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Letter of the Week Focus Wall!

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ We updated our Letter of the Week Focus Wall chart , and I wanted to share with you what it looks like now! I just know my kids are going to LOVE this, because it is now much more active and fun! Take a look at what we've added! The first thing we've added is the Alphabet Action card! For our existing HeidiSongs fans, you may already recognize that the artwork came right out of our Alphabet Action book , (which itself is a bargain at just...
   

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...
   

TK Lesson Plans, Week Three: What’s Working?

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ Here are some of my lesson plans for many of the fun things we have been doing in my TK class during the third week of school!  This was the first week of Unit Two in Benchmark’s Ready to Advance for TK.  I’m using the guided reading books and following their manual for the pacing of the standards, but mixing a lot of my own activities into it as well!  By the way, I’m still totally in love with my grade level and my little TK ...
   

The Letter Reversal Mystery and Solutions

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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 blog post that sheds some light on the mystery of letter reversals (backwards letters) and offers some great solutions!  This post was written by my friend and fellow educator Cindy Pahr. Cindy Pahr, Founder of EduCLIME, LLC , has been an educator in both special and general education, teaching, training and curriculum development since 1982. Cindy's teaching credentials certify her as a Teac...
   

Teaching the Correct Letter Formation

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ What are the best way to teach correct letter formation and review the alphabet at the same time with a kindergarten class? Here are some things that worked well for me! I would love to hear from anyone that has another successful method to share! One thing that is extremely helpful for me with both tasks is using the song videos from the Letters and Sounds collection . When I just play the songs , I have the letters typed up ver...