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December Ideas Kindergarten Kiosk In this podcast episode we share some of our favorite activities, songs, and tips for the month of December. Hopefully this episode will help you enjoy your teaching from now to the beginning of winter break!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. We talk about gingerbread play dough that will last all month if you store it in a tight container… And much much more such as Christmas Around The World, a visit to the North Pole to learn about Santa and his elves, and the Reindeer Hokey Pokey! Also, don’t forget to visit Nancy Stewart and see for yourself why we love using her songs in our classroom! And if you love to use music in the classroom, don’t forget to grab your song and finger play posters for December.It is packed with 15 of our favorite December songs, many which we sing on this podcast. Christmas and More Songs and Finger plays for December $3.00 Also Available at TPTChristmas and More Songs and Fingerplays for DecemberDecember is a great month to celebrate Christmas, lights, trees, gingerbread men, reindeer, lights and of course Santa.Using songs and fingerplays throughout the school day not only makes for a happier environment, it increases reading and math skills, and has proven effect on classroom management! Litter your classroom with song and fingerplay posters, sing at the carpet, at transition time, as part of the curriculum, and well, anytime you fill like adding some extra happy to your day. Your students will also love singing during reading independent and free-choice times. They are also perfect for poetry studies and binders! * Be sure to find our podcast on iTunes or on our Blog using these songs.Fifteen Songs Are Included (With YouTube examples)A Season for SingingThe Ginger Man5 Little Ginger MenJingle BellsNavidadHo Ho HoSanta and the ChimneyOld SantaSanta's ElvesSanta and the ElvesElf on the ShelfThe Colors of ChristmasS-A-N-T-AThe Reindeer PokeyChristmas is the time© Kathy Crane Kindergarten Kiosk Add to cart 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! Gingerbread Man Thematic Unit $8.00 Also available at Teachers Pay Teachers!Product DescriptionAre you looking for thematic way to teach academic skills? You will love this Gingerbread Man Thematic Unit, and it will thrill the students in your classroom or homeschool setting. Everything is successfully classroom tested.This Gingerbread Man unit is strategically linked to core standards. It is divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, social studies, science, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. The first page of the unit is a planning sheet. This page shows everything that is available to you within the unit, divided into categories. There is also space provided to make notes and add activities to personalize the unit to fit your own needs!Table of Contents:Shared Reading Activities:Gingerbread Man Retelling ActivityGingerbread Man Story Element StudyGingerbread Man: Five day Poetry Study Lesson PlansLiteracy Activities:Beware the Fox: Blending Phonemes Into CVC WordsRun Run As Fast As You Can: Printing, Identifying & Matching Uppercase letters.A Village of Sounds: Identifying Final SoundsGingerbread Man Match: Identifying Color WordsIndependent Literacy ActivitiesColored GingerGingerbread Get AwayMath Activities:Gingerbread Hide & Seek: Ordering Numbers Using Concept of Greater Than/Less ThanAcross The River: Identifying Two-Dimensional ShapesGingerbread Man Escape: Naming The Numbers 0-20 FluentlyGingerbread Land: Naming and Matching Numbers 11-20Independent Math Activities:The Cookie Jar: Counting Quantities & Making One GreaterGingerbread Man & Friends: Number Quantity & Writing NumeralsArt ProjectsGingerbread Story PuppetsGingerbread Man-Story Take Home ProjectScienceGingerbread Twins: Identifying Matching Pairs TactilelyGingerbread Playdough: Combining IngredientsKitchenDecorating Gingerbread Men Gingerbread HuntGingerbread HousesWriting Prompts/Word WallGuided Writing Activities:Label ItUsing a Word WallStory ElementsAll About Mr. FoxThe Gingerbread ManGingerbread Word Wall WordsGuided Reading BooksThe Gingerbread ManRelated ProductsGingerbread Orchestrated Reader's TheaterNorth Pole Thematic UnitThe Christmas Train KindergartenThe Christmas Train First GradeChristmas Guided ReadersChristmas Around the World Mega Bundle (Parts 1,2,3 and 4)Christmas Around the World Part 1Christmas Around the World Part 2Christmas Around the World Part 3 Christmas Around the World -- The Scrapbook Part 4Christmas Themed Writing ActivitiesChristmas Alphabet Sound FlashcardsChristmas Addition Problems Fluency 0-5Christmas Class Play: The Bear's Great AdventureSanta Gets Dressed Phoneme Segmentation Fluency PSFSanta's Mail Write the Room Alphabet or Sight WordsDecember Homework PreschoolDecember Homework KindergartenDecember Homework First Grade Add to cart Polar Express First Grad Thematic Unit $8.00 Also available at Teachers Pay Teachers!This Christmas