Transitional Kindergarten and Differentiated Kindergarten Teacher Resources

Transitional kindergarten, or what my district refers to as begindergarten has my whole teacher heart!  After teaching one year of preschool, followed by eight years in kindergarten, transitional kindergarten was born in our school.  It was SO needed!  It has proven to be valuable for our students both academically and socially for years that have followed.  The idea of the program is growing in our community, and we have had several districts do in-house visits to explore the program with us.  I'm so excited to see this program grow!

I've attached links to resources I use in my classroom.  We use the World of Wonders series, which provides the groundwork for getting started.  However, I have supplemented quite a bit to provide a more challenging experience for students.  I have found that these kiddos need a lot of movement, poems, and songs, along with hands-on, engaging activities.  They benefit from a lot of additional fine-motor practice as well.  Character education is a big part of our learning, and we use picture books to help provide concrete examples so the students make connections.  My kindergarten colleagues have found these resources beneficial for differentiation in their kindergarten classrooms as well!  The links below all lead to bundles, which are deeply discounted for teachers who are looking for activities for an entire year's worth of learning. 
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Kindergarten Scrapbook

My kiddos absolutely adore their Kindergarten Scrapbooks that they get to take home at the end of the year.  What I love is that they show how much the kiddos have grown and that they capture the kiddos' memories from our year together!  I've recently created a resource that includes each piece of our scrapbooks, and it's called "Back to School Memory Book!" You might also include additional crafts students complete throughout the year, but truly, this bundle will have you completely covered!  Just print a set for each kiddo!  Below, I've included a FREE preview for you to download, along with the discounted bundle.  You can explore more about each piece of the bundle by clicking on the individual product images below, too!

First Day, Last Day Drawings, Memory Book Poem (PREVIEW to Full Portfolio)

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Back to School Memory Book: Writing Samples, Handprint Pack, Homework Portfolio

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Back to School Writing Samples Packet for the Kindergarten Year

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Monthly Handprint Poem Pack for Kindergarten for the Whole Year (Back to School)

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Back to School Homework for Kindergarten, Preschool: Thematic Family Activities

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Teacher REsources for Teaching Letters, Sounds, and Handwriting

Alphabet Activities: Poems, Handwriting, and Letter Posters for Literacy Centers
Enhance your Letter Learning Curriculum TODAY with this pack that includes the compilation of our favorite alphabet activities into one resource! Letter posters that coordinate with poems and letter hunts, along with progressional handwriting sheets are included to make your phonics lessons flow beautifully! 

Contents for Each Letter:
Page 1: Handwriting Directions with suggested youtube links provided

AND Suggestions for:
-snack
-youtube song that correlates with the letter poster
-animal research topic
-fine motor practice
-creating the letters
-additional activities

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Alphabet Poems, Handwriting & Letter Posters (Distance Learning, Back to School) for Preschool and Kindergarten Kids

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Check out the PREVIEW to see what is included with each letter! 

Letter Poster, Handwriting Worksheet, and Phonics for Kindergarten: Letter M

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Alphabet Activities with Crafts, Hats, and Drawing Prompts for Literacy Centers
This little packet has every option you need to celebrate learning new letters throughout the entire school year, including vocabulary and fine motor development! It's a super low-prep packet to easily prep for morning work, center time, and/or daily instruction.

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Alphabet Activities with Crafts, Hats, and Drawing Prompts for Literacy Centers

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Try it out with the PREVIEW here:

Letter A Craft Activity Pack

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Alphabet Activities with Crafts and Writing Prompts for Literacy Centers
Prep for back to school with this letter craft pack that we use every week in our classroom that contains a craft for each letter of the alphabet! The craft connects directly to a silly song (or for letters O and V, a learning activity).  There is a fill-in and a drawing space on each craft that allows for differentiation to add more words and label in the drawing space or to have the teacher write the word on the blank while the child just draws. The cutting involved with this packet also allows for growth in the area of fine motor throughout your learning.  

As we complete our weekly letter study, we sing the kids’ song of the week and build an anchor chart with pictures that start with our special letter daily.  On Friday, we create the correlating craft from this pack. Children refer to the anchor chart to complete the fill-ins on the crafts. They look forward to finding out what our letter craft of the week will be, and they love to copy from the anchor chart!  With the letter Aa, for example, we sing, "The Ants Go Marching." Below are the songs that connect to each of the 26 letter crafts.

