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Two EASY Holiday STEM Ideas for 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! __________________________________________________________________________ This post is from a few years ago when I wasn't teaching remotely, but I wanted to share it again for any teachers or parents that may be looking for some fun Holiday STEM ideas! Read on! :) Today I am super excited to share TWO fun and easy STEM ideas that I did this month with my TKs! The first idea is called “Santa’s Chimney Challenge,” and the second is “Build a Shelf for the Elf.” The kids absolutely LOVED them both, and you KNOW tha...
   

Winter WEEK 1 - TK Distance Learning Packet!

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ The Winter (second) Trimester is here and that means a new set of packets starts now, too! This week i have ready for you Winter Week 1 Distance Learning packet for TK ! Just like the previous weeks, in this file you will find all of the work for one week of school, for TK, with some worksheets that will work for Kindergarten, for both Math and Language Arts subjects. We've included a variety of worksheets and activities, so feel free to ...
   

Holiday Traditions in Ten Minutes a Day!

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Let’s face it:  the holidays are BUSY.  So here is how you can easily teach Holiday Traditions Around the World in just ten minutes per day!  Yes, it is possible and it can even be meaningful to your students!  Of course, if you can give some lessons a few more minutes, that’s even better, but the fact is that you don’t really have to do anything elaborate to get your point across. And that will free up your time to do some of those other things that always seem to pop up during the holiday season! The Basic Method Plan on covering just ONE holiday per day.  Read a page about it from a  Holiday Traditions Around the World book and look at the picture.  Then find that country on a map or on Google Earth.   Then we discuss it, comparing the holidays and letting the children ask questions or make comments… and that’s it!  The lesson is over.  If I want the lesson to last longer, I can let them color the c...
   

Twas the Week Before Christmas And....

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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 were still in school.  In all of my teaching career, I have never tried to teach school right up through December 23rd!  I decided to try to consider it a personal challenge to see how much I could actually get done, despite the fact that all anyone seemed to be able to think about was the impending holidays and celebrations.  Each day, we updated our calendar and counted the remaining days.  I was ever more asto...
   

Get Ready For The Holidays!

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ Can you believe Christmas is coming ALREADY??? Whew! Here are a few FUN ideas and activities for you to try this month to help GET READY for the holidays! :) Counting, bulletin boards, singable books (of course!) and more! 1. Ice Cube Trays in Sets of TEN! I found these ice cube trays at the local 99 Cent Only Store. The kids love to count the holiday erasers, putting them into the slots so that they are grouped in sets of ten....