Websites for Kindergartener's

The following are some fantastic websites your little one can have lots and lots of fun with.  There are a mixture of ELA games, math games, and sight word games.  Explore and have fun!

ABCya!

Starfall

Sesame Street

PBS KIDS

National Geographic Kids

Awesome Sensory Table Ideas

Here are some really great ideas for your home sensory table.  They are really fun for the kids and easy for you to quickly set up!  Enjoy :)

Going Buggy:  Fill your sensory table with green Easter grass.  Then take plastic bugs and hide them everywhere!  Give your kids tweezers and watch them hunt for the plastic bugs! 

GOOP!

Here are two ways to play with goop in your sensory tables! 

Goop Recipe:  

1.  Empty a box of cornstarch into a bowl.

2.  Add 1-1/2 cups of water.

3.  Mix the goo with your hands!

The picture above shows goop along with some water beads!  The difference in the texture of the goop and the squishiness of the water beads is very interesting for kids!  They will have fun for sure!

Add some shaving cream to your goop and make it even messier!  

Gardening:  Get dirty!  Let your kids get dirty and dig in a soil sensory table.  Buckets, shovels, plants, worms are all invited!

Mashed Potato Center:  Yes that's right, I said mashed potatoes!  Let you kids play with their food and fill a sensory table with some instant mashed potatoes!  They will get a kick out of this one!

Fun Sight Word Ideas!

Trying to make learning fun can sometimes be hard.  Here are some fantastic ideas for learning and reviewing sight words.  These games are great to play one-on-one with your child or even making them into a family game night idea would be great too!

Sight Word Connection:  This is a take off of the game Connect Four.  Simply take small price dot stickers and write the sight words your child needs the most work on.  Each time a new chip is placed into the slot you or your child must read it.  The first one to get four in a row wins!  Super fun!

Sight Word Twister:  What child doesn't like to play Twister?  I know that this was my most favorite game growing up.  This is a great way to get active, play and learn all at the same time!  The preparation is very easy, write different sight words on index cards and tape them on the different colored dots.  As you tell your children to place hands and feet on different colors ask them to read you the sight word before they put their hand or foot down!  Great way to get your kids engaged in learning and can be fun for the whole family!

Sight Word Parking Lot:  The kids in my class LOVE this sight word game.  It is very easy to make. The only materials you will need include:  markers, poster board, and play cars.  Make your own parking lot! Write the chosen sight words in different parking spots.  I usually have a class set of sight word flash cards that I like to give my students to flip over and read.  After they read the sight word they then have to find the right parking spot for their car.  They have a lot of fun driving their cars around and finding the right parking spot!

Sight Word Fishing:  For this game you will need to cut out or print off your computer different fish outlines.  After you have printed and cut out the fish, write the different sight words of your choice on each fish.  I took paper clips and clipped them on each, this way the magnet at the end of the fishing pole can be easily attracted.  For your fishing poles I recommend using a thin wooden dowel.  Tape or tie onto the dowel a string or twine, and then at the end of the twine tie a strong magnet.  As your child fishes for different sight words ask them what the words are they catch!  This is another class favorite!

Sight Word Bug Squash:  Using your computer, print off different types of bugs.  They don't have to be flies, the more different and interesting looking the better!  On each bug write a different sight word.  Call out specific sight words you want your child to swat with their bug swatter!  Kids get a kick out of using bug swatters in school!  Have fun :)

Great Summer Reads!

The following books are some of my favorite!  I included some great books to read to your child who might be a little worried about going to kindergarten.  Take a look, I am sure you and your children will love them just as much as me!

Beginning of the Year Jitters

Parents, there is no need to worry, no need to stress!  Take a look at the following video, it will help you and your child prepare yourselves for your first year of kindergarten together!