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Teaching Your Class to Line Up Quietly

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ Lining up quietly:  it seems like such a simple thing!  However, this year it has been quite a challenge to get my class to simply line up quietly and then wait at the door for directions.  However, I finally found the key to getting this rather challenging group of kiddos from one place to another without tearing my hair out at the roots!  Read on, and I'll tell you how I did it.  And if you are lucky enough...
   

Tips for Doing Reader's Theater in Kindergarten

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ A couple of years ago, I was challenged by a conference planner at SDE to do a presentation on using Reader’s Theater in Kindergarten. The only problem was that I had NO idea how to approach this task in a meaningful and appropriate way. After a lot of experimentation, I came up with a method that worked for me. Below you will find the details of how I did it. 1. Choose a book the children love to read over and over again. The repe...