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Kindergarten Teachers Chatboard

At the Start of School: "It is my duty to remind you..."

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Jul 13, 2016

Principal Todd Nelson shares his all-time favorite back-to-school charge to the faculty, written by Jonathan Slater, a school head with whom Todd worked "a while back."

“It is my annual duty to remind you...” Slater begins. (Click below to read the rest, a message all educators should hear!)

12 Ways to Incorporate Movement & Academics

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Jul 12, 2016

Many of the students in your class are bodily-kinesthetic learners. They need to move! Don't fight it, use movement as a positive learning force.

Click below to read 12 ideas can help make movement be a positive learning force in your classroom.

The Benefits of School Recess - Stanford Study

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Jul 11, 2016

A Stanford study shows that recess is a profoundly important part of the school day. Click below to read what the study shows about the benefits of school recess.

Students Need To Get Physical

Jul 10, 2016

Schools are at war with a child’s basic human tendencies.

Will we regret having "childproofed" education?

Jul 5, 2016

Public education has "childproofed" education, and we will regret it. As Dr. Mark Benden shared in our interview, “We will look back on the past generation and ask, ‘What were those people thinking making children sit still all day in school? Who thought that was a good idea?’"

kindergarten website

by mac

Jun 26, 2016

HI-Does anyone know a creative person willing to help me design a kindergarten website? I would of course pay

Julie On 6/26/16, mac wrote: > HI-Does anyone know a creative person willing to help me > design a kindergarten website? I would of course pay

I could try to help you

Jul 2, 2016

Beginning of the year book

by KB

Jun 23, 2016

What is a good book start the year with in Kindergarten? I want to use it for a week. It could deal with colors or friends.

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Flacka I like Brown Bear,Brown Bear. After a couple of readings the kids can "read" it themselves or do choral reading. I have a little book that they can color and "read", they love to act out the story with cutouts of the animals. It's great if you have a lot of ESL students or kids coming without knowing colors.

For colors...See More

Jun 23, 2016

Anne On 6/23/16, KB wrote: > What is a good book start the year with in Kindergarten? > I want to use it for a week. > It could deal with colors or friends. I use Have You Filled a Bucket Today? by Carol McCloud. It helps set the tone for a kind classroom. Be kind is my only class rule. When you are polite, safe and work hard, you are kind to y...See More

Jun 23, 2016

Kinder Celebration

by DonnaR/CA

Jun 9, 2016

One of the three K teachers did a "Kinder-bration" on the last day of school, and now the principal is trying to get us other 2 to do it too. Her attitude is "All or none."

I have very mixed emotions about it, most of them negative.

So I thought I'd ask here -- who does something on the last day of school to c...See More

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Judy2/CA No, we didn't do any kind of kinder celebration when I taught kinder but I don't think it's a big deal if it's done. My daughter went to a small preschool and they had a "graduation" the last day. I remember the kids made their own "caps" out of paper plates. The most memorable part came when they handed out little certificates ...See MoreNo, we didn't do any kind of kinder celebration when I taught kinder but I don't think it's a big deal if it's done. My daughter went to a small preschool and they had a "graduation" the last day. I remember the kids made their own "caps" out of paper plates. The most memorable part came when they handed out little certificates to each child after calling out their full name. One little boy took his certificate from the head teacher and was half-way back to his seat when he turned around and said "Hey! How do you know my last name?" Everyone laughed - he'd been in preschool for 3 years and she'd been his teacher the whole time! After that, cookies and lemonade were enjoyed by all. That was more than 20 years ago and I just remember it as a sweet time in my daughter's life.

On 6/09/16, maureen wrote: > Donna: I agree with you on all points. Some kids have > preschool graduation kindergarten graduation, elementary > school graduation, 8th grade graduation and by the time high > school graduation comes about, I wonder how special that > would be? > > I am retired now, but none of my kids or grandkids had any > kind of last day "Graduation" type program at any of the > schools they attended. My youngest completed K this spring. > Her teacher and two others (there are 8 sections of K at the > school) did a very short program about 3 weeks before the end > of school. Parents were invited and the classes sang a couple > songs and poems. Nothing "graduation wise". The rest of the > school year was school as usual. They didn't even go on any > field trips. That was perfectly fine for us and our > grandchild. > > I personally like having class as usual up until the end. I > never did it any differently all the years I taught. It isn't > necessary to celebrate moving to first grade. > > > > > On 6/09/16, DonnaR/CA wrote: >> One of the three K teachers did a "Kinder-bration" on the >> last day of school, and now the principal is trying to get >> us other 2 to do it too. Her attitude is "All or none." >> >> I have very mixed emotions about it, most of them negative. >> >> So I thought I'd ask here -- who does something on the last >> day of school to celebrate the end of Kinder? What do you >> do? How do you get the parents to not call it a graduation >> or promotion (which should be saved, IMHO, for end of >> elementary promotion, 8th grade promotion and HS >> graduation)? >> >> >>

Jun 11, 2016

Cheryl On 6/09/16, DonnaR/CA wrote: > One of the three K teachers did a "Kinder-bration" on the > last day of school, and now the principal is trying to get > us other 2 to do it too. Her attitude is "All or none." > > I have very mixed emotions about it, most of them negative. > > So I thought I'd ask here -- who ...See More

Jun 21, 2016

Marshall says: Class Dojo should "go the way of the dodo"

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Jun 18, 2016

Marv Marshall, the author of Discipline Without Stress explains why he believes Class Dojo is a negative, unproductive system that should "go the way of the dodo."

Jacque On 6/18/16, Teachers.Net Gazette wrote: > > Marv Marshall, the author of Discipline Without Stress > explains why he believes Class Dojo is a negative, > unproductive system that should "go the way of the dodo."

I agree...I tried it one year when I had an especially difficult class with 4 sets of twins, super-aggress...See More

Jun 19, 2016

Jacque On 6/18/16, Teachers.Net Gazette wrote: > > Marv Marshall, the author of Discipline Without Stress > explains why he believes Class Dojo is a negative, > unproductive system that should "go the way of the dodo."

I agree...I tried it one year when I had an especially difficult class with 4 sets of twins, super-aggress...See More

Jun 19, 2016

Apps for Notetaking & Writing

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Jun 17, 2016

Susan Fitzell writes about some great Apps for Notetaking & Writing in the current issue of Teachers.Net Gazette. Take a look!

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