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I have taught kindergarten for 16 years. I have also taught education majors how to teach reading and writing to pre-k through 3rd graders, at the University of Nevada Reno for 5 years. I was an English Language Development Teacher/Coach in an Elementary School where I worked with kindergarten and first grade classess and I was a learning facilitator (coach) for 2 years.
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Preview of 100 Days Smarter Emergent Reader

100 Days Smarter Emergent Reader

This emergent reader is perfect for your kiddos to read on the 100th day of school. It is all about the fun activities that a class does on the 100th day of school. For more school related or beginning of the year related emergent readers, activities, printables, assessments, homework, and classroom management items, just click on the links below: Emergent Reader: I Like to go to School Emergent Reader: School Rules Emergent Reader: Time for School How to Treat Our Books: Read Aloud Colo
Preview of 2D & 3D Shapes Bingo with Real Life Objects

2D & 3D Shapes Bingo with Real Life Objects

This fun and engaging 2D and 3D shape game includes 25 Bingo cards, so it can be played in a center or whole class. The objects on the cards are real life objects that are shaped like the following shapes: circle, square, triangle, rectangle, hexagon, rhombus, cube, sphere, cone, and cylinder. The calling cards are shapes or attributes of shapes. For example, you can tell kids to cover a shape that has 4 corners, or a shape that has 6 faces. You can also just call “sphere” or “rectangle”.
Preview of 100th Day Snack or Trail Mix Sorting Mats

100th Day Snack or Trail Mix Sorting Mats

These mats are very helpful when your kiddos sort out their 100th-day trail mix snack. Each mat has a slight variation of items for their trail mix, so you can use the one with the items you will use. If you end up using something that is not on this mat, just let me know and I will modify it for you. You might also be interested in my 100th day of school emergent reader. For this and more, please visit my store at Learning-Should-Be-Fun
Preview of Halloween Themed Kindergarten  Math Bundle

Halloween Themed Kindergarten Math Bundle

This great bundle pack includes the following Halloween themed games and activities: Boo BumpCandy Corn Compose and Decompose Count the Room or Number Match Concentration GameHalloween and Thanksgiving Finish the Pattern Printables Measuring HalloweenMonster Squeeze: A Comparing Numbers Game (<, >, =)Halloween Math: Pumpkin 5 Frames & 10 FramesEmergent Reader: Pumpkin, Pumpkin, What Shape Do You See?Counting Halloween ReaderYou might also be interested in the following Halloween Bundles: H
Preview of Compose & Decompose Story Problems Printable Worksheets

Compose & Decompose Story Problems Printable Worksheets

This set includes 8 pages with a story problem on each page. See the preview to view each page. This is a great way for your kiddos to practice composing and decomposing numbers. They can be used as a teaching tool, a practice page, or as assessments. Just write the number that you want your kiddos to decompose on the line, in the problem. You might also be interested in the following math printables, assessment, games, activities, and emergent readers: Counting Objects & Writing the Numbe
Preview of Measuring Royalty

Measuring Royalty

With Measuring Royalty, your kiddos will measure a prince, a princess, a knight, a carriage, a balcony, two different crowns, a mirror, and a pillow holding a glass slipper using unifix cubes, or any other measuring tool. (If you use unifix cubes the measurements are whole #s. There are no fractions.) They will record the measurements and then compare and contrast them. These align nicely with the Core Knowledge Kings and Queens unit. For more Kings, Queens, Princesses, or Princes (royalty)
Preview of Insects or Bugs Themed:  Count the Room (0 - 21)

Insects or Bugs Themed: Count the Room (0 - 21)

This insect/bug themed Count the Room activity includes gives your kiddos practice in counting objects and writing the numbers 0 - 21. It includes two separate recording sheets. One with numbers 0 -10 and one with numbers 11 - 21. This way you can choose to use either one, or copy them double sided to use them both at the same time. This activity will fit perfectly with your insect unit, or just to use anytime in the spring. Enjoy! All About an Insect Emergent Reader & Assessment Decomposi
Preview of Ten Frame Top It 0-20 (Animal Themed)

Ten Frame Top It 0-20 (Animal Themed)

Thank you for checking out my animal themed Ten Frame Top-It Game. This is a super fun card game that helps your kiddos compare numbers (ten frames) including teen numbers by thinking about which number is greater, less, or equal to another number. This set includes ten frames 0-20. You may choose to use only 0-10 or 0-20 depending on the developmental level of your kids. You will want to print 3 to 4 copies of these cards to create your Top-It deck and you will probably want more than one
Preview of Emergent Reader:  Easter Egg Hunt Addition

Emergent Reader: Easter Egg Hunt Addition

In this Easter emergent reader, your kiddos will add eggs together and write the sum in the sentence. This reader also comes with a printable worksheet where your kiddos can write the number sentence and fill in the number bond that goes with each problem in the reader, if you choose. If not, it's still a great emergent reader, that includes the sight words, or high frequency words: I, we, have, all, as well as, 8 color words. For more Easter themed games, activities, printables, & emerge
Preview of Decomposing Lady Bugs

Decomposing Lady Bugs

Thanks for checking this out. This is created in the form of a little reader paper book. Each page has a word problem that asks students to decompose numbers 4 through 10 by drawing 3 different combinations of dots on lady bug wings, that make the numbers 4 through 10. It also asks students to write the number sentence (equation) that matches what they have drawn on the lady bug's wings. The lady bug theme makes this a great activity to do with your insect unit, or anytime in the Spring.
Preview of Emergent Reader:  All About the Triangle

