I know at the beginning of the year I need all the help I can get. I don’t have all the answers. I don’t have the best ideas. I never have and I never will. I absolutely LOVE brainstorming and getting help from other teachers! I mean, I’ll take any help I can get to make my year start off smoothly!!! Especially when SO many of you have such AMAZING ideas!!
Love this idea for recess! Involve your team and take pictures of each other doing the right thing and the wrong thing on the recess equipment and playing different recess games, etc. Create a little power point/slideshow with your pictures and show it to your class after reading the book, “The Recess Queen”. Of course, if this book isn’t available you can always talk about appropriate playground behavior, show them the slideshow, and then take them outside and review the rules! Thank you, Erin!!!
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Those are great ideas! I especially like the one where you take pictures of the VIP's in your school. For ELL students in your class, you can print the pictures of people/places (bathroom, cafe, office)/things (lunch choices etc) and put them on a little binder ring to keep in their desk. My students used their ring of cards for the entire first two months of school!
-Maria
Great tips! It is amazing what you can get from Facebook fans!
Tara
The Math Maniac
Ahhhhh so excited that you used my idea 🙂 I'm so glad I could add something since I've used so many of your great ideas in the past 🙂
-Erin Warren
http://theelementarydarling.blogspot.com
I take a picture of a clean are (art center, rainy day games, computer center) and label it "clean up tool " the kids are very clear on the expectations! 🙂
Love that scavenger hunt idea!
Some great ideas. Thanks for sharing them. And thanks for sharing them in such an interesting manner.
Sandra
Sandra's Savvy Teaching Tips
What you don't poop in the urinals? Jackson told me a few years back. "I was not sure which sink to use in the big boy bathroom. There were 5 on one wall and they looked kind of like the ones at home and then there were 10 on the other wall. They were kind of low and looked like you could sit in them. So, sorry mommy. I did not wash my hands until I could ask you which one to use. So which kind of sink do I use?" IS MY KID A GENIUS OR WHAT? He was smart enough not to wash his hands in the urinal! (PTL)
XOXO,
Katie
Teacher to the Core
I love the playground rules involving teachers. So cute! We do take restroom breaks with another teacher since our girls restroom is upstairs and the boys is downstairs. (our building used to be high school years ago). It's hard to keep an eye on both by yourself.
Love the idea of taking pictures of correct playground behavior! We're walking the playground to make sure WE are all on the same page about appropriate behavior. I'm going to suggest the slideshow idea!
Thanks,
Stephanie
Lunch, Snacks, and Recess
This is AWESOME!! What a great idea to gather such great tips and share them!! I've already pinned them all…can't wait to see what else you share with us!! Thanks so much!!
Warmest Wishes, Erin from Kindergarten Dragons