I am embracing kindergarten, and now I have even better reason to! I have been tutoring a third grader since the summer, and he is now doing exceptionally well. His brother, on the other hand, needs a little boost, so I am going to start tutoring him. Did I mention he is a kindergartener? Yes, and I have not been shy about how I feel about kindergarteners!
Well, I have been trying to make it all a lot more fun. A couple of Fridays ago, I just didn't feel like doing my normal plans, so I improvised.
I got out my letter stamps and stamp pads. I gave each student either the lowercase or the uppercase letter set. I showed a picture card and had them find the beginning sound letter to stamp on the paper.
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Stamping the letter "G" for goat |
After they stamped the letters by sound, the students traded the stamp pads. The students then matched the uppercase and lowercase letters, depending on what they had on their papers.
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Matching upper to lower case letters |
They had so much fun that they ask to do this every single day! I wish I could do that, but I do have other things to do with them. This is definitely an activity I will continue to use with the kindergarteners during the year.
What do you do for fun with your students when you don't feel like "following your plan"?
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