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For the little people known as kindergarteners...

Today I will begin blogging about my adventures, learnings, and thoughts towards teaching. My experiences in education are not as vast as some others, but I believe they are valuable. I believe in our children, even those who are often seen as unlikely to succeed. I thrive when I see young people growing and learning in unique and exciting ways. My hope for all of my students is that they learn at least one thing while they are in my classroom...I want them to know that, "They are special, and they CAN learn". So many students that I meet day to day have been told that they can't, I want to share with my students that they CAN and they WILL. There is a moment, when you have been working with a child for a while, when all of a sudden you see the glimmer in the child's eye...the moment when the child realizes that they have had success. It is these moments that drive me to continue my learning as an educator...it is these moments that get me through all of the challenges I face each day in the classroom.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

What's in YOUR bank?

Hey Friends:)

Here is a new fun activity for you to try out with your kiddos. As I mentioned the other day my goal was to create more fine motor activities in my classroom, however, I needed to make the center have more value than just the fine motor. So, here we have a center that focuses on fine motor but also incorporates data collection and money.

What's in YOUR bank?

In this activity students will place coins into a bank (I bought mine from Target for $1.00. I painted the top of each bank and made a cover for the outside.). As they put coins into the bank they will complete a bar graph telling which coins they have placed into the bank. (My graphs are laminated and we will use dry erase crayons so that they are reusable!)



Here are the pages for the activity! I hope you enjoy. If you are looking for some ways to differentiate, please read below!

What's in Your Bank Cover

What's in Your Bank

Differentiating

Eliminate the graph and focus on the fine motor and coin identification.
Use only one, two, or three coins.
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