Podcast - Kindergarten Kiosk

We are so excited to present an interview with Denisha Jones the Director of the Art of Teaching Program at Sarah Lawrence College. She is a former kindergarten teacher and preschool director who spent the past 16 years in teacher education. Denisha is an education justice advocate and activist. She serves as the Co-Director for Defending the Early Years, Inc, and is the Assistant Executive Director for the Badass Teachers Association. Since 2017, she served on the steering committee for the national Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action. In 2020 she joined the organizing committee for Unite to Save Our Schools. Her first co-edited book, Black Lives Matter at School: An Uprising for Educational Justice, was published in December 2020 by Haymarket Books.

Today we are talking about sight words and how we teach them in our classrooms.

Today we will talk about the Next Generation Science Standards and how you can teach them in your kindergarten class. We will also discuss how to incorporate engineering in kindergarten.

Today we are joined by Dr. Scott Crane, a.k.a my Dad, who will give us his insights into what your administrator is looking for when they do evaluations.If you enjoy the podcast and can review us on iTunes that would be amazing of you! We really appreciate your reviews as they help us continue to make the podcast and help other teachers to find us. Kindergarten Kiosk is a proud member of the Education Podcast Network, a network of podcasts for educators by educators. Check out the other great podcasts!

It’s that time of year when we start to think about how to tackle subtraction. We want to give you some guidance and tricks to make it easier to help your students grasp the concept and gain number sense.

If you enjoy the podcast and can review us on iTunes that would be amazing of you! We really appreciate your reviews as they help us continue to make the podcast and help other teachers to find us. Kindergarten Kiosk is a proud member of the Education Podcast Network, a network of podcasts for educators by educators. Check out the other great podcasts! Thematic Units Bundle42 Thematic Units at an Incredible Savings.These engaging, fun, and developmentally appropriate thematic units will thrill students in your classroom or homeschool while saving you valuable time!Reach core standards in fun and active ways as you use these delightful across the curriculum, engaging lessons and activities.

During this podcast we will discuss ways that we keep students engaged that you can use whether you are teaching online or in person.If you enjoy the podcast and can review us on iTunes that would be amazing of you! We really appreciate your reviews as they help us continue to make the podcast and help other teachers to find us. Kindergarten Kiosk is a proud member of the Education Podcast Network, a network of podcasts for educators by educators. Check out the other great podcasts! $8.00 Add To Cart $3.00 Add To Cart

September is a great month to introduce Cross-curricular thematic units such as apples, harvest, fall, and scarecrows. Join with us as we celebrate September teaching ideas.

We know you are all dealing with a lot so we wanted to give you as many ideas and tools as we could come up with. Please let us know how things are going! Write to us at kindergartenkiosk@gmail.com

With the beginning of the school year coming up, we are starting to think about how to best address the needs of our students this year.

We've suddenly become online kindergarten teachers and things are stressful. We wanted to check in with you and see how things are going with you. Please email us at kindergartenkiosk@gmail.com if we can do anything to support you during this time.

In this podcast episode, we'll be bringing you some ideas to help you plan a fun March!

In this episode, Kathy talks about the month of February and some planning ideas that will keep your class fun and engaging all month long!

For more January teaching ideas visit https://bit.ly/2Fw8ERU For more on teaching Kindergartners to tell time visit https://bit.ly/2Fuajrp For more on making crystals visit https://bit.ly/36Enwtx For ideas on making a polar bear research project visit https://bit.ly/2QYqdPV For penguin racing STEM visit https://bit.ly/35CVY6x For arctic animal theme ideas visit https://bit.ly/37PRStj For mitten theme ideas visit https://bit.ly/35Ecymq For the song The Colors of Winter visit https://youtu.be/ny_8s-h1Sik or https://bit.ly/39TeYkH

We give suggestions on how to enjoy Christmas themes, build cultural awareness, or learn about elves and reindeer without the holiday slant. For example, using the book “The Elves and the Shoemaker” is a great way to study “elves” in a different way. My class loved when we drew a tiny picture of ourselves by our life-size shoe in our art class.

Looking for some tips on how to get more organized? This is the podcast for you! Mom will give you lots of tips for getting organized and staying organized (not me though, I’m still a big ‘ol mess). We hope that you’ll come away with lots of ideas that can revitalize your teaching!

This month we want to share some of our favorite songs and activities for the month of November to help you get inspired and excited for your next month of teaching!

During today’s podcast, we’ll talk about one of Mom’s favorite art activities: Construct art! This art method teaches important math skills while scaffolding art skills, and developing your student’s fine motor skills!

Today we will be discussing how to help your students develop handwriting skills that will help them become proficient writers.