You know that one kindergarten parent-teacher conference you’re not exactly looking forward to? The one where you need to talk about a child’s behavior, and you’re already wondering how to bring it up without making
Parent-teacher conferences can feel overwhelming, especially when you only have 10 or 15 minutes with each family and approximately 78 million things you could talk about. Reading scores, math skills, handwriting, behavior, independence, friendships, work
If you hear “How do you spell…?” approximately 75 times during your kindergarten writing block, you are definitely not alone. Beginning writers often have plenty of ideas, but the second they come to a word
Sentence starters can be incredibly helpful for beginning writers in kindergarten. Pair them with a picture prompt, and you’ve given students a solid place to start without the overwhelm of staring at a blank piece
Your kindergartener comes up to you during writing and tells you exactly what they want to write. Maybe it’s something simple like, “I like my dog.” Great! They have an idea, they can put that
“Make good choices” is one of those phrases that seems to come out of a teacher’s mouth without even thinking about it. You’re heading into the hallway, so you remind your students to make good
If you’re a few weeks into the school year and suddenly Googling kindergarten classroom management strategies because everything that seemed to be working during the first week isn’t working quite as well anymore, you’re not
When you think about classroom rewards in kindergarten, what comes to mind? Maybe it’s a prize box filled with tiny erasers, stickers, candy, and all those little treasures you’ve picked up from the Target Dollar
Does it feel like every student in your kindergarten classroom needs you at exactly the same time? Someone needs help opening their snack, someone can’t find their pencil, someone doesn’t know where to put their
How many classroom rules do you really need in kindergarten? And once you decide on your kindergarten classroom rules, what happens when a student breaks one? Do you give a warning? Take away recess? Move
