Mrs. Rainbow Bright

One of my kindergartners sang a similar song to me ➡️ so I turned right around and taught my own version to my own kids ! & ➡️ now I’m passing it on to you! 🫶🏼

Part Three ! Of your friendly neighborhood kindergarten teacher encouraging you to beef up your reading time! Easy peasy ways to make reading more impactful! Follow along for part four!

📚Part Two of Raising Readers! A few more simple tweaks (we teachers do!) to make that reading time at home more impactful!

📖 Tips for Raising Readers Part 1: talk about the book before you even open the cover!

Make predictions, discuss the characters, reflect on other similar books you’ve read ! ⬇️ Let me know if you want to see what else I do with my own kids BECAUSE I’m a teacher !

🧘🏼‍♀️Calm Down Corner Refresh😮‍💨
a quick little reset with to set my classroom up for success when we come back to school !

Save these questions for your child’s next birthday 🥰 !
(bonus points if you film in their bedroom so you can see the different versions of that too 🥹)

Birthday Interview:
What’s your full name ?
How old are you turning?
What’s your favorite thing to do ?
Who is your best friend ?
What do you think about your brother ?
What do you love most about yourself?
What is your favorite song? Can you sing it to me?
What makes you happy ?
What’s your favorite part of the day ?
What present do you want most for your birthday ?
How are we going to celebrate your birthday ?
What do you want to do when you grow up?
Favorite thing to do with your family ?
What’s a new thing you will learn this year ?
Anything else you want to tell me ?

To the teachers who spend their days raising other people’s children💗 Tag your favorite teacher ! 💌

Teacher appreciation Mother’s Day

Comment “game board” and I’ll send you a copy! 🌟 You know that quote: “when you focus on the good, the good gets better” (Abraham Hicks) ? Well the same goes for behavior. I have found that tracking positive, rather than negative, behavior has made all the difference in my classroom. This Goal Getter’s Game Board is what works for my students. I tailor them to the student’s interests, if you saw the examples at the end you saw Dinos, D.J.ing, and Legos, we come up with a plan together and “play” our game throughout each school.
Any questions about how I use this in my classroom? Ask away 👇🏻

👩🏼‍🏫 You thought I was going to mention flash cards didn’t you!? Let me know in the comments if you want a part ✌🏻 or if you have any school readiness questions, I’m here to help!

These three things have made my classroom SO MUCH MORE CALM. And a calmer classroom is a much more manageable space🥰☀️!

Here are some more deets on these simple strategies ⬇️
☝🏻 Whispering: I whisper when I’m reading books and the story is building. I walk over to a table and whisper to a few students when the class is loud and they all stop to hear what “secret” im sharing😂. I whisper when Im starting to lose a few kiddos on the carpet during a lesson. I whisper directions as we line up to set the tone for a quiet line.
✌🏻 Visual Timers: whether you buy the physical one I have, or play one online (there are so many on YouTube), visual timers are a great way to help students understand how much time they have left on a task, especially if they don’t understand the concept of time yet! Disclaimer- I’ve had a few that hyper focused on the timer so we had to have some discussions about how to use it!
🤟🏻 Breathing: deep breaths together has CHANGED my dynamic with my students. Instead of adding to the noise or the chaos, I’m centering them in calm and it feels so much better than clapping and chanting at them!
❤️What would you teach your first year teacher self?! Send this to a new teacher to help them keep the calm ☁️!