![]() I have created a Keynote slide deck called Shape Search and am sharing it with you here: Shape Search. You can use your phone (or iPad) to take photos of these environmental items to create a shape book. Three dimensional shape terms: sphere, cone, pyramid, rectangular prism, cylinder).Vertices (Where the sides meet, the corners).You can start with two dimensional shapes and then progress to three dimensional shapes. Once you start looking, they will find shapes every where. They are keen observers and are full of natural curiosity so taking them on a walk is a good way to engage in rich conversation, get fresh air and exercise, as well as strengthen their vocabulary.Ī good place to start is looking for shapes in their natural environment. Young children always seem to notice everything don’t they? Maybe even things we wish they didn’t notice. ![]() The key words here are “taking the time”… I am noticing things I haven’t seen before, seeing neighbors that I haven’t seen in a long time, and noticing things that have always been there but I haven’t taken the time to look at. ![]() If you have fewer than 1:1 devices in your classroom, I would love to hear how you use them in your centers and for individual workīeing at home during the COVID-19 shutdown has provided me a lot of time to get outside and walk the neighborhood. One of our first big activities will be International Dot Day in September. I will use them in centers as well as in small group reading and math activities. I will put all of my creation apps (Sketches School, Book Creator, Drawing Pad, Clips, iMovie, Felt Board, Popplet Lite, Chatterpix) in that folder. I will have an ABC folder for ELA apps, a Math folder, and a Create folder. I’m in the process now of setting them up and pushing apps with Apple School Manager and Mosyle. Now, it will basically be 2-1 but there will be a lot of exciting things we can do. In my previous teaching life, I had one to one iPads for my 26 students and from that, developed this blog. The preschool purchased 4 iPads for my classroom and I’m in the process of setting them up and working out the best way to use them. Y’all, I’ve died and gone to teaching heaven! I will have 9 five year olds and the freedom to teach just for the joy of teaching and learning. So, I retired from the school district and will be teaching kindergarten in the sweetest little preschool at Second Presbyterian Church here in Charleston, SC. After 32 years in the Charleston County School District, a new opportunity presented itself and it was too good to pass up. We’ve been spending time exploring the uses of these apps in preparation for more focused creation activities.Ī lot has happened in the last few months. We also have my other favorite apps Book Creator, the Duck Duck Moose apps, Drawing Pad, and a few others. Recently, I downloaded a free whiteboard app which is perfect for a variety of uses. Getting started, we worked a lot with Starfall ABC app and the Magnetic ABC app. We have plenty of time ahead of us to create. ![]() Because we didn’t have 1:1 until just recently, we are a bit slow in getting started with doing all of the things I like to do with them, but that’s ok. I’m using Apple School Manager and Mosyle for device management and it has been so easy. The parents then chipped in and purchased the remaining six, which arrived in early October. The initial purchase was 4 iPads that arrived in mid September. No standardized testing, freedom to create my own content, and amazing administrative and parent support.īacking up just a bit, the school didn’t already have iPads, but was super excited about the work I have done in the past with them. I have 10 little friends with an assistant, a class set of iPads, and pretty much the freedom to teach what and how I want. In a nutshell, I retired from my project director job with the local school district and took a kindergarten teaching job at a local church school. Things got a little crazy and well, I’m back. Well it’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted on here.
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