Lovin' the Kindergarten Chaos in the Classroom
We are starting week 5 this week, which means I have a ton of fun to share with you!! It is amazing to watch my students grow and learn while having fun too! We were supposed to start our unit on apples last week, but due to testing, we never got to it. So, apples it is this week and next… Read More
It’s Week 2 of my Kindergarten Year. I am finally matching all of my students names with their faces and even learning some of their personalities. We’ve gone over all of the simple classroom procedures and rules, practiced most of our routines and was introduced to a full week of our typical kindergarten schedule. During our first week of kindergarten,… Read More
Informing parents about the basics of handwriting and tips for helping their kiddos!💕 I created this last year or 2 years ago, I can’t remember...🤦♀️but I made it for parents, so they could (hopefully) understand and recognize why we use a certain grasp and the correct direction for printing letters and numbers. It’s been helpful...and it’s a FREEBIE for my Kindergarten Chaos Exclusive Members! Do you give anything out like this to parents? #kindergartenchaos #iteachk #kindergarten #teachertips
Name building with play-doh! 😀I created these personalized name plates, along with a personalized teacher message and name poem as a little first week gift for my students to take home and practice building their names!💕Interested in having this? 🙋🏻♀️Join the Kindergarten Chaos Exclusive Member Club (It’s FREE!) because I’m sending it out tonight as a FREEBIE! 💕#kindergartenchaos #iteachk #teachersfollowteachers
For back-to-school reading options and book lists, if you’re looking for ideas, check out is H IS FOR HAIKU by my mom, teacher Sydell Rosenberg, and illustrator Sawsan Chalabi (Penny Candy Books — a couple of the poems are about school, learning and libraries). The National Council for Teachers of English has selected it as a Notable Poetry Book this year. The language is lustrous, and the illustrations are clever and joyful. Here’s one rave review! Available on Amazon, etc.
a book review by Michael Genhart: H Is For Haiku: A Treasury of Haiku from A to Z
H Is For Haiku: A Treasury of Haiku from A to Z by Sydell Rosenberg book review. Click to read the full review of H Is For Haiku: A Treasury of Haiku from A to Z in New York Journal of Books. Review written by Michael Genhart.