Emergent Reader: All About the Triangle

This emergent reader requires your kiddos to complete the sentences on some of the pages by adding the information that they know about the attributes of a triangle. You may choose to do this with your kiddos, or use it to assess their knowledge about the triangle. After they complete the book, they will then use it as an emergent reader to practice their concepts of print, as well as, reading sight words, and using their strategies to read unknown words. For more shapes related products, ju
Preview of Shark Squeeze

Shark Squeeze

Shark Squeeze is a fun game for your kiddos to work on comparing Numbers, while telling if a number is greater than, less than, or equal to another number. You will want to first print and laminate the mats and the sharks. Directions: This is a 2 player game. The first player will place sharks on each end of the number line facing each other. Then he or she will think of a # between 0 & 10 or 0 & 20 (depending on which mat you choose to use) and will write that # on a piece of paper. Pla
Preview of Ten Frame Top It 0-20 (Princess Themed)

Ten Frame Top It 0-20 (Princess Themed)

This princess themed Ten Frame Top-It game is a super fun card game that helps your kiddos compare numbers (ten frames) including teen numbers, by thinking about which number is greater, less, or equal to another number and it would align very well with the Core Knowledge Kings and Queens theme. This set includes ten frames 0-20. You may choose to use only 0-10 or 0-20 depending on the developmental level of your kids. You will want to print 2 copies of these cards to create your Top-It deck an
Preview of Christmas Bump: A Counting, Subitizing, and Number Recognition Game

Christmas Bump: A Counting, Subitizing, and Number Recognition Game

This super fun and engaging math game allows your students to practice number recognition, counting, and subitizing. This set includes 10 mats with numbers 1-12 Your kiddos will work in pairs with 1 mat, 2 dice, and 20 stackable counters of two different colors. Flat discs work best, but linkable cubes would work as well. Students will roll the dice and count the dots or add the numbers together. They will then cover the number on the game board with their marker. If another player’s counter
Preview of Emergent Reader:  All About the Sphere

Emergent Reader: All About the Sphere

This emergent reader requires your kiddos to complete the sentences on some of the pages by adding the information that they know about the attributes of a sphere. You may choose to do this with your kiddos, or use it to assess their knowledge about the sphere. After they complete the book, they will then use it as an emergent reader to practice their concepts of print, as well as, reading sight words, and using their strategies to read unknown words. For more shapes related products, just c
Preview of I Have, Who Has #s and Ten Frames (0-20)

I Have, Who Has #s and Ten Frames (0-20)

This is a fun, highly engaging, and interactive game that helps kiddos practice & learn number recognition, subitizing, & counting. You might also be interested in the following: I have, Who has 2D & 3D ShapesPop! A Popcorn How Many to Ten GameTen Frame Puzzles (Combinations to 10)Counting Objects & Writing the Numbers WorksheetsKindergarten Math AssessmentsNumber Writing and Counting WorksheetsFor more games, activities, emergent readers, worksheets, classroom decor, or behavior management
Preview of Telling Time Matching Game or Go Fish Game

Telling Time Matching Game or Go Fish Game

These telling time card games are fun and engaging ways to help your kiddos learn about how to tell time. You can use these to play a matching game by placing the cards on the table face up or face down, and have kiddos make matches, or you could use them to play go fish, i.e ”do you have 3 o’clock?” This set includes cards that are exactly on the hour, half past the hour, a quarter past, and a quarter til the hour. You can choose which ones your kiddos need practice with and use only those.
Preview of Emergent Reader:  All About the Cone

Emergent Reader: All About the Cone

This emergent reader requires your kiddos to complete the sentences on some of the pages by adding the information that they know about the attributes of a cone. You may choose to do this with your kiddos, or use it to assess their knowledge about the cone. After they complete the book, they will then use it as an emergent reader to practice their concepts of print, as well as, reading sight words, and using their strategies to read unknown words. For more shapes related products, just click
Preview of Emergent Reader:  All About the Cube

Emergent Reader: All About the Cube

This emergent reader requires your kiddos to complete the sentences on some of the pages by adding the information that they know about the attributes of a Cube. You may choose to do this with your kiddos, or use it to assess their knowledge about the cube. After they complete the book, they will then use it as an emergent reader to practice their concepts of print, as well as, reading sight words, and using their strategies to read unknown words. For more shapes related products, just click
Preview of Easter Teen Number Ten Frames Count the Room

Easter Teen Number Ten Frames Count the Room

This is a fun way for your kiddos to practice writing their teen numbers while understanding that they consist of a ten and some more ones. This set includes 11 ttEaster Bunny frames that include ten frames 10 through 20 and a recording sheet. The Easter Bunny frames are numbered and their numbers correspond to numbers on the recording sheet. Post the Easter Bunny frames around the room and give your kiddos a copy of the recording sheet. If a kiddo finds Easter Bunny #4, he or she will deter
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Experience

I have taught kindergarten for 16 years. I have also taught education majors how to teach reading and writing to pre-k through 3rd graders, at the University of Nevada Reno for 5 years. I was an English Language Development Teacher/Coach in an Elementary School where I worked with kindergarten and first grade classess and I was a learning facilitator (coach) for 2 years.

My own education history

I have a bachelor's degree in elementary education and a master's degree in literacy studies.