HeidiSongs Teaching Resource

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! __________________________________________________________________________ Teaching kids about authors and illustrators can be both fun and frustrating.  Sometimes it's hard for children to remember the separate jobs of authors and illustrators, especially kids in Kindergarten and first grade.  One thing that makes it a little easier for children to learn about authors and illustrators is if they get to meet and interact with them a little bit!  That's what makes book talks and author signings so spec...

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! __________________________________________________________________________ Hello Everyone! I often hear, "My students know most of their letters and sounds, now what?" Here are some of my top tips for moving students from reading letters , to words , to books! To make reading books a successful and enjoyable experience for new readers I like to start at the end , and work my way backwards !  That is to say, I teach the children to "pretend read" little books that are very motivational and easy for them t...

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! __________________________________________________________________________ With summer right around the corner, it is important to remind students and parents the importance of reading 30 minutes a day. Parents really are a child's first and most important teacher. This is a wonderful explanation of why it is important for your child to read every day. A great teacher at my school passed this information on to me, and I thought it was important to post here in the hope that more people can pass this around to those...

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! __________________________________________________________________________ Here are my lesson plans for the third week of Kindergarten!  I do hope that these are useful to you!  They really are a "labor of love" to all of you that need may need them, or even might need just a few ideas from them.  I am following along with my Kindergarten Pacing Guide, and obviously these plans match up with week three.  Hopefully, it is not too late in the year to make use of these for too many of you. A...