Express Train unit is strategically linked to the common core standards. It divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, worksheets, science, kitchen, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation.Level 1 is for Preschool and Kindergarten Classrooms. For Advanced Kindergarten, First Grade, or Special Education Support, you will like level 2.These Christmas Train activities are classroom tested, fun, and gives students a break from typical worksheets.Contents Include:Literacy Activities:Word Train: Decoding Real and Nonsense WordsChristmas Train: Reviewing Early Reading SkillsJingle All The Way: Identifying Digraphs and BlendsCocoa Cocoa: Segmenting WordsTrain Syllables: Comparing Syllables to Vowel SoundsSanta’s Bag: Identifying Vowel SoundsMath Activities:Santa Express: Using subtraction to compare numbersBreak The Train: Finding The Pattern Within a PatternPajama Wars: Decomposing Numbers Less Than TenNorth Pole Candy Store: Using the Equal SignThe Cookie Store: Represent Numbers with Tens and OnesNumber Choo Choo: Find the Missing AddendScienceNorth Pole Facts: Factual ContentJingle Jangle: Drawing ConclusionsNorth Pole Putty: Mixing Ingredients to Make A New ElementSongsJingle BellsClickity ClackKitchenCocoa: Following a RecipeDecorate a CookieWriting Prompts/Word WallChristmas TrainJingle BellsChristmas Train Word WallGingerbread Man Thematic UnitGingerbread Orchestrated Reader's TheaterNorth Pole Thematic UnitThe Christmas Train KindergartenThe Christmas Train First GradeChristmas Guided ReadersChristmas Around the World Mega Bundle (Parts 1,2,3 and 4)Christmas Around the World Part 1Christmas Around the World Part 2Christmas Around the World Part 3Christmas Around the World -- The Scrapbook Part 4Christmas Themed Writing ActivitiesChristmas Alphabet Sound FlashcardsChristmas Addition Problems Fluency 0-5Christmas Class Play: The Bear's Great AdventureSanta Gets Dressed Phoneme Segmentation Fluency PSFSanta's Mail Write the Room Alphabet or Sight WordsDecember Homework PreschoolDecember Homework KindergartenDecember Homework First Grade Add to cart Elves Thematic Unit $8.00 Also available at Teachers Pay Teachers!Product DescriptionThis Elf Themed Unit can be used at Christmas Time or as a unit to enhance the traditional tale, "The Elves and the Shoemaker." Your classroom or homeschool students will love this Elf Adventure!Activities Include: Shared Reading Activities:The Elves and The Shoemaker: Retelling Story and Story Cards, Thinking Map, Story Element Page, Venn DiagramThe Little Elves Poem: Five Day Activity PlanLiteracy Lessons:Back to the Pole: Blending and SegmentingThe Elf Dance: Alphabet Fluency or High Frequency Word FluencySanta’s List: Reading Nonsense Words or Naming SoundsElf Inventory: Writing Letters for Sounds or Spelling WordsIndependent Activities: Elf Hunt: Finding Letters in Alphabetical OrderMy Little Alphabet Book: Matching Upper and Lowercase LettersMath Lessons:Elf Convention: Counting Forward From Numbers Other Than One.Elf Roll Call: Adding a Number to Make TenThe Elves’ Tree: Matching Quantity to NumbersIndependent Activities: Find the Elves: Writing NumbersThe Elf Friends: Comparing Written NumeralsPacking Presents: Ways to Make 10Social StudiesThe Elf Door ActivitiesGuided Reading BooksThe Little ElvesElf WritingI Can:Write A StoryMake A CardWrite A ListWrite A Letter Add to cart Santa Gets Dressed: Segmenting Words into Phonemes $3.00 Also available at Teachers Pay Teachers!Phoneme Segmentation Fluency is a crucial phonemic awareness skill that prepares your student to decode CVC words.Your children will love helping Santa get dressed so he can make his Christmas deliveries! This game includes a scripted lesson, over 100 cards that are perfect for segmenting practice, a Santa game mat, and Old Santa's sleigh to hold the collected gifts.© Kathy Crane Kindergarten KioskRelated ActivitiesGingerbread Man Thematic UnitGingerbread Orchestrated Reader's TheaterNorth Pole Thematic UnitThe Christmas Train KindergartenThe Christmas Train First GradeChristmas Guided ReadersChristmas Around the World Mega Bundle (Parts 1,2,3 and 4)Christmas Around the World Part 1Christmas Around the World Part 2Christmas Around the World Part 3Christmas Around the World -- The Scrapbook Part 4Christmas Themed Writing ActivitiesChristmas Alphabet Sound FlashcardsChristmas Addition Problems Fluency 0-5Christmas Class Play: The Bear's Great AdventureSanta Gets Dressed Phoneme Segmentation Fluency PSFSanta's Mail Write the Room Alphabet or Sight WordsDecember Homework PreschoolDecember Homework KindergartenDecember Homework First GradeFollow For Updates and Freebies!Be alerted as products are updated and/or added to. Get Special Freebies.TPT StoreFacebookWebsitePinterestPodcast Add to cart The Gingerbread Man Orchestrated Script $2.00 Also Available at Teachers Pay Teachers!Call them what you will, Readers’ Theater, Partner Plays, or simply, what it is, reading for fluency and comprehension. When you add sound effects (Foley