Hilary Statum
Hands up if you love studying Martin Luther King, Jr. with your students! I LOVE teaching my KINDERGARTENERS all about him. I’ve heard teachers say that 5 year olds aren’t old enough to understand the Civil Rights Movement but I strongly disagree. In fact, I KNOW for a fact that’s not true. I always start by gathering my students in… Read More
We’ve had such a great week together following our longer than usual Christmas break. While I DID cry because I had to leave the girls, I was thrilled to see my students. If you teach kindergarten, you know there is something magical about the way the students are able to focus better & already have routines in place when you… Read More
This time of year is so crazy AND fun! I LOVE teaching kindergarten around the holidays. The kids are so excited about everything. They love to listen to holiday-themed books, work on fun crafts, & they are more inspired to write than ever. I wanted to share 10 easy ways I’ve been preparing for the holidays just in case you… Read More
Who doesn’t love the 5 Little Pumpkins poem? We’ve been reciting this poem for years in my classroom. My students always love it. This year I heard that it was one of my students favorite songs so I had to create a resource just for him. You can grab one in my TPT store by clicking on the product cover… Read More
Hi sweet friends, I wanted to share an easy craft with you today. I’ve been doing it for years with my students and they absolutely love it. I have a very chatty class this year (I’m probably kidding myself… who doesn’t???) but when we are working on this project they get pretty quiet. It’s kind of been a running… Read More
We are finishing up our Johnny Appleseed week and have had so much fun. This has been the first time that I’ve really enjoyed studying about apples and Johnny Appleseed. I really learned a lot myself while putting together my resource on TPT and I was especially glad that there were plenty of activities to keep my students engaged ALL… Read More
We read The Dot today which has to be one of the greatest books for kindergarten students. I ❤️ the message and decided my kids should make their own dots with watercolors and our big-oh-so-special-and-expensive easel paper. They were thrilled! I lined them all up on one edge of our tables and they set to work. Only problem? 😬Today was our Kindergarten program & I never thought about it not being a good day to get paint out. Oops! I was scrubbing dresses and shirts before the parents arrived for a good 30 minutes! 🙄 I’m kind of known for being the teacher who may be doing Modge Podge right before an announced observation so I just go with it.🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️😉
We’ve been cleaning tables with shaving cream! Best end of the year activity ever! I encouraged them to practice sight words.☺️ One of my students has a “Gran” in the school and I thought this was the sweetest kiss.💋
That beautiful moment when you see one of your students bring a BOOK to the playground and everyone gathers around! 😍🙌🏽📚
The one and only time I will ever receive a surprise for my dancing skills (or lack of)!😂After seeing our rainy day dance video Shawna Simmons Streeter sent these goodies to me and my students from Go Noodle! We have been using the program every day since they contacted me. The word obsessed doesn’t even come close to describing their excitement when they see me turning it on! It really is the perfect brain break and SO MUCH FUN. 🙌🏽Thank you @gonoodle!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Hosting the Mother’s Day Tea was the most meaningful and sweet event I’ve ever been a part of as a teacher. The kids were so excited to give their moms the hats, necklaces, and writing we finished for them. The room looked so cute and the kids were the perfect little servers and performers. There were lots of tears shed and meaningful memories created. I will do this EVERY year going forward. It’s a must! Head over to the blog to see how we pulled it off!
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