Mrs. Hall's Kindergarten Fun

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Columbus Day activities from Chalk Talk

Visit Chalk Talk for other great Columbus Day ideas. The top picture is a TLC activity, the second is a nice writing prompt (which is a huge focus for our county this year with the new implementation of Common Core).
http://larremoreteachertips.blogspot.com/

Monday, September 26, 2011

All Year Timelines

Chalk Talk idea....

All year timeline. Select a few pictures from each month to display in hallway to show main projects from that month. Can add pictures too. :)

http://larremoreteachertips.blogspot.com/2011/09/class-timelines.html

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Dr. Jean & Friends: STACK AND STAPLE LITTLE BOOKS

Dr. Jean & Friends: STACK AND STAPLE LITTLE BOOKS: I love blank books! Why? They are opened ended and a perfect way to challenge children at different levels. They can be used...

Tutorial: Painting with Condensed Milk

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Tutorial: Painting with Condensed Milk

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Word Roll and Find

Sight word roll and find....
laminate and dry erase!
http://activitymom.blogspot.com/2011/06/word-roll-game.html
Word Roll Game

Jumping Bean phonics

Index card with letters
Cardboard with word family
hand student letter index card and then they jump onto various word families and say the newly created word.

http://www.education.com/activity/article/jumpingbean_kindergarten/

Jumping Bean Phonics

Germs!!!

Bags labeled "touched" and "untouched". Have them observe two slices of bread and see which one looks "germier" in a few days....

Glitter germs would go great with this too!
Germ Science: Why Handwashing Matters

http://www.education.com/activity/article/germs_make_me_sick_kinder/

Number Memory Match

Number memory match. We could play after our number intro book.

http://www.education.com/activity/article/Number_Memory_kindergarten/
Play Number Memory Match Up!

Syllable chompers

Great idea!!! Have the kids chomp the syllables!!!
http://fromkindergartenwithlove.blogspot.com/

Saturday, September 10, 2011

KindergartenWorks: tidying up the house area in Kindergarten

KindergartenWorks: tidying up the house: With a title like, "Tidying Up the House," I should be talking about my own house... but I'm referring to one of my literacy centers. With ...

Sunday, September 4, 2011

"Exercise" the alphabet

A whole list of ways to "exercise" each letter of the alphabet.

http://www.education.com/activity/article/Exercise_Alphabet_kindergarten/

Preschool Themes and Lesson Plans

Countless crafts and activities theme and alphabet related!!!!

WOW!

Preschool Themes and Lesson Plans

Wheels on the Bus

A Place Called Kindergarten's great idea for Wheels on the Bus!
"The wheel's on _______'s bus go _umpty- _ump, _umpty- _ump, _umpty-_ump, all through the town"

http://aplacecalledkindergarten.blogspot.com/2011/09/this-week-in-kindergarten.html

Thursday, August 18, 2011

I love the site Pinterest.com. I must be a visual learner because this site appeals to me so much more than some of the other teacher sites.....keep in mind teacher friends it is not all teacher ideas, but with some searching there are a lot out there!! Enjoy.

Not a whole lot of time to create before open house, but could work on drawing our friends in pieces (face, hair, shirt, pants/skirt, shoes, skin, etc.). Could be a good closing to our student of the day drawings that open the school year.