Hey friends and welcome to week 1 of our Summer Book Study! If you are not sure what I am talking about, head over to this post to read the details about it. Chapter 1 is titled ‘Time’ and is all about planning and how to utilize your students’ and your own time effective and […]
How Teachers Can Make The Most Of Summer Break
I know. It’s summer break. When is the break, right? I do enjoy spending some time relaxing, quality time with my family, and doing some of my non-school related hobbies. I also like to take my summer prepping for the next school year. A teachers job never ends, right? Here are my tips for How […]
Simple Safe Slime: A Recipe for Teachers
Slime is all the rage right now and even though I don’t see much of it in my kindergarten classroom, I still hear about it from other teachers. I have also been hearing about it from my 10 year old, fourth grade daughter. It seems like her and all of her classmates are obsessed with […]
Keeping Fun in the Classsroom – The Kindergarten Smorgasboard
Please give a big welcome to my friend Greg from The Kindergarten Smorgasboard, as he blogs about encouraging learning while having a fun classroom. Today I’m going to share something I am very passionate about and something that gets me fired up. This is an issue that comes up so many times when I talk to […]
How To Expand a Kindergarten Writing Station
So happy to have Caitlin from Kindergarten Smiles here sharing how to Expand a Kindergarten Writing Station! Hi all! I’m Caitlin from Kindergarten Smiles and I am so excited to be sharing over here on Kindergarten Chaos! My kiddos (and I) start getting tired at the end of the year–so I like to start adding some […]
Genre Writing in Kindergarten from DeeDee Wills
A warm welcome to DeeDee Wills from Mrs.Wills’ Kindergarten who is guest blogging today about genre writing in kindergarten! I am happy to be guest posting for Miss Abigail! I am sharing a post that was previously published over on my blog. Genre writing in kindergarten is not as difficult as you might think. […]
Smores Coverall Game from Recipe for Teaching
Hi everyone! I was so excited when Abigail contacted me to do a guest post on her blog! She is just the sweetest and she has so many great ideas to share! My name is Heather and my blog is Recipe for Teaching. I am one of those people that knew from a very young […]
20+ Mothers Day Gift Ideas For The Classroom
As we all know, Mother’s Day is such a special holiday. A day where we can honor the women in our lives who have done so much for us, spent countless hours loving us, and ultimately are spending their lives being our mom (or grandma, step mom, etc). Kids, especially young kids, have good intentions […]
Teacher Hack: Easter Egg Sight Word Sensory Bin
Spare time doesn’t usually come in buckets and buckets around here but when I do have spare time there are a few things I enjoy doing most: spending time with my family, wandering around Target or the dollar store searching for finds for my classroom (like this one) or browsing pinterest for teacher hacks. I LOVE Teacher […]
40+ Creative Ways To Use Plastic Easter Eggs In The Classroom
Plastic Easter Eggs are quintessential piece of Easter. They can be used in decorations, an Easter egg hunt, in Easter baskets, etc. They can also be used in the classroom and in incredibly creative and fun ways! I enjoy bringing themes into my classroom, especially for holidays. It helps get the kids excited and keeps learning […]