effects) and Leitmotifs (simple melodies) to a script it becomes and Orchestrated Script! No matter the name or the purpose, young children love to read, practice, rehearse and perform! Add to cart The North Pole Unit $8.00 Also available at Teachers Pay Teachers!Product DescriptionThis North Pole thematic unit is classroom tested, aligned to core standards, and packed with great activities. It is divided into areas of literature, music, art, literacy, math, social studies, science, creative writing, word wall, and guided reading. The activities are clearly written, easy to use, and need limited amounts of preparation. Contents include a planning Guide and tips for unit use and the following activities!Literacy Activities:Present Rhyming: Producing Rhyming WordsBaking With Mrs. Claus: Increasing Alphabet Letter Naming FluencyBaking Cookies: Sight WordsOrnament Crackdown: Fluently Naming Alphabet Letter SoundsPark a Reindeer: Distinguishing between similarly spelled wordsSanta's Bag: Matching Beginning SoundsMath Activities:Buying Ornaments: Counting Pennies to Equal a Given AmountThe Elf Challenge: Comparing NumbersReindeer Games: Ordering In An Ordinal SequencePresent Panic: Fluently Naming Numbers 1-20North Pole Number Hunt: Writing Numerals Matching QuantitiesElf Roll: Matching Quantity and NumbersArt ProjectsChristmas Tree CollagePaint A ReindeerBecome Santa's ElfShape SantaDraw a ReindeerYou've Been FramedWriting Prompts/Word WallThe North PoleAll About Elves & ReindeerDear SantaNorth Pole Word WallSongs/Fingerplay PostersHere is the ChimneyOld SantaSanta and the ElvesSanta Says Ho Ho HoChristmas KitchenReindeer SnackPeppermint DoughGraham Cracker ReindeerGuided Reading BooksThe North PoleRelated ProductsGingerbread Orchestrated Reader's TheaterNorth Pole Thematic UnitThe Christmas Train KindergartenThe Christmas Train First GradeChristmas Guided ReadersChristmas Around the World Mega Bundle (Parts 1,2,3 and 4)Christmas Around the World Part 1Christmas Around the World Part 2Christmas Around the World Part 3 Christmas Around the World -- The Scrapbook Part 4Christmas Themed Writing ActivitiesChristmas Alphabet Sound FlashcardsChristmas Addition Problems Fluency 0-5Christmas Class Play: The Bear's Great AdventureSanta Gets Dressed Phoneme Segmentation Fluency PSFSanta's Mail Write the Room Alphabet or Sight WordsDecember Homework PreschoolDecember Homework KindergartenDecember Homework First Grade Add to cart Polar Express Thematic Unit $8.00 Also available at Teachers Pay Teachers!Gingerbread Man Thematic UnitGingerbread Orchestrated Reader's TheaterNorth Pole Thematic UnitThe Christmas Train KindergartenThe Christmas Train First GradeChristmas Guided ReadersChristmas Around the World Mega Bundle (Parts 1,2,3 and 4)Christmas Around the World Part 1Christmas Around the World Part 2Christmas Around the World Part 3 Christmas Around the World -- The Scrapbook Part 4Christmas Themed Writing ActivitiesChristmas Alphabet Sound FlashcardsChristmas Addition Problems Fluency 0-5Christmas Class Play: The Bear's Great AdventureSanta Gets Dressed Phoneme Segmentation Fluency PSFSanta's Mail Write the Room Alphabet or Sight WordsDecember Homework PreschoolDecember Homework KindergartenDecember Homework First Grade Add to cart The Shoemaker and the Elves Readers' Theater For Early Readers $2.00 Also available at Teachers Pay Teachers!Bring guided reading to a new level by using "Partner Plays" also called "Reader's Theater." These books have simple, adorable scripts, that will increase student's ability to read with expression and fluency. Perfect for your emerging readers!Set includes chair covers or headband art for character costumes. Add to cart The Elf Dance $0.00 Also Available at Teachers Pay Teachers!Reach Common Core Early Reading Objectives the fun way by playing the game, Elf Dance. As with our other lessons, this lesson is scripted for easy delivery and confidence that objectives are being met. A worksheet follows the game to allow for independent practice with letter fluency. Enjoy our new free product, we know your students will! Add to cart Christmas Themed Books $4.00 Also available at Teachers Pay Teachers!Product DescriptionChristmas Themed Guided Readers to Read and Color! Offering students a "paper" book that can be colored and taken home offers students authentic purpose for the guided reading instruction and opportunity to practice techniques at home. Students love these delightful stories that are ready to read on their level. The clip art is delightful!ContentsMerry ChristmasPresents From SantaThe North PoleRun Gingerbread Man Run!The Christmas TrainRelated ProductsGingerbread Orchestrated Reader's TheaterNorth Pole Thematic UnitThe Christmas Train KindergartenThe Christmas Train First GradeChristmas Guided ReadersChristmas Around the World Mega Bundle (Parts 1,2,3 and 4)Christmas Around the World Part 1Christmas Around the World Part 2Christmas Around the World Part 3 Christmas Around th…
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