Kids are wiggly folk! How often do we think, "I wish I had that energy?" While watching the kiddos wiggle and run about? Imagine if we did have that energy but were told to stop 'moving'? Oh my! Incorporating meaningful movement in the classroom throughout instruction, practice, and of course brain breaks, help make the most of that natural bubbling energy! Research has shown, "that children who are more active exhibit better focus, faster cognitive processing, and more successful memory ... Read the Post
Meaningful Movement in the Classroom
Reading Interventions for Struggling Readers
The best place to begin reading interventions for struggling readers is to revisit the foundational reading skills. For more specific information on the foundational reading skills themselves, please check out my blog post on ‘How to Help Struggling Readers’. This blog post will focus on specific teaching interventions and corresponding activities to use with struggling readers to improve their reading skills. Often a reader struggles because there is a gap in one of the ... Read the Post
How to Help Struggling Readers
To help struggling readers, we need to ensure that they have a secure foundation in the early reading foundational skills. It can be helpful to remind ourselves what it is, that we are requiring of students when we ask them to 'read'. Try reading the sentence below: When you stop and fully consider what is asked of early readers, is this not what we do? We present them with the alphabet (symbols) and then ask them to ‘read’? As readers, we make use of the many reading ... Read the Post
Tips for Organizing Learning Centers
The largest challenge with learning centers in the primary classrooms is keeping them organized! What makes center organization such a challenge for teachers? We have limited space for centers and their storage, limited time for preparation, and limited funds for materials and storage containers. I have compiled some tips below for organizing learning centers that will help minimize these challenges.There are Amazon affiliate links in this post. As an affiliate, I do make a very small ... Read the Post
Low Prep Math Centers for K-2
Centers can take a great deal of time to prepare. These low prep hands-on Math Centers for K-2 will keep students happily engaged and save you time! The best thing about these centers is that you will have most of the materials already on hand in your classroom! Dice Games Dice games are fantastic for low prep Math Centers in grades K-2 because they require very few materials! Did you know dice come in a variety of shapes and sizes? Yes! There are 4 sided dice, 6 sided, 8 sided, 10 ... Read the Post
Low Prep Reading Centers for K-2
Low prep Reading centers do exist! These engaging low prep Reading centers for K-2 will save teachers precious time. Also, these learning centers will provide students with engaging and meaningful practice activities. As an added bonus, yes there is more! The best part is that teachers will already have most of the materials for creating these centers in the classroom. Wait! There is more! Most of these centers can be reused throughout the entire year! Tic Tac Toe A favorite among ... Read the Post
