Students will love listening to popular titles come alive on this AD-FREE storytelling app! Vooks is now offering teachers FREE access for an entire year! Do you ever have mixed feelings about the use of technology in the classroom? While there are definitely a lot of perks to using it, there is also pressure to make sure you are using… Read More
Teaching Story Retell and Sequence Writing
Teaching ideas and resources to develop sequence writing and story retell skills in kindergarten, first, and second grade students. Hi Friend! From very early on in life kids learn that one thing follows another. Young children come to recognize patterns and routines that help make the world more predictable for them. Parents establish routines at home for bedtime; first we… Read More
Literacy Centers for Primary Students
Keep your students engaged and reading during reading centers with these 12 reading centers for kindergarten, first, and second grade elementary students. Hello Friend, This is my final post in the series on literacy centers and today I’m excited to share with you some of my favorite center activities! My students and I both agree that literacy centers are the… Read More
How To Introduce Literacy Centers and Build Independence
How to introduce new reading centers and keep kids accountable, on-task and working hard while you teach small groups of students! Hi Friend! Now that we have determined how to group students, choose literacy centers and organize classroom space and student materials, (see this post if you missed it) in this second post I’ll explain how I introduce new centers and share… Read More
How to Launch Literacy Centers in the Primary Classroom
Actionable tips on setting up student groups, choosing literacy centers, and effectively organizing materials and classroom space! Hello Friend! Does the thought of planning literacy centers overwhelm you? Do you wonder how you’ll manage your students or prep and organize all the materials? Are you unsure of how to best group your students? These are all very common concerns that… Read More
A Teacher’s Guide to Fine Motor Skills for Young Learners
Fine motor alphabet activities are a fun learning center for preschool and kindergarten kids. In this blog post get free printables to use with your children today! Hello Friend! Are your students struggling with basic skills such as buttoning or zipping his or her coat, building block towers, or cutting and pasting? These are all signs that their fine motor skills… Read More