Did you know that
I was born in Tennessee? Maybe
that’s why I have a special bond with the teachers there! The Kindergarten Conference in
Nashville this week was TERRIFIC!
I’m thankful some of the teachers wrote down these ideas I can share
with you!
Bubble Words (Alysia
Pitts, Woodbury, TN)
Use a bubble font
to make sight words and place in a
clear sheet protector. The
children roll out play dough to make the words. (If you don’t have a bubble font you can just create your
own words like I did below.)
*msalysiakindergarten.blogspot.com
Hannah Montan
Cheer (Janelle Bush, Tracy
City, TN)
(Tune: “Best of Both Worlds”)
Hold hand like a
microphone and sing…”You did a good job!”
Justin Bieber
Cheers (Janelle Bush)
(Tune: “Baby””)
Rock hands like a
cradle and sing a child’s name such as, “Kellie, Kellie, Kellie, oooh!”
“Eenie, meenie,
minnie, mo. You did a good
job. This I know!!”
Question of the
Day (Mary McCarroll)
First, do a drum
roll by slapping hands on thighs.
Second, count
backwards from 10, 9, 8…0
Third, ask a
question. Put a T chart with “yes”
and “no” on the board. Children
can place name cards or write their name under their answer.
Christmas Card
Puzzle (Bobbie Jean Hurde)
Cut up old
Christmas cards and place them in a brown bag or zip bag. Children shake up the bag and then put
the puzzle together.
Ziploc Bag
Quilt (Elizabeth McIntosh,
Whiteville, TN)
Put 16 ziploc bags
together with duct tape so the tops of the bags are still open. Slip cards into the bags with skills
you are working on. Create a
second set of cards to match.
Children draw a card and then use a fly swatter to swat the card that
matches the one they selected. The
same quilt can be used for upper and lowercase letters, pictures and sounds, math
facts, and so forth.
Reading Station
Puzzle (Mandy Collins,
Rossville, TN)
You will need
cardboard puzzles to create this center.
Write sight words on the backs of the puzzle pieces. Also write the sight words on the
cardboard puzzle frame. Children
match words on the puzzle piece to the frame to complete the puzzle.
Word Bubble Map (Linda Jo Kincaid)
Use bubbles to
help children blend sounds and read words. Make a bubble for each word family similar to the one
shown. Write the answers on the back.
