To start, I went over our mobile classroom items of the week (Color: Brown [like gingerbread cookies]; Shape: Rectangle [like a cookie tray]; Letters: Y & Z; and Number: 12 [December is the 12th month AND there’s 12 days of Christmas … although we steered pretty clear of holiday talk]. Our concept of the week…… Continue reading Ready, Set, Kindergarten! — Bears & Cookies
To start, I went over our mobile classroom items of the week (Color: Brown [like most turkeys — at least turkey illustrations in kids books!]; Shape: Circle [like a pie]; Letters: W & X; and Number: 7 [a lucky number since we were talking about things we were thankful for]. Our concept of the week…… Continue reading Ready, Set, Kindergarten! — Turkeys & Thanksgiving
To start, I went over our mobile classroom items of the week (Color: Orange [like a pumpkin]; Shape: Triangle [like a witch’s hat]; Letters: U & V; and Number: 13 [I explained to the kids 13 is considered unlucky and is kind of a spooky number]. Our concept of the week was syllables (which turned…… Continue reading Ready, Set, Kindergarten! — Pumpkins & Halloween
After a long summer, I was ready to jump back in to our Ready, Set, Kindergarten! program again! I’ve really been looking forward to it. I had a great turnout and I was so happy to hear positive feedback after our long break.To start, I went over our mobile classroom items of the week (Color:…… Continue reading Ready, Set, Kindergarten! — Apples & Fall
To start, I went over our mobile classroom items of the week (Color: Black [like the night sky]; Shape: Star [obviously]; Letters: Q & R; Number: 7 [the number of bright star in the Orion constellation — the only constellation I can always find!]. Our concept of the week was scissor skills. Then we started…… Continue reading Ready, Set, Kindergarten! — Space
To start, I went over our mobile classroom items of the week (Color: Pink [mostly because we haven’t done it before but also because our craft this week was a pig]; Shape: Triangle [like a pig’s ear]; Letters: O & P; Number: 9. Our concept of the week was STEM. Then we started circle time:…… Continue reading Ready, Set, Kindergarten! — Zoo
To start, I went over our mobile classroom items of the week (Color: Blue [obviously]; Shape: Star [like a starfish]; Letters: M & N; Number: 5 [the official number of oceans on planet earth]. Our concept of the week was fine motor skills. Then we started circle time: Song: Days of the Week (to the…… Continue reading Ready, Set, Kindergarten! — Oceans & Fish
To start, I went over our mobile classroom items of the week (Color: Purple [mostly because we haven’t done that color yet and it went well with a flower theme]; Shape: Oval [we just did circle so we went with oval since leaves are vaguely oval shaped]; Letter: K & L; Number: 4 [the number […]
To start, I went over our mobile classroom items of the week (Color: Brown [like the dirt most bugs live in; Shape: Circle [since most bugs have circular heads or bodies]; Letter: I & J [we’re going to double up on letters for May and June because we’re not going to have this program in…… Continue reading Ready, Set, Kindergarten! — Bugs & Insects
I had 32 people today which doesn’t sound like many but was a new record for this program! I was so happy because this unit took a lot of planning and prep!To start, I went over our mobile classroom items of the week (Color: Red [like a barn; Shape: Pentagon [because it’s kind of the…… Continue reading Ready, Set, Kindergarten! — Farm
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