Transitional Kindergarten
Thirty CKA members visit the Committee members and other Assembly members prior to a hearing on SB1381.
A TK Program will provide the youngest kindergarteners with a readiness year that is developmentally appropriate and will better prepare them for success once they enter traditional Kindergarten.
Transitional Kindergarten with Debra Weller – May and June
Debra Weller’s transitional kindergarten class finishes the school year with a garden mural, Mother’s Day, Africa and a Memory Book! Download (PDF, 10.11MB)
read moreTransitional Kindergarten with Debra Weller – April
The April theme for Debra Weller’s transitional kindergarten class is land, sea and sky! Download (PDF, 6.13MB)
read moreTransitional Kindergarten Takes a Field Trip… to Africa!
CKA Co-President and Transitional Kindergarten teacher Debra Weller shares this week’s Tuesday Teaching Tip with us. “After a pretend jet ride, we “landed” in a mud village in West Africa. From brown and tan construction paper the children made “mud” houses. They used oil pastels to paint the patterns on the houses.” For more great Transitional Kindergarten activities, check out CKA’s Transitional Kindergarten Curriculum section, and our other Transitional Kindergarten Tuesday Teaching...
read moreUnfinished Papers Finishing You Off? Tame the Mess with this Simple Tip!
It never fails. Time is up for an activity and at least one child if not more just aren’t done, leaving a pile of unfinished papers and possibly other materials floating around, and inevitably getting lost. Not to mention how they tend to get all mixed together and that’s when you discover the kids in question forgot to write their names… Enter Karen Anderson, kindergarten teacher extraordinaire at Sheppard Accelerated Elementary School in Santa Rosa, California with an elegant solution that takes up next to no room, is...
read moreTransitional Kindergarten Math Gets All Wet
The end of the year is in sight and despite the recent weather, summer is around the corner! CKA Board Member, Heather Morrow has a math activity she did with her Transitional Kindergarten class which is designed to keep things “cool” and going, ahem, “swimmingly”. ;) “Students were in pairs and they got a fish template and a 1/2 sheet of paper. They worked together to make an addition story and added details to their picture. Then they presented their story. I didn’t have them write anything...
read moreTransitional Kindergarten Resources
Here are some resources for Transitional Kindergarten put together by Dr. Debbie Keeler, Director of Early Childhood in Capistrano Unified School district.
read moreTransitional Kindergarten Assessment Tool
Dr. Debbie Keeler, Director of Early Childhood in Capistrano Unified School district has designed a curriculum For Transitional Kindergarten. See her Transitional Kindergarten Assessment...
read moreTransitional Kindergarten Curriculum from Capistrano USD
Dr. Debbie Keeler, Director of Early Childhood in Capistrano Unified School district has designed a curriculum For Transitional Kindergarten. It is divided into sections to assist in finding the relevant topics. Early Education Curriculum Guide/Plan Layout Transitional Kindergarten Resources School Readiness Indicators Transitional Kindergarten Assessment Tool Transitional Kindergarten Lesson Plan Comparison Standards for Social & Emotional Development Transitional Kindergarten Domains, Outcomes &...
read moreTransitional Kindergarten Schedule & Lesson Plans
Debra Weller, of San Juan Capistrano SD, shares her Transitional Kindergarten Daily Schedule and Lesson Plans for March 2013.
read moreTransitional Kindergarten Home Activity Calendar
Debra Weller, of San Juan Capistrano School District, provides an example of the February and March Home Activity Calendars for her TK students.
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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