Kindergarten Science
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 printing out a chicken shape, then cutting it out and tracing it) Debra begins by modeling the writing of the facts about chickens on the white...
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 wind picks one up and tosses him around. Millicent returns to her mountaintop where, at her prompting, the wind brings her a little boy to play with...
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 and brown. In the fall, The leaves come tumbling down. Orange, yellow, red and brown, Red and brown. Looking for more fall songs? Check...
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 is the way we plant the seeds. Verse 3: This is the way the little seed sprouts. Verse 4: This is the way it grows to a tree. Verse 5: This is the way...
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 with hands) The octopus in the sea go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle… (wiggle arms and fingers) The crabs in the sea go click, click, click…...
read moreMy Fuzzy Caterpillar – a Spring Finger Play
Here’s a quick and easy poem for spring: My fuzzy caterpillar, (wiggle finger along opposite arm) Made his cocoon one day. (cup hands together) He turned into a butterfly, (link thumbs together) And quickly flew away! (wave fingers and move hands upward as though flying away) Happy Spring! Have a favorite poem for this time of year? Please...
read moreTiny Seed
CKA President Elect Debra Weller shares with us this sweet song that will help your children learn about the needs of plants while they get some wiggles out making the motions: (To the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot”) I put a tiny seed in the dark, dark ground. (Mimic putting a seed in the ground or in your hand.) Out came the yellow sun, big and round. (Raise arms to make circle above head.) Down came the cool rain, soft and slow. (Mimic rain falling from the sky with hands.) Up came a little sprout, grow,...
read moreFor Every Season There is a Tree
Seasons of trees In spring The trees Are a beautiful sight Dressed in blossom Pink and white. In summer The trees Are full of treats Apples and pears And cherries to eat. In autumn The trees Are red and gold And the leaves fall down As the days grow cold. In winter The trees Are bare and plain Waiting for spring To dress them again. Julie Holder Review the seasons of the year and their impact on trees with this cute project. The samples in the photo were made using die cut trees, but you could certainly have students tear strips of...
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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