A: The Ants Go Marching
B: Baby Beluga
C: Sally the Camel
D: How Much is that Doggie in the Window?
E: Do Your Ears Hang Low?
F: Baby Fish
G: The Green Grass Grows All Around
H: If You’re Happy and You Know It
I: Itsy Bitsy Spider
J: Five Little Monkeys Jumping On the Bed
K: Five Little Kittens
L: We’re Going On a Lion Hunt
M: Skinnamarink
N: I’m a Nut
O: (Activity: move your body like an octopus)
P: Peanut Butter and Jelly
Q: Five Little Ducks (quack)
R: If All the Raindrops
S: You Are My Sunshine
T: I’m a Little Teapot
U: Under the Sea
V: (Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar)
W: Down By the Bay (Where the Watermelons Grow)
X: What Does the Fox Say?
Y: Yakety Yak
Z: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah 

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Alphabet Activities with Crafts and Writing Prompts for Literacy Centers

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Download the Letter A PREVIEW here:

Letter A Alphabet Kindergarten Arts and Crafts Writing Lesson Activity: The Ants Go Marching

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Teacher Resources for Teaching Addition,  Shapes, and Counting with Number Order

Addition Activities with Math Craft Pack MEGA BUNDLE for Whole Kindergarten Year
Prep for back to school with this craft bundle that includes 21 addition crafts to create throughout the course of an entire school year!  Incorporate crafts in daily math lessons and math center time.  Students and teachers love these hands-on math opportunities!

Contents:
Page 1: Cover
Page 2: Product Details
Pages 3-8: Polar Bear Snowball Addition (to 5)
Pages 9-16: Groundhog Day Addition (to 5 or 10)
Pages 17-23: Happy Valentines’ Day Mouse Addition (to 5)
Pages 24-29: Valentine’s Day Cookie Addition (to 10)
Pages 30-34: Toothbrush Addition Craft (to 5)
Pages 35-41: Read Across America Fish Addition (to 10)
Pages 42-46: Rainbow Cloud Addition (to 6)
Pages 47-53: Rocket Ship Addition (to 5)
Pages 54-59: Alien Spaceship Addition (to 5)
Pages 60-64: Chick and Easter Egg Addition (to 10)
Pages 65-73: Create a Garden (Counting and Addition)
Pages 74-79: Umbrella and Raindrops Addition (to 10)
Pages 80-85: Sun Rays Addition (to 10)
Pages 86-92: American Flag Addition (to 13)
Pages 93-97: Patriotic Truck Craft Addition (to 10)
Pages 98-103: How Do Dinosaurs Addition (to 10)
Pages 104-110: Caps for Sale Addition (1+_+_=_, 1+_+_+_=_, 1+_+_+_+_=_)
Pages 111-118: Pepperoni Addition (to 10)
Page 119-125: Turkey Feather Addition (to 10)
Pages 126-132: Snowman Button Addition (to 5)
Pages 133-139: Sneezy the Snowman Addition (to 7)
Pages 140-145: Ten On a Sled Addition (to 5) ​

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Addition Activities with Math Craft Pack MEGA BUNDLE for Whole Kindergarten Year

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Shape
Prep for back to school with this craft bundle that includes 54 shape crafts to create throughout the course of an entire school year!  Incorporate crafts in daily math lessons or math center time.  Students and teachers love these hands-on math opportunities!

Contents:
Page 1: Cover
Page 2: Product Details
Pages 3-11: Snowman
Pages 12-29: Snowman Pack
Pages 30-35: Bear Counts
Pages 36-42: Love Monster
Pages 43-50: Read Across America House
Pages 51-58: Leprechaun Gold
Pages 59-64: Leprechaun
Pages 65-72: Bunny Painters
Pages 73-81: Bunny Bottom
Pages 82-87: Bunny and Egg
Pages 88-96: Shape Bunny
Pages 97-106: Bunny Bellies Pack
Pages 107-115: Mouse
Pages 116-121: Butterfly
Pages 122-127: Ladybug
Pages 128-141: Bug Hat
Pages 142-151: Flower
Pages 152-158: Circle and Square Robot
Pages 159-165: Triangle and Square Robot
Pages 166-173: Bus
Pages 174-181: Apple Tree
Pages 182-192: Football
Pages 193-199: Fire Truck
Pages 200-237: Farm Animals (1)
Pages 238-273: Farm Animals (2)
Pages 274-276: Haunted House
Pages 277-330: Halloween
Pages 330-359: Thanksgiving
Pages 361-370: Turkeys
Pages 371-383: Santa’s Beard
Pages 384-429: Christmas
Pages 430-447: Reindeer
Pages 448-454: Santa
Pages 455-463: Tree

