This is one of the easiest experiments you can do with kids in kindergarten. It’s great, because you probably already have all the things that you need for it. In addition, the kids get actively involved and see what water displacement and volume mean. What you’ll need: marbles, but you can use stones or any…
The Bremen Town Musicians – Script for ESL Learners and Instructions for the Masks
Last week we had all sorts of activities related to The Bremen Town Musicians. It’s a great story for ESL learners. It also provides a great opportunity to review farm animals and basic adjectives (angry, sad, hungry, old, scared, etc.). On Monday and Tuesday we read the story in both Finnish and English, then we…
Transitions and Attention Grabbers for Kindergarten and First Grade
What are transitions? They are short songs, rhymes, games, that help make the transition from an activity or a routine to another effortlessly or smoothly. Why are they useful? Because they help kids calm down and relax before the next activity; Because they stimulate the children’s curiosity and get their attention, while also engaging them;…
What a Drawing Can Tell You About a Child?
To the casual observer, a child who is scribbling on a white piece of paper is just fooling around, but a kindergarten teacher knows that the child’s scribble is more than that. The circles and wavy lines a child draws look like something meaningless, but the action of drawing is something engaging, captivating to her….
How to Make Dinosaur Fossils
This is a great activity for preschoolers and kindergarteners. Most of them love dinosaurs, or salt dough, or both! 🙂 I saw this idea on Learning4Kids website and knew that my kids will enjoy making some dinosaur fossils. It doesn’t take too long, so I was able to squeeze it in our busy schedule. We…
The Best, Most Awesome, Educative, and Fun Music CDs for Kids
I’ve mentioned Super Simple Learning in a lot of my posts and I truly feel that if you have a child, teach kindergarten, or teach English to speakers of other languages, their CDs are a great resource to have. I’ve been teaching kindergarten for five years and I’ve used their songs with all of my…