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TK (Transitional Kindergarten)

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- Kindergarten

How to Implement Centers in the Classroom: Part Two

Posted byby Kim Giron
2 months ago
5 min

Welcome back to our blog series on all things centers! Check out part one here, where we talked about the most traditional way centers are seen in a classroom setting….

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- Beginning of the School Year
- Classroom Management

How to Implement Centers in the Classroom: Part One

Posted byby Kim Giron
2 months ago
3 min

If you are a primary teacher, you likely run centers in your classroom, or have at some point in the classroom. But maybe… centers feel impossible to you. Maybe they…

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- Beginning of the School Year
- Classroom Management

What to Do on the First Day of School – Sample Schedule Included!

Posted byby Kim Giron
4 months ago
8 min

What to do on the First Day of School Ready or not, the start of the new year is approaching! Maybe you still have a month to go… great! Save…

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- Alphabet
- Beginning of the School Year

10 Simple Mnemonic Devices to Help Kids Learn the Alphabet!

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
4 months ago
4 min

Sometimes, kids have trouble learning the alphabet and letter names. And when this happens, teachers and parents will use anything and everything to help them learn. And often, inventing a…

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- Beginning of the School Year
- Especially For Parents

How to Help Children Learn the SHAPES (and REMEMBER Them!)

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
5 months ago
5 min

What is the best way to help children learn the shapes? Identifying the basic shapes can be challenging for many young children. Even after being told the names of the…

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- Beginning of the School Year
- Kindergarten

How to Teach Kids to Sound Out Three Letter Words (CVC Words)

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
6 months ago
5 min

We’ve been working on sounding out CVC words recently, so I want to tell you about what’s been working when I teach this concept to my students! 1. How to…

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- Alphabet
- Beginning of the School Year

Teaching the Alphabet: Effective Techniques for Late Bloomers

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
6 months ago
13 min

Do you know how to teach the alphabet to “late bloomers,” or any child who is learning a bit more slowly than others? The 52 letters necessary for children to…

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- Especially For Parents
- Kindergarten

Eight Great Tricks for Sounding Out Three Letter Words

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
6 months ago
7 min

Three-letter words can be tricky for kids to sound out when they are first learning to read. I like to start by teaching them common word families words to get…

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- Beginning of the School Year
- Classroom Management

Managing Defiant Behaviors in the Classroom

Posted byby Kim Giron
7 months ago
10 min

Managing defiant behaviors in the classroom can be a challenge for teachers. Behavior management is one of the most crucial aspects of working with young children. Veteran and new teachers…

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- Beginning of the School Year
- Classroom Management

Dealing with Defiance in the Classroom

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
8 months ago
9 min

Defiance, disrespectfulness, kids yelling “NO!” is what a teacher’s classroom management nightmares are made of! These days, most teachers may have had one or two defiant children in their class…

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TK (Transitional Kindergarten)

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