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Kindergarten Korner Kindergarten Readiness Checklist To do well in school, children need to be supported and nurtured in all areas of development. It is also important that your child is physically, socially and emotionally ready for school. This checklist can help serve as your guide.
Kindergarten Project Based Learning Have you been hearing much about Project Based Learning? I am very new to the concept, but I love it. Please know that I am not an expert by any means, but I wanted to share a bit about my experiences with you. To me, project based learning is all about getting students excited about learning content you have to teach anyway. It involves coming up with a problem that students will want to take ownership in solving. I've heard some say, "How is this any different than teaching with thematic units?"
Project Based Learning What is PBL? The Buck Institute created this helpful video for teachers. These are some fun PBL projects I have done in my kindergarten class. The Kinders wanted to create an outdoor classroom called The Light Bulb Lab.Watch our part 1 of our video (part 2 is coming soon).Learn more about this project here. Spooky Haunted House
PBL Ideas for Kindergarten - Stephanie Hairston-Prunty ~ Instructional Coach Kindergarten PBL’s Here is a list of some PBL ideas you may want to use for this year. If you need any other assistance, please feel free to let me know and I will research for you. How Does Your Garden Grow? This lesson is based on the book Muncha! Early Literacy Webinars The National Center for Learning Disabilities and the Stern Center for Language and Learning are pleased to co-sponsor this series of four Early Literacy Webinars, based on the Stern Center's BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LITERACY® program. Each 60-minute webinar, designed for early childhood educators, child care providers, and families, will provide participants with a sampler introducing them to the free online BUILDING BLOCKS program. The webinar topics are as follows: Early Literacy Research and Language DevelopmentThe evidence is in and it is compelling! We can help prepare children for reading success during the preschool years. This first in our series of BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LITERACY® webinars will share the research on which this professional development program is based and proven.
Early Childhood Investigations (ECI) Webinars Webinars for Early Care and Education Professionalsproduced and hosted by Engagement Strategies, LLC The Early Childhood Investigations (ECI) Webinar Series offers free online professional development sessions to early education professionals. ECI Webinars are labor of love for the team at Engagement Strategies because we know preschool administrators, teachers, and parents have limited time and money to spare for training. We use our webinar production, hosting, and promotion expertise to offer ECI Webinars. Bite-sized conference-quality webinars Early Childhood Investigations webinars are "bite-sized', one-hour sessions presented by the thought-leaders and experts in the community.
Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA) Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA) Michigan's Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA) is an authentic observational system (provided by Teaching Strategies GOLD) for assessing children in the first 60 days of kindergarten. The KEA will provide teachers and parents with important criterion-based information about a child's learning and development in six domains at the beginning of kindergarten so that teachers can inform individual instruction and parents can provide learning opportunities beyond the school day. The domains assessed include:
Reading in Kindergarten Reading is a process of getting meaning from print. Early reading includes the direct teaching of words and sounds. Children must be able to distinguish between different sounds of oral language for the purposes of achieving understanding. They also need basic knowledge about the written alphabet, sound-symbol relationships, and concepts of print because these are the basis for decoding and reading comprehension skills. How reading relates to ELLs Kindergarten Teaching Strategies Shared By A Successful Teacher. Although kindergarten teaching is not my forte, I have recently consulted with a very good friend and teaching colleague, Valerie, who has been teaching kindergarten for many, many, many years. I consider Valerie to be an expert in teaching kindergarten and that's why I asked her for some of her teaching strategies. She has given me some excellent suggestions and tips on the kindergarten games, resources and practices that have helped her a great deal.
First Day of Kindergarten: 8 Survival Skills The first day of kindergarten is busy, busy, busy! Learning the names, faces, parents and personalities of all of the students on the class list is essential. You must teach routines and procedures. You need to hold the attention of a roomful of active, excited little minds. New faces will show up that you'll have to add to the class list. Be prepared for kinks in the plans. Strategies for Teaching Writing in Kindergarten Kindergarten students enter the school year with varying levels of ability, especially when it comes to writing. As a kindergarten teacher, I’ve seen a range of writing, from scribbling to writing sentences. The key is to begin with where they are. We all know that kindergartners are full of thoughts and ideas. They just don’t know how to express what they’re thinking in writing.