Kindergarten Kids

It's quiet in the classroom today.  Too quiet.  The kids are off enjoying their first day of Summer Break and I'm here wrapping up ...

Dear Heidi, You have changed the way I teach sight words in kindergarten.  I think you're brilliant. My daughter's kindergarten...

We let seashells inspire our writing today!  Next week we'll be heading to the beach for our last field trip of the year.  I broke out ...

Is it possible to be in love with a book?  This is an amazing book by Lois Ehlert.  It's the story of her childhood, in relation to art...

One of my favorite poetry activities is painting poems.  We spend a lot of time thinking and planning our poem.  Then we get to paint.  The...

I know several of the parents in my class are already on Pinterest.  If you haven't already discovered it, it's a great way to find...

I absolutely love the month of May, in kindergarten.  The kids are becoming confident readers and writers. They know they expectations of s...