Kindergarten Lessons Site map

TEACHING

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Great ideas to teach young learners effectively:

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Teaching Ks Page 2
Teaching Ks Page 3
Teaching Ks Page 4
6 steps to more positive classroom behavior
Show & Tell - how to integrate science and math into your show and tell times

Homeschool Kindergarten

Homeschooling Ks - Outside activities and more
List of early childhood skills to teach
Everyday activities - books that help teach with everyday things

Supporting Parents

Classroom readiness - survival skills for kindergarten students
Support parents - suggestions for parents to help their children at home
Summer learning - suggestions for parents to encourage children to review academic skills and have fun at the same time

MATH

How to teach math successfully:

Teaching kindergarten and preschool math - how kids learn math
Kindergarten and preschool math - What skills do I teach?

Teaching math with manipulatives:

Teaching with math manipulatives- helping students get it...
Ten steps to teaching with math manipulatives - an example...
Best math manipulatives - choose products that teach more than one math concept

Teaching math vocabulary:

Vocabulary - how to teach math vocabulary

Specific areas of the math curriculum:

GEOMETRY & SPATIAL SENSE

GEOMETRY - What geometry and spatial skills should I teach? Geometry activities
ATTRIBUTE BLOCKS -Teach logical thinking, geometry and spacial sense
SORTING - Develop classification skills with kindergarten sorting games
CLASSIFICATION - teach classification vocabulary an skills with games
SYMMETRY -Teach early learners about symmetry
GEOMETRY GAMES - simple games that reinforce geometry concepts

PATTERN

Pattern 1- what pattern skills do students need to learn? Teaching tips
Pattern 2- ideas and games to recognize, create, copy and extend patterns
Pattern page three - help children know what you mean when you say"pattern"

NUMBER SENSE

Number Activities - how to provide experiences that build number sense
Learning Numbers - more activities to help children learn numbers
Number Games - how to improve children's number sense with easy games
Number Skills - what number skills do children need to know?

GRAPHING AND DATA ENTRY

Graphing 1 - what do I teach? how do kids collect data and organize it?
Graphing 2 - what do we graph? sample graphing lesson
Check out the SCIENCE section for more graphing and data collection ideas

MEASUREMENT

Teaching measurement - measurement skills and ideas to teach them

MONEY

Teach about money skills & activities
Teach about money with games
Teach about money with fundraising projects

CONNECT MATH AND LITERATURE

Math & literature connections - books increase mathematical thinking
Ten Apples Up On Top! - open-ended math activity with a Dr. Suess book...
10 Little Rubber Ducks - ideas to promote math with this wonderful Eric Carle story
1, 2, 3 to the Zoo - practice counting, making number sets, ordinal numbers
One Hundred Hungry Ants - practice counting larger numbers and comparing single file to sets of 10s
Share your favorite book that connects math to literature

Math index- just math pages

Reading / Literacy Skills

Reading & Literacy
Listening & speaking
Phonemic awareness
Writing skills
Responding to literature

Science

TEACHING SCIENCE

Teaching science - How tos & skills lists
Kindergarten science topics - Life, Physical, & Earth and Space Science
Creating a science center
Science center materials and equipment
Teach science and math with show and tell
Make teaching science easy - how to organize for weekly experiments

SCIENCE FAIRS & KINDERGARTEN

Kindergarten science fair tips
Science Fair ideas

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Environmental science
Recycling for kids - Part 1
Recyling for kids - Part 2
Environmental education activities skills list
Year long environmental activity ideas
Free science worksheets
Green kids and Earth Day
Leaf rubbing planet Earth - art activity
Get an outdoor ed. degree

MORE SCIENCE

Apple theme science
Light & Color - theme science & math activities
Winter theme science & math activities
Pumpkin theme science & math
Science magazines for kids
Science books for children

Social Studies

TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES

Kindergarten social studies - how to teach it and what skills do children need to learn?
Kindergarten social studies topics - what topics should I teach?
What resources are available? Recommended kindergarten and preschool social studies products

MAPS

Kindergarten Maps -Introduce a unit on kindergarten maps by reading Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins.

CONNECT SOCIAL STUDIES & LITERATURE

The Gunniwolf by Wilhelmina Harper - connect to social studies concepts, ideas for literature comparison charts and story maps

Wolf Island by Celia Godkin- Teach young learners about the environment and the delicate balance of the food chain.

Themes

TIPS FOR TEACHING THEMES

Teaching themes
Suggestions for yearly themes
More tips for teaching themes

APPLE THEME

Apple science
Apple theme math
Apple literature and art
Math and literature connections with Ten Apples Up On Top!"

MAKING FRIENDS ONE DAY AT A TIME THEME

Helping kids - 6 tips to help children make friends
Student book 1 - Making friends one day at a time activities part 1
Student book 2 - Making friends one day at a time activities part 2
More ideas - Friendship math, language arts and art ideas
Parent tips - Helping parents prepare kids for school socially

LIGHT AND COLOR THEME

Light and color theme
Light & Color theme science & math activities

AUTUMN PUMPKIN or HALLOWEEN THEME

Pumpkins - math & science activities
Halloween Bulletin Board - how to display more theme work, two pumpkin booklets
FREE Halloween pumpkin worksheets - & two bonus worksheets

SPRING THEME

Spring crafts
Spring science & art book
Spring bulletin board
Spring counting bulletin board

WINTER THEME

Winter Theme Science & Math Activities
Winter Theme Art & Literacy Activities
More Winter Theme Literacy Ideas

Art

TEACHING ART

Elementary art education tips
Best art supplies for kids
Art Ed books
Art Ed magazines
Free lessons

DRAWING

Basic step-by-step
Step by step circles
Squares, rectangles, & triangles, zigzags

Holidays

Valentine's Ideas
Valentines Day Party- Craft and party ideas
Valentine writing - make ABC puzzles and create "Love is.." frame sentences Valentine's dove craft - Easy Valentine craft that can be displayed as mobile

Mother's Day Gifts
Mother's Day books

Halloween math & science
Halloween bulletin board & more
Halloween worksheets

Preschool & Kindergarten Thanksgiving craft

Kindergarten Christmas tips and ideas
Christmas bulletin boards
Christmas crafts for kids

Other

BULLETIN BOARDS

Bulletin boards - as a teaching tool...
Bulletin boards - to help communicate...
Bulletin boards - more bulletin board tips...
Seasonal bulletin boards
Spring bulletin board
Halloween bulletin board suggestions
Christmas literature based bulletin board
Christmas math based bulletin board

KINDERGARTEN GRADUATION

Kindergarten graduation Ideas
Kids gift ideas
Puzzles as gifts - develop vocabulary, improve memory and spatial perception

GREAT CLASSROOM MAGAZINES

Great magazines for kids
Science magazines for kids

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