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A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way

A Little Kindness Goes A Long Way

There are many ways to motivate kids to do great things.  This is one way I’ve used year after year.  I find that it really works and sends a great message to the class that kindness matters.  I just cut out a bunch of leaves and every time I see the class, an...
Leaf Rubbing Mural

Leaf Rubbing Mural

Here is part two of the leaf mural we made to celebrate the beginning of fall.  You can see part one of our leaf rubbings here. Another shout out to Filth Wizardry for the idea.  Thank you!  The kids really loved making this.  I’m thinking of putting out another...
All Aboard – Pirate Ship Bulletin Board

All Aboard – Pirate Ship Bulletin Board

Last year we kicked off the year with a pirate theme in kindergarten.  It worked so well, we did it again this year.  Here are our brand spankin’ new bulletin boards outside the K classrooms.  All of the rooms got revamped over the summer, so we have new...
Leaf Rubbings

Leaf Rubbings

To kick off fall we collected leaves in kindergarten.  We read a book called Autumn, looked at the leaves with magnifying glasses, drew pictures of the leaves in our science journals, and had a pretty good discussion about chlorophyl.  Then I showed the kids how to do...
Our Classroom Pumpkin Patch

Our Classroom Pumpkin Patch

We started our classroom pumpkin patch last week by making beautiful watercolor leaves on diffuse paper, but I forgot to take a picture, so this is really part two of this bulletin board.  Part three will be the TLC scarecrows we’re going to make tomorrow.  The...
Our Classroom Pumpkin Patch

Leaf Man Inspiration

It’s fall, even though it still feels like summer here in southern California.  Kind of annoying already.  Anyway, I saw this great post on Mrs. Wood’s Kindergarten Blog and tried it out with my kinders.  It was really fun.  We used contact paper to set...