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Shape Activities: Math Craft Packs MEGA BUNDLE for Whole Kindergarten Year

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Math Activities with Number Order Crafts MEGA BUNDLE for the Whole Year
Prep for back to school with this craft bundle that includes 21 number crafts to create throughout the course of an entire school year!  Incorporate crafts in daily math lessons and math center time.  Students and teachers love these hands-on math opportunities to practice counting!

Contents:
Page 1: Cover
Page 2: Product Details
Pages 3-8: Snowflake (Count by 10s: 10-100)
Pages 9-14: Bear (1-10)
Pages 15-20: Bear Counts (1-5)
Pages 21-29: Groundhog (1-10)
Pages 30-36: Toothbrush (1-10)
Pages 37-44: Teeth (1-10)
Pages 45-56: Read Across America Elephant (1-10)
Pages 57-62: Planets (1-9)
Pages 63-71: Rocket (Counting Backwards 10-1)
Pages 72-78: Recycling Cans (1-10)
Pages 79-85: Leprechaun (Count by 10s: 10-100)
Pages 86-91: Rainbow (Count by 2s: 2-20)
Pages 92-97: Chick (Count by 3s: 3-30)
Pages 98-104: Rabbit (Count by 5s: 5-50)
Pages 105-112: Eggs (1-10)
Pages 113-118: Caterpillar (1-10)
Pages 119-126: Baby Shark (1-5)
Pages 127-131: Capitol (1-10)
Pages 132-138: Chicka Chicka 123 (Count by 10s: 10-100)
Pages 139-144: Menorah (1-10)
Pages 145-153: Snowman

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Math Activities with Number Order Crafts MEGA BUNDLE for the Whole Year

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Teacher Resources for Teaching Character Education and Guidance 

Book Companion Writing Prompt Activities with Crafts for the Year
Prep for back to school with your favorite character education titles to read throughout guidance time while you tie in writing, fine motor, and crafting time!  This engaging bundle includes 22 crafts and writing prompts to guide your discussions to lead your students to better understand classroom rules, feelings, and how to cooperate with others.

Page 1: Cover
Page 2: Product Details
Pages 3-10: The Cool Bean
Pages: 11-22: The Great Eggscape
Pages 23-27: Giraffes Can’t Dance
Pages 28-34: The Koala Who Could
Pages 35-42: The Good Egg
Pages 43-50: You Get What You Get
Pages 51-56: Too Tall Houses
Pages 57-63: You’re Finally Here
Pages 64-70: My Mouth is a Volcano
Pages 71-77: The Most Magnificent Thing
Pages 78-84: Spaghetti in a Hotdog Bun
Pages 85-91: Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker
Pages 92-102: Milk Goes to School
Pages 103-113: We Don’t Eat Our Classmates
Pages 114-127: Click Quack School
Pages 128-137: After the Fall
Pages 138-147: The Bad Seed
Pages 148-158: The Interrupting Chicken
Pages 159-165: David Series
Pages 166-172: Sheila Rae the Brave
Pages 173-181: The Peace Book
Pages 182-197: It’s Okay to Be Different

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Book Companion Writing Prompt Activities with Crafts for the Year

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Shop By Theme

​We offer a lot of science and social studies resources as well, but they are offered in smaller bundles based on themes. I have included the our themes here.​

Monthly Themes: January

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Monthly Themes: February

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Monthly Themes: March and April

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Monthly Themes: May, June, July

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Monthly Themes: August and September

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Monthly Themes: October

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Monthly Themes: November

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Monthly Themes: December

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30-50% Off! Discounted Kindergarten Activity Packs

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Animals

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Alphabet, Letter Learning, and Phonics

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Book Companions

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