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Monthly Calendars for Number Writing Practice!

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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 is a resource that I have been using for years and years, and never thought about sharing, so I hope you enjoy using it as much as I have! It's my Monthly Calendars for Number Writing Practice ! I think that this resource is extra special because it is fully differentiated. It can be used by children that can only trace lines, and by children that can write up to ten, and by others that are learning to write to 20, and those that can...
   

Calendar Notebook Updates for 2019 & 2020 (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! __________________________________________________________________________ Here is the update to my FREE yearly calendar book files for "Write the Date," plus links to the rest of my calendar book free downloads as well!  I've just uploaded the files for 2019 & 2020. (Keep reading!) A Calendar Book is a notebook with a blank calendar in it that children update each day as the teacher fills in the class calendar on the wall, and often has a variety of other pages to update daily, too! If you are ...
   

Finding Phonics Spelling Patterns EVERYWHERE!

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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 I am going to tell you how I taught my kids to find the Sounds Fun Phonics spelling patterns in just about everything that they see!  We have been using highlighter tape for this, and they absolutely LOVE it!  In fact, it is a favorite activity to do during their PLAYTIME, if you can believe it!!! The children want to take the tape and wander around the room, searching for an “ing” or a “th.”  In fact, I final...
   

Week One: Wiggles Learns the Rules at School, The Homework Bell, Calendar Book Updates, and More!

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ Phew! One week down, 41 more to go! The first week of school seems to be the most stressful week of all as we establish routines and get to know our new students. But for some reason, this year has been much less stressful than it normally is- (and I praise the good Lord in heaven for that!) I have no explanation other than the blessings of prayer! I actually can’t remember having such a smooth and stress-free start to a school year. I di...
   

Teaching Kindergarten: What's Working? #9

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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 are moving right along and are into week 9. Today I have two free Halloween downloads for practicing counting! I also share my Farm book and our farm bulletin boards, and a few favorite tools for helping develop fine motor skills. 1. Here is our Farm Bulletin Board! I love doing our farm unit! This is what we do: We study each animal, using non-fiction books and discussion. Then we make each craft project, and use them for the bull...
   

The Calendar Book

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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! __________________________________________________________________________ Have you ever heard of the Calendar Book?  The Calendar book is not a game, but a daily activity that can be done whole group.  When you do the Calendar Book with your class, the children have their own calendar books that they fill in as you update the class calendar each day, or as close to daily as you can get. The Calendar Book can have as few or as many pages in it as you like. The general idea is that it starts ou...