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An EASY Weekly Routine for Language Arts 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! __________________________________________________________________________ Hello friends!  This week, I am going to tell you about my weekly routine for planning my language arts lessons in Kindergarten!  When following this routine, my lesson plans were easy to make and I covered everything that the children needed to know throughout the year.  If I ever had to change things around, it was usually because of an administrative requirement of some kind or another, such as a lesson that I had to do for ...
   

A Math Center Idea: Lite Brite Math!

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ Happy Independence Day!!  I hope the summer months are treating you well!  Here are some fun, quick, little ideas on how you can use a Lite Brite in math, and even how you can make your own little do-it-yourself Lite Brite! Lite Brite Math Now for some math center ideas using a Lite Brite!  I found this old Lite Brite at a neighbor's garage sale for just one dollar.  And it STILL WORKS! ...
   

Sight Word Spaceship Hunt Center Freebie!

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ Hello, everyone!  Today I am going to tell you about a fun and easy literacy center for practicing sight words AND early reading comprehension skills!  I did this as a "Make and Take" activity in my Literacy Centers session last week at the I Teach First Conference in Las Vegas, and the teachers seemed really excited about it!  Hope you like it! Here's How to Play: You get 8-10 empty toy capsules (spaces...
   

New Grade Level, Combination Class, New School, Here We GO!

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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 this post, I am going to share what it is like to go from teaching Kindergarten at the same school for 20 years to a first/second grade combination class at a completely different school.  Many people have been asking me how it has been going, and how I am doing.  I have been putting off writing about it mainly due to lack of time!  I really am excited to share my experiences, though! So what is it like to s...