In The Kinder Nest store you will find resources for the bilingual, play and inquiry-based classroom made by a French Immersion teacher with 16 years of teaching experience. The resources are created for a Kinder space where exploration occurs in both French and English and have been tested in real Kindergarten classrooms.
This resource includes short bios in simple, student-friendly French for each of the following six artists: Georgia O’Keeffe Yayoi Kusama Alma Thomas Frida Kahlo Henri Matisse Vincent van Gogh Each information sheet highlights: information about the artist, their style, an image of the artist, two of their most famous works of art, and a few interesting facts about the artist and their work. The info sheets also include a QR code to scan that links to Youtube videos about the artists. **Pl
What's Included in this Resource: Learning Activities:Word Wall- Vocabulaire ImportantMatch Picture and vocabulary gameKWL Chart (Les forces)Name the types of forces sheetTypes of Forces Sorting ActivityPoussée ou traction Sorting ActivityEducational Video SuggestionsHands-On Experimentation:Mon parachute: PlanLa force gravitationnelleLa force de frictionLes rampes: Le planRouler, glisser ou s’empilerEst-ce que c’est magnétique?Texte à lire: La force électrostatiqueLa force électrostatique: Expe
Gingerbread Math BundleThis resource includes the following 3 resources: Gingerbread Measurement:Measure the gingerbread people, houses and candy measuring mats. Students will measure items with non-standard measuring units, such as unifix cubes and paper clipsPlace in height order gingerbread people worksheetsCompare by Size gingerbread people worksheetsGingerbread Shape Activities:In this resource, you will find gingerbread houses of various shapes and cards of gingerbread-shaped people and pe
Gingerbread Measurement Activities In this resource, you will find: Measure the gingerbread people, houses and candy measuring mats. Students will measure items with non-standard measuring units, such as unifix cubes and paper clipsPlace in height order gingerbread people worksheetsCompare by Size gingerbread people worksheetsAs always, please send any questions about this resource my way before you buy! Happy teaching, Jess
Gingerbread Shape Match and Sort Activities In this resource, you will find gingerbread houses of various shapes and cards of gingerbread-shaped people and peppermint candies that can be sorted into coordinating-shaped houses. A second activity is included that asks students to cut and paste various shaped gingerbread houses with the same shape outline. As always, please send any questions about this resource my way before you buy! Happy teaching, Jess
Gingerbread Counting Cards and Gingerbread Recipes In this resource, you will find gingerbread houses with numbers 1 - 20 as well as small gingerbread people cards that can be cut out, laminated, and used to add the appropriate number to each gingerbread house. A second activity is included that has a variety of gingerbread man and gingerbread house recipe cards where children can use cut-outs and decorate them using the number of items indicated on the recipe cards. As always, please send any
Fine Motor Skills Activity ToolboxThis 90-page resource provides you with all of the printables you need for creating task boxes that will help younger learners work on various fine motor skills. I have also included a list of items to find or purchase to add to your fine motor boxes. Included in this resource: Labels: 2 versions of labels for fine motor tasks boxesTracing Skills Activities: (tracing lines, letters, letter tracing cards of various sizes, letter cards for driving cars to practice
Everything you need to transform your dramatic play area into various types of cafés or restaurants in your classroom! Included in this Resource:Café Signs (Colour & BW versions (multiple titles) and Student-Created version)Open-Closed Sign (Colour, B&W and Student-Created versions)Opening Hours Sign (Colour, B&W and Student-Created versions)2 versions of store pennant bannersPlease Wait to Be Seated SignMenu PrintablesOrder Sheets – For taking orders (2 sizes)Labels for Items in the Café (Vocab
FRENCH Self-Regulation BUNDLEEverything you need for creating a calm-down corner that will promote the development of self-regulation skills in your French Immersion classroom! Check out the individual listings for more detailed descriptions of the products included. As always, please feel free to message me with any questions you might have about the products in advance of purchasing. Merci, Jess
The following activities are included for 'Les trois petits cochons', 'Boucle d'or et les trois ours' AND 'Le Petit Chaperon rouge': Puppets and finger puppets (in black and white and colour)Differentiated versions of the story (Emergent readers & a 1-page text)Word wall words / Vocabulary PuzzlesCharacter description activity (Descriptive words writing activity where students will describe Goldilocks and the Three Bear using newly learned French adjectives; words are not provided)Cut & Paste Ch
Hi teacher friends!This is a great unit for teaching the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood to French primary grades. There is a focus on literacy and a special focus on developing knowledge of parts of speech, such as nouns, verbs, and adjectives in French. The activities are engaging and interactive and have been tested in both French Immersion and Core French classrooms. This document is full of great printables that will compliment a fairy tale or 'Petit Chaperon rouge' unit very nicely.
