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Helping Kids Conquer DIBELS!!!

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
8 months ago
9 min

Do you do DIBELS at your school? If you are a parent, does your child take DIBELS tests? DIBELS seems to be quite a mystery for many adults, both parents…

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- Especially For Parents
- Kindergarten

Help! My Child Failed the DIBELS Test!

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
8 months ago
5 min

When children fail tests, parents often panic. And when children fail tests like DIBELS that parents have never even heard of and don’t understand, the feeling intensifies! I have…

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- Kindergarten
- Language Arts

Sound Discrimination: What to Do When Children Cannot “Hear” Beginning Sounds

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
8 months ago
6 min

Every year in Kindergarten, there are always a few children in my class who struggle with sound discrimination, or the ability to “hear” and distinguish between the beginning sounds in…

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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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- Mathematics
- Seasonal Themes

Easter Egg Number Matching Math Center

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
8 months ago
3 min

Here is a really fun math center that you can make with just some plastic eggs and a permanent marker to help kids practice matching sets, numbers, and number words. I call…

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- Mathematics
- Pre-K

Preschool Math: What Do Kids Need to Learn?

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
8 months ago
13 min

Preschool math instruction is fundamental, and how well a child learns the basic concepts during this foundational time can make the defining difference in whether or not a child sees…

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Morning Routines that Really Work in K, TK, and Pre-K

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- Beginning of the School Year
- Classroom Management

Morning Routines That Really Work for Pre-K, TK, and Kindergarten!

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
8 months ago
8 min

Are you looking for an easy Morning Meeting routine to follow? Here, I will explain the typical morning routine that I (Heidi) follow. It’s filled with music and quick, interactive…

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- Kindergarten
- Language Arts

Kindergarten Reading: What Should Parents Know?

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
9 months ago
8 min

Most children are taught to read in kindergarten these days, and this is now a big surprise to many parents, who have fond memories of blocks, painting, stories, play dough,…

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- Classroom Management

Getting Through a Lesson WITHOUT INTERRUPTIONS!

Posted byby Heidi Butkus
9 months ago
6 min

If you are having trouble getting through a lesson without interruptions, you’ll be happy to hear that this is a classroom management skill you can learn by changing just a…

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