Chicks and Chickens – Integrate Science, Art and Kindergarten Writing all into One Lesson!
Today’s Tuesday Teaching Tip is once again brought to us by CKA co-president Debra Weller. She begins by reading the book Chicks and Chickens by Gail Gibbons to her class. To make the project, you will need: tan construction a paper scissors glue sticks feathers small red, yellow, and white construction paper rectangles lined paper a chicken shaped stencil (could easily be created by...
Read MoreSpring into Spring with Great Books
Spring has sprung! Here are ten great books to bring the change of seasons to your classroom shelves. Millicent and the Wind, Robert Munsch - Millicent is a little girl who lives with her family on a mountaintop, far away from a village. The wind is her only friend until one day she and her mother make a trip to the nearest town. After some of the children she meets there tease her, the...
Read MoreA Quick and Easy Fall Song
The days are growing shorter and the trees barer! We know that Halloween is right around the corner, but we recognize that not all schools are celebrating it. So, here’s a simple song we all can sing to celebrate the fall season with your class. To the tune of ”Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” Orange, yellow, red and brown Red and brown. Orange, yellow, red and brown Red...
Read MoreHere We Go Round the Apple Tree – An Active Way to Get Ready for Fall
Here’s a fall song that will get your students up and moving. Round the Apple Tree Sung to “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.” (Children skip in a circle, holding hands, while singing the first verse, and then act out the rest.) Verse 1: Here we go round the apple tree, The apple tree, the apple tree. Here we go round the apple tree, So early in the morning. Verse 2: This...
Read MoreWaves in the Sea
To the Tune of The Wheels on the Bus: The waves on the sea go up and down, (raise and lower arms) Up and down, up and down, The waves on the sea go up and down All day long. Additional Verses: The shark in the sea goes snap snap snap.. (clap your hands) The fish in the sea go swish swish swish.. (swish back and forth) The lobsters in the sea go pinch, pinch, pinch… (make pinching motion...
Read MoreOur 31st Annual Conference
We are thrilled to announce that our 31st conference in January, was a huge success! We are so thankful to Jim Gill, Peggy Campbell Rush and all of our great presenters who made it a fabulous time. It was wonderful to see so many of you there! We hope you're planning to join us in 2014!
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