Creative Kindergarten

In episode 113 of the Creative Kindergarten Podcast, I share 3 literacy activities I’ve done with my students during whole group lessons. They were a lot of fun to do as a class and we were able to have some great conversations about our phonics knowledge!

> Read Like a Rockstar post:

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In episode 112 of the Creative Kindergarten Podcast, I look back on a year of outdoor education. We spent this school year building our students’ sense of place and hoping to address the nature deficit with our students. Do I feel like we were successful? I’ll let you know in this episode!

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In episode 111 of the Creative Kindergarten Podcast, I delve into the latest updates from Lucy Calkins and my perspective as someone who has only very recently heard about her. From the perspective of play-based education and the natural exploration of concepts to a structured literacy approach; I give my views on this controversial topic.

> Lucy Calkins New York Times Article

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/22/us/reading-teaching-curriculum-phonics.html

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In episode 110 of the Creative Kindergarten Podcast, I talk about the different coding activities that I do with my students. I give no tech ideas, app recommendations and my thoughts on different robots.

> Episode 62: Coding

https://anchor.fm/creativekindergarten/episodes/62--Coding-esm545

> Episode 21: Offline Coding

https://anchor.fm/creativekindergarten/episodes/21--Offline-Coding-Activities-ea6bfv

> Teach Coding in Kindergarten blog post:

https://creativekindergartenblog.com/coding-in-kindergarten-why-what-when-how/

> Offline Coding Activities blog post:

https://creativekindergartenblog.com/offline-coding-activities/

> How to Teach Coding in Kindergarten video:

https://youtu.be/OafM_U2NjcI

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In episode 109 of the Creative Kindergarten Podcast, I give you my advice and perspective for educators that are working in a shared space. If you are sharing a classroom space with childcare educators or other programs, I talk through how I have navigated both sides of the partnership.

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In episode 108 of the Creative Kindergarten Podcast, I tell you how I easily plan for the end of the school year with a fun alphabet countdown. It makes prepping and planning in the last few weeks so easy and engaging for your students!

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> Alphabet Countdown blog post

https://creativekindergartenblog.com/alphabet-countdown/

> Alphabet Countdown resources

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Alphabet-Countdown-Digital-and-Printable-Activities-Bundle-6783264

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In episode 107 of the Creative Kindergarten Podcast, I give my honest thoughts and opinions on how Earth Day can be observed and taught in kindergarten. Looking through a lens of intent VS impact, I explore the why behind some Earth Day activities.

> Podcast 66: Earth Day

https://anchor.fm/creativekindergarten/episodes/66--Earth-Day-eupcmq

> Earth Day Activities blog post

https://creativekindergartenblog.com/earth-day-activities/

> Natural Curiosity 2 book

https://www.naturalcuriosity.ca/englishbook

> Earth Day Slide Deck

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Earth-Day-Unit-Digital-Slideshow-PowerPoint-and-Google-Slides-6749597

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In episode 106 of the Creative Kindergarten Podcast, I delve into the world of documentation. I go into the why, what and how of documenting in the classroom, and give you my best advice and tips.

> Podcast 42: Documentation in Kindergarten

https://anchor.fm/creativekindergarten/episodes/42--Documentation-in-Kindergarten-ej9euk

> Want to be Amazing at Documentation? blog post

https://creativekindergartenblog.com/kindergarten-documentation/

> THINQ Kindergarten book

https://www.wavelearningsolutions.com/product-page/thinq-kindergarten

> OneNote documentation notebook

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Kindergarten-Four-Frames-Documentation-Notebook-for-OneNote-3382648

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In episode 105 of the Creative Kindergarten Podcast, I go over my current literacy instruction routine. I have been changing things up as the year has gone on so I thought I would share what I am currently doing!

> The Six Shifts Course:

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> My Progress with Structured Literacy Instruction episode 90:

https://anchor.fm/creativekindergarten/episodes/90---My-Progress-With-Structured-Literacy-Instruction-e19kr6p

> Structured Literacy Instruction episode 77:

https://anchor.fm/creativekindergarten/episodes/77---Structured-Literacy-Instruction-e14lucm

> Learn the Vowels lessons:

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> I Have, Who Has? Game:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Alphabet-I-Have-Who-Has-Game-Phonics-and-Letter-Review-7845217

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In episode 104 of the Creative Kindergarten Podcast, I highlight some shifts I am making in my instruction to include quality vocabulary words.

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> Academic Vocabulary List by Jim Burke:

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