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The Cheetah version is a way to increase the challenge and help with fluency! #reading #kindergarten #school #ToolsoftheMind

Peanut snuck into our classroom and ate up our Jack and Annie riddles! We had to be decoding detectives to put the riddles back in order. #JackandAnnie #ToolsoftheMind #kindergarten #school #teaching

Individual Memory Banks help students with words they are struggling with reading or writing. Today, Ella used hers to help fix her spelling of “were”! #kindergarten #school #ToolsoftheMind #reading #writing #earlychildhood

Graphics Practice is a nice way to calm our bodies down while working on our handwriting! #ToolsoftheMind #kindergarten #school #teaching

Our herd is ready to head to the Ice Age this week! We are a tad nervous of saber-toothed cats! #kindergarten #toolsofthemind #school

Today, we used Play-Doh to recreate animal tracks as part of our Science Mind activity. Can you guess which animal made these tracks? #science #kindergarten #school #toolsofthemind #teaching

Tools develops kids that know what it means to work together. Check out this teamwork during a BeeBot CVC reading activity we did during our intervention time! #kindergarten #toolsofthemind #school #teaching #children

Science Minds are one of my favorite literacy centers. Students get to be creative and apply what they learned about rain forest layers, shelters, and camouflage! #science #Kindergarten #teaching #ToolsoftheMind #school

We use VR goggles to take virtual field trips to wherever Jack and Annie are going! This helps students visualize while we are reading and extend their background knowledge. They were trying to find Jack and Annie in the rainforest!

One of my favorite things about Tools is how strong our routines are! Today was our first day back from break, look at this amazing writing! #writing #kindergarten #teaching #ToolsoftheMind #school

My name is Annemarie and I teach in a rural area of Wisconsin. This is my 5th year teaching, and my 3rd year teaching Tools. I can't wait to share all of the amazing things that happen in my classroom with you! #Kindergarten #school #ToolsoftheMind

After reading The Magic Treehouse, the students do a summary of the story by drawing and writing. Luego de leer capítulos de cuentos CAM , los niños realizan un resumen del cuento dibujando y escribiendo. #kindergarten #school #writing #ToolsoftheMind

Dramatization of “Midnight on the Moon”. They are very happy imagining we are at the moon base. Dramatización de "Media noche en la Luna”. Ellos estaban muy felices pensando que si estamos en la base lunar . #kindergarten #school #teaching #toolsoftheMind

We divide the class in small groups and they engage in games and playful learning. The teacher monitors and guides each group. Dentro de las actividades diarias se juego en sala ,se divide en grupos pequeños todos juegan diferentes ,y las educadoras solo guían a cada grupo.

Game with geometrical shapes with the Moon theme from The Magic Treehouse Juego con figuras geométricas básicas contextualizamos con el libro de la Casa mágica del árbol #kindergarten #school #teaching #ToolsoftheMind

Pattern Movement, a game for physical self-regulation! Patrón de movimiento! Juego de autorregulación física #kindergarten #school #ToolsoftheMind

Community Building Game and Attention Focus Activity! Juego de construcción de comunidad y de atención! #kindergarten #school #teaching

Literacy Activity: Here the students write the name of the book of the Magic Tree House. Lecto escritura: ellos escriben según las letras que escuchan escribir el título del libro que vamos a leer #teaching #ToolsoftheMind #school #kindergarten