kindergarten TEACHER, however, the holiday can easily become crazy and stressful. So much sugar, so much excitement, so many...
View ArticleThe Secret to Skip Counting in Kindergarten!
I’ve been teaching skip counting in kindergarten for years. Each year I do it a little different, but use the Rainbow Skip Counting set from my TpT store during our study. This year I finally...
View ArticleUsing Number Puzzles to Build Number Sense Up to 120
More than 120 days of school have passed, but we have not moved on from counting and building number sense up to 120. My class is doing such a beautiful job of learning to recognize and write all of...
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