by Tricia Fiore, Teresa Cali, Kristina Dellefave & Sandy DeCos | Nov 22, 2019 | Kindergarten
Literacy is blooming in kindergarten! We begin our literacy time with a sound card drill that focuses on the letter sounds and movements that accompany the sounds. We spotlight the consonants, vowels, and digraphs. We sing catchy phrases to assist our young...
by admin | Apr 23, 2018 | Early Childhood, Kindergarten
Submitted by the Early Childhood Faculty In our kindergarten, it is routine for teachers to pull up a chair alongside children to confer about a piece of their writing. Two years earlier, those same children may have pulled up a chair alongside a teacher who is...
by Jung | Dec 11, 2017 | Kindergarten
Contributed by Lorraine Yamin, Kindergarten Teacher When five year olds cross the thresholds of their kindergarten classrooms, they bring with them all that they learned during the preschool years. They socialize, communicate, and manage climbers and gym classes with...
by admin | Dec 2, 2016 | Early Childhood, Kindergarten
Have you ever heard the saying, “Everything I need to know I learned in kindergarten”? The kindergarten teachers, Mr. Coyne, Mrs. Fiore, Ms. DeCos and Ms. Augustus, like to think it is more factual than just a saying, even though it puts some added pressure on us to...
