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Show & Tell - how to integrate science and math into your show and tell times
Homeschool Kindergarten
Homeschooling Ks
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
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
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
GREEN SCIENCE
Environmental Ed for kids
Recycling for kids
Environmental skills list
Year long ideas
Free Environmental Ed. worksheets
MORE SCIENCE
Apple theme science
Light & Color theme science & math activities
Winter theme science & math activities
Pumpkin theme science & math
Social Studies
TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES
Kindergarten social studies - what skills do children need to learn? 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 Theme
LIGHT AND COLOR THEME
Light and color theme
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 - to complete projects & two bonus worksheets
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
DRAWING
Basic step-by-step
Step by step circles
Squares, rectangles, & triangles, zigzags
Holidays
Valentine's Ideas
Valentines Day Party
Kindergarten Christmas tips and ideas
Mother's Day Gifts
Halloween math & science
Halloween bulletin board & more
Halloween worksheets
Other
BULLETIN BOARDS
Bulletin boards - as a teaching tool...
Bulletin boards - to help communicate...
Bulletin boards - more bulletin board tips...
Halloween bulletin board suggestions
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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