Hands are not for hitting activities

Hands are not for hitting! Hands are for helping!! This is a must have lesson for Kindergarden (although I remember working in a high school thinking they needed this lesson too- you know the saying everything I need to know I learned in Kindergarden!) Here is how I approached the lesson this year: A counseling must have book. I use the "Magic Coloring Book of Feelings" every year in K to introduce myself and my job. The kids sometimes see me in the hall and say "hi magic book lady." So I…

Oh, sweet two year olds. I recently remembered a quote about little girls and Googled it and was happy to find it right away.... Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. ~Margaret Atwood How true is this?? This quote is from Ms. Atwood's novel "Cat's Eye" about the torturous relationships between pre-teen girls (on my must-read list....I hadn't heard of it but am a huge fan of A Handmaid's Tale, and I was surprised to learn that…

One of the biggest goals I have for my students is to know their personal information: name, birthday, age, phone number, address, school info. I struggled with this for the past year, I felt like I was not helping my students succeed. I tried all sorts of different games and strategies, but nothing was sticking....

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Kindness Lesson, Hands are For board, each student said something nice that hands could be for.

After 2 weeks with my new kindergarten students I am still feeling exhausted! This week was better than week 1, but the improvement is slow. I certainly have a few little ones that are testing my limits! I think I just have a rambunctious group this year! This week I am planning to work a lot more on getting to know each other, building community, and developing social skills. Anyone have any good suggestions of activities or books for doing this? Here are two books I know I need to read…

Rosie was recently going through a hitting stage .

esto esta bueno para hacerlo en la primer semana de clase... o el primer dia... o mejor antes del primer dia de escuela jaja

Free coloring page! Little learners can get creative with this free coloring page while learning that hands are not for hitting—hands are for waving hello!

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