Bucket Seats… Made Easy!

…affordable, easy, and useful in the classroom. She loves to show her creativity in her home and classroom. For more great crafty ideas, check out her blog, Kindergarten Craftiness.  …

How to Introduce Decimals with Base Ten Blocks

…against the class, or students can play against each other in cooperative learning teams. In this game, players attempt to create the largest number by placing randomly-selected numbers on a…

6 Reasons to Teach Poetry in the Fall

When do you start teaching poetry in your classroom? If you wait until April because it’s National Poetry Month, consider introducing poetry during the first few months of the school…

Playing the Mystery Skype Game

…team think of a secret number. The players on the other team ask Yes/No questions to try to guess the other team’s number. Is your number higher than 50? Is…

Helping Children Cope with Tragedy

…the right. Always remember: you are your child’s coping instructor! I had the great honor of reading the Ant Hill Disaster over the phone to Michelle Gay who lost her…

How to Form Cooperative Learning Teams

…each student’s team number in the box on the bottom of his or her card. To assign team numbers, start with the top row and call it Team 1. Write…

Teach Kindness on Pay It Forward Day

…a paperless Google Slides version for Google Classroom that’s also perfect for distance learning. I left out the official Pay It Forward date of April 28th to make it easy…