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One of our General Learner Outcomes is being a good community contributor. Part of this GLO can be enhanced by teaching our children to practice kindness throughout our daily lives. Being a good citizen is not something one is born with but is taught and learned and practiced. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

This fun-eating activity will help your students to hear / say individual sounds (phonemes) in simple words. It helps to use the Elmo projector and do it with the children. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

A catchy jingle illuminating some of the characteristics of the reptile family.

WELCOME! Here's a mini unit on Weather! This unit will incorporate science, writing, reading and math. It will also allow them to practice their fine motor skills like cutting, drawing and coloring when they create their Weather Spinners and Weather Bingo cards. Both of these weather activities draw on their opinion pieces in writing. Included are 10 worksheets, games, puzzles and an assessment at the end to check their understanding. Hopefully the students will "weather" this unit well! Bench

This bulletin board is a cute and colorful way to start a new school year. I cut out bright, colorful flowers to "plant" in the garden and glue the childrens' pictures in the middle of the flowers... the philosophy being with love and guidance, surely they will blossom to their full potential. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

I use this skit as a Creative Dramatics activity where the children can practice their speaking skills and stage presence in a fun and educational way. This skit introduces themj to new vocabulary as well. I write the script on chart paper and the non-actors can help narrate. You can hang pictures of endangered animals around the actors necks with yarn. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

This is a fun activity that the students love to do since they get to eat as they learn to count and write their numbers from 1 to 10. Very engaging as you can imagine. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

It's very difficult teaching our kindergarten students to problem solve in math. The following 3 problems will give them an insight and practice into this logic. By walking them step-by-step through the process, they will learn to analyze and use strategies they need to problem solve. When doing this stepwise lesson with the students, it is advantageous to use ELMO's assistance. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

I use this rap in the beginning of each school year. Although somewhat difficult for K students, we practice it every Monday morning. They soon get it down with weekly practice. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Every year my kindergarten students love to "hatch" butterflies. We sing this song to introduce our lesson. The follow up worksheet reviews rhyming and the butterfly life cycle. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

This Mammal Rap is a fun and easy way to introduce basic characteristics of mammals. The accompanying Mammal Momma Match-up is a worksheet that conveys the mammalian mother-offspring concept through riddles, while encouraging their artistic abilities. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

How about a fun game to teach basic counting skills and one to one correspondence? Students love to compete and play games and this is a fun way for them to count, identify numbers to 20 and win! This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

This is a quick, easy and fun way to practice counting by 10's. By making it into a cheer for a counting party. On the worksheet, they can practice counting and writing by 10's. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

This song helps to introduce our 5 senses by associating the parts of our bodies to each of our 5 senses. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.