ENGLISH Magic School Dramatic Play Printables: Do your students like magic? Are they into all things Harry Potter? In this resource, you will find everything you need to transform your dramatic play area into a school for witches and wizards! Included in this Resource:Magic School Signs (Colour & BW versions (multiple titles) and Student-Created version)Magic school pennant bannersLabels for Items in the Magic SchoolSigns for: Wand making station, Potions Class, Caution: Potions Brewing, Crystal
Have you ever wanted to raise ducklings in your classroom but didn't know where to begin? This resource will provide everything you need to know about hatching and raising ducklings in a classroom setting and will also provide many pre- and post-hatch activities, including duck life cycle, hatch countdown, vocabulary, parts of a duck, and many more! What's Included:-Word Wall and Important Vocabulary -Vocabulary and Definition Puzzles -KWL Chart - What we Know, Want to Know and Have Learned abou
Everything you need to transform your dramatic play area into a Japanese Sushi Restaurant in your classroom! Included in this Resource:Restaurant Signs (Colour & BW versions (multiple titles) and Student-Created version)Open-Closed Sign (Colour, B&W and Student-Created versions)Opening Hours Sign (Colour, B&W and Student-Created versions)Store pennant bannersPlease Wait to Be Seated SignMenu PrintablesOrder Sheets – For taking orders (2 sizes)Labels for Items in the sushi restaurant (Vocabul
Composer des phrases de HanouccaA fun, Hannukah-themed, Kindergarten or Grade 1 literacy activity where students can pick a setting, character, and event card and place them on their mat in order to build a sentence or act as a story starter. As always, please do not hesitate to ask any questions before purchasing. I also welcome suggestions on how to improve or personalize these products. Merci!
** Look for the HOLIDAY Emergent Reader BUNDLE to get 6 emergent readers at a reduced price!A great, simple emergent reader that focuses on teaching French prepositions, using the gingerbread man in various locations. What's Included in this Resource:Colour copy of the emergent reader (Use a small gingerbread man and place it in various locations according to the position word on that page)Black and white version of emergent reader (Trace prepositions and colour pictures)Cut and paste gingerbr
Benoit le bonhomme visite la salle de class:A fun, winter-themed, Kindergarten or Grade 1 literacy activity where students are visited by a snowman named Benoit who writes letters daily for the 10 days leading up to holiday break. (*This is similar to the concept of the popular elf who visits homes and moves from shelf to shelf.) Students are then encouraged to write letters to Benoit, perform acts of kindness, solve secret coded messages to determine his friends' names, do various STEM challeng
Co-Created Classroom Posters BUNDLE:In this bundle, you will find everything you need to create your classroom decor alongside your students. Decor should be beautiful, student-created and, most importantly, functional! Included in this Bundle: Bilingual Co-Created Self-Regulation Strategy Posters (perfect for your calm corner!)Bilingual, Co-created Number Posters (to use in your math center or post on your classroom walls for reference)Co-Created Alphabet Posters (great for a word wall!)Co-Cre
Magic Dough Printables:Putting out magic dough on the first day of school is a wonderful activity that will put young learners at ease. Simply make white playdough and add a drop of food colouring in the center. Set out the printables with the dough and welcome your students on the first day of school! The resource includes:French and English versions of each of the following:Full page and small tag versions of Magic Dough poemsA letter to send home to parents about Magic Dough3 versions of a Ma
Natural, Co-Created Self-Regulation Posters:These posters are great for Kindergarten and Primary grade classes where educators wish to create a calm and natural classroom where the visual aids are co-created with their students. These posters would make an excellent addition to your classroom's calm corner as visual reminders of calming techniques students can try. When students take part in creating these posters, they are more likely to use these resources during the school day. The resource
In The Kinder Nest store you will find resources for the bilingual, play and inquiry-based classroom made by a French Immersion teacher with 16 years of teaching experience. The resources are created for a Kinder space where exploration occurs in both French and English and have been tested in real Kindergarten classrooms.
Teaching style
-Inquiry-based learning, learning through play
-Centre-based approach to teaching in both literacy and math
-Hands-on, interactive, multi-sensory teaching
-Inter-disciplinary approach to teaching curriculum
Awards & shining teacher moments
Received Golden Apple Teaching Award 2012
My own education history
Bachelor of Arts Honors- Psychology and Linguistics - Queen's University
Bachelor of Education - University of Ottawa
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