Showing posts with label teaching kindergarten. Show all posts
Showing posts with label teaching kindergarten. Show all posts

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Teach Kids About Plants

Toysmith Brainy Bean seed Pod Grow KitKindergarten isn't ALL about playing games and singing songs! Kindergartners CAN (and should) learn just as much as other grade schoolers. Help them better understand about the concepts of plants as living things with fun activities. Check out THIS ARTICLE for info on how to teach kindergartners about the parts of a flower, how to grow beans, how flowers soak up water and why plants need light to grow.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Teaching Pattern Activities to Kindergartners

Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books)Kindergartners love to recognize and learn about patterns because it allows them to anticipate things to come. Teach students about patterns in songs, books, hands-on activities and games to help students learn about patterns.

For example, once students have heard the patterns in the story "Green Eggs and Ham" by Dr. Seuss they'll anticipate the words and phrases to come.