Do you spend hours searching for the perfect activity for back-to-school night? I understand this stress! This is the first opportunity to show families the welcoming, supportive, and enjoyable classroom their child will spend time in. So, there is a lot of pressure to create a night families will always remember as their child embarks […]
We focus on good handwriting skills in kindergarten all year long. In January, students practice letter formation for their first and last names. Send home free printable Name Ticket books so families can help their children practice. Build short authentic practices into morning work activities and continue sight word sentences.
What Do ABC Phonics, Handwriting, and Word Work Look Like in Kindergarten? The references mentioned in this Weekly Focus Blog are Nellie Edge Online Seminars, Kindergarten Writing and the Common Core by Nellie Edge, Kindergarten Handwriting Page, ABC Phonics Page, and Sight Words page. For the first month of school, our focus is to build […]
Your Colleagues Evaluate Live Workshops Your Colleagues Evaluate PD with Nellie Edge Growing Young Writers: Oregon’s Early Learning and Kindergarten Guidelines At my last seminar, this sweet note was left by a kind someone on the presentation table next to my ukulele. It made me smile! We asked: Tell us the most important things you […]
Use High-Impact Multisensory Strategies that Accelerate Literacy with ABC Phonics: Sing, Sign, and Read! See video 20 Days to Mastery with 26 Letters and Sounds! Preview this strategy from Nellie Edge Online Seminar #1 IIntroduce the ABC Phonics: Sing, Sign, and Read! book with four new letters, key phonics symbols, and sounds every two or three days. Always […]
Additional Nellie Edge Workshops Build Family Connections that Multiply Your Teaching Effectiveness: Begin with Spring Registration! with Nellie Edge A small hands-on “Best Practices” Workshop (Limited to 35) 3 PDUs or 6 WA Clock Hours available Create a supportive “Parents as Partners” program with easy-to-implement strategies that will make a powerful difference in each child’s language and […]
Best Practices for End-of-Year Kindergarten Publishing: All Children Love to Write, Draw and Make Real Books!
Families’ first visit to kindergarten is organized, purposeful, and inviting “Sunflower Children” and warm-hearted Katie Nelson welcome each family as they arrive. The environment is carefully prepared to introduce literacy routines and involve Parents as Partners. Children sign in on their first “Name Ticket” with guided help from Mom or Dad. They put their finished […]
We begin the year with Mother Goose Rhymes to effortlessly give children the rhythm and sounds of the English language and to introduce them to “Just Right: I Can Read!” Little Books which they can use during “Read to Self” Time. Marie Clay’s research reminds us that “Rhymers are readers.” Using classic Mother Goose little books is a research-based approach to simultaneously build phonemic awareness, oral language fluency, reading skills, and delight!
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