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Guest Post: Jen Jones from Hello Literacy!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Today we have a wonderful guest post from Jen Jones of Hello Literacy!  As soon as I saw this post, I knew that my readers would really benefit from this information.  So I asked her if I could cross post it here, and Jen said YES!  Make sure that you check out Jen's blog and TPT stores! Jen actually has TWO TPT stores!  The first is called "Hello Literacy," and the second is called " Hello Two Peas in a Pod ," wh...
   

What to Do First Thing In the Morning in Kindergarten and First Grade

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Finding and managing appropriate "morning work" in Kindergarten is often a somewhat tricky classroom management problem to solve.  Since children at this age typically can not yet read independently, a Kindergarten and first grade teacher's choices to keep children busy first thing in the morning are really quite limited!  Yet there is no denying that teachers really DO need a few minutes to do things such as tak...
   

Fundamentals of Handwriting: Tips, Tricks, and What to Watch For

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Hi, everyone!! I hope your November is treating you well, gearing up for the holidays!  Today we have another wonderful guest blog post by my friend and fellow educator Cindy Pahr.  Enjoy! It is my pleasure to guest blog again for Heidi!  Today I want to share with you three things to know and to look for as children begin to learn and practice their printing and handwriting.  This seemed like a great to...
   

The ADHD, Movement, and Learning Connection

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Did you know that children with ADHD often learn much better when the lesson has movement in it?  Trying to force these active children to sit still all day is really the least effective way to help them learn, and doesn't work anyway.  Did you know that providing children with ADHD with regular exercise can help reduce the symptoms of ADHD and help them do better in school?  Read below for some practical suggestions on how to ...
   

Tips for Managing Writer's Workshop in Kindergarten - Guest Post from DeeDee Wills!

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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ In today's post, we are going to talk about how to organize Writer's Workshop so that it can be done in Kindergarten when you have NO HELP!   So if you are working alone in your classroom, with just one teacher, all by lonesome, and want to figure out how to do Writer's Workshop and find time to confer with ALL of your little writers each week, just keep on reading!  This is a marvelous guest post from my wonderful new friend, ...