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Following the Group Plan: A Social Story About Being Part of a Classroom

By The Cream City Teacher

Social stories provide a powerful way to teach big lessons to our littlest learners. This particular social story clearly communicates the importance of following the group plan within the classroom environment and around the school (ie: recess,

Subjects:

Life Skills, Classroom Management, Classroom Community

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Lesson

$4.00

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Numbers and Counting Game | Say It, Count It, Stack It

By The Cream City Teacher

Number recognition and counting quantities are foundational skills in every preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten classroom. "Say It, Count It, Stack It" is an engaging, hands-on numbers and counting game that invites your students to practice those

Subjects:

Math, Numbers, Other (Math)

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

CCSS:

K.CC.B.4

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (2.36 MB)

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Gross Motor Seasonal Bundle | Purposeful Movement Activities | Big Body Play

By The Cream City Teacher

This gross motor bundle includes THREE seasonal (fall / autumn, winter, spring) resources for a total of 15 games!Gross motor activities provide little learners with opportunities to move their bodies in purposeful ways. These seasonal gross motor

Subjects:

Autumn, Winter, Spring

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

$12.00

$9.00

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Gross Motor | Purposeful Movement Activities | Winter

By The Cream City Teacher

Gross motor activities provide little learners with opportunities to move their bodies in purposeful ways. These winter-themed gross motor activities invite your preschool, Pre-K, or Kindergarten students to build self-confidence, coordination,

Subjects:

Winter

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (5.01 MB)

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Red Choices Are Not Funny: A Social Story About Taking Redirection Seriously

By The Cream City Teacher

Social stories provide a powerful way to teach big lessons to our littlest learners. This particular social story clearly communicates the importance of taking redirection from the teacher seriously within the classroom environment. There is a

Subjects:

Life Skills, Classroom Management, Classroom Community

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Lesson

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (4.98 MB)

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Gross Motor | Purposeful Movement Activities | Fall | Autumn

By The Cream City Teacher

Gross motor activities provide little learners with opportunities to move their bodies in purposeful ways. These fall-themed gross motor activities invite your preschool, Pre-K, or Kindergarten students to build self-confidence, coordination,

Subjects:

Autumn

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (2.88 MB)

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My Bubble: A Social Story About Personal Space

By The Cream City Teacher

Social stories provide a powerful way to teach big lessons to our littlest learners. This particular social story clearly communicates the importance of personal space, particularly within the classroom environment. The concept "staying in your

Subjects:

Life Skills, Classroom Management, Classroom Community

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, Homeschool

Types:

Printables, Lesson

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (6.52 MB)

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Gross Motor | Purposeful Movement Activities | Spring

By The Cream City Teacher

Gross motor activities provide little learners with opportunities to move their bodies in purposeful ways. These spring-themed gross motor activities invite your preschool, Pre-K, or Kindergarten students to build self-confidence, coordination,

Subjects:

Spring

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, Homeschool

Types:

Activities, Printables, Games

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (3.87 MB)

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Play Center Signs - Make Learning Observable in Pre-K and Kindergarten!

By The Cream City Teacher

Play center signs are a quick and easy way to make student learning evident in your play-based classroom. Have you ever wondered, “How do I get others on board with play-based learning?” Displaying play center signs is the perfect way to get

Subjects:

Life Skills, Child Care

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten

Types:

Posters, Centers

$5.00

Digital Download ZIP (20.72 MB)

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Classroom Community | End of the Day Reflection | Goodbye Group | Closing Circle

By The Cream City Teacher

Classroom community building is important in every classroom, even with our littlest learners. One way to strengthen classroom community is through a daily Goodbye Group (commonly referred to as a Closing Circle). This enriching time of the school

Subjects:

Character Education, Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Songs, Printables

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (6.21 MB)

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Name Activity and Scissor Skills Practice | Name Recognition for Back to School

By The Cream City Teacher

Scissor practice AND a name activity combined makes for the perfect back to school resource! Need to teach scissor skills? Not only does this product give your students practice on how to use scissors, it is also an opportunity for name

Subjects:

Life Skills, Phonics

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (6.57 MB)

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Clean Up Routine Visuals, Social Story, Signs, and Song Lyrics

By The Cream City Teacher

Clean up time can be frustrating, but it does not have to be that way in YOUR classroom! This resource provides you with the tools you need to create a smooth clean up routine in no time. The step-by-step visuals, social story, song lyrics, and

Subjects:

Classroom Management, Classroom Community

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Songs, Printables, Posters

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (7.52 MB)

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Free Play Centers Choice Board for Play Based Learning Classrooms

By The Cream City Teacher

This free play centers choice board is going to be a game-changer for you and your students! Are you struggling to manage free play centers in your Pre-K or Kindergarten classroom? The posters, signs, cards, labels, and mini choice boards that are

Subjects:

Life Skills, Classroom Management, Classroom Community

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten

Types:

Printables, Posters

$5.00

Digital Download ZIP (16.32 MB)

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Play Based Learning Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources - Managing Materials

By The Cream City Teacher

These play based learning lesson plans and teaching materials are exactly what you need to help your little learners manage classroom materials. Your Pre-K or Kindergarten students will learn how to use school supplies safely and why it is

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), Life Skills, Classroom Community

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$8.00

Digital Download PDF (19.93 MB)

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Play Workshop Informational Guide

By The Cream City Teacher

Check out this FREE informational guide to learn all about Play Workshop! Play based learning classrooms are the perfect environment for the Play Workshop approach, but even teachers in more traditional classrooms can use the Play Workshop model.

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), Character Education, Classroom Community

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten

Types:

Teacher Manuals

FREE

Digital Download PDF (2.98 MB)

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Play Based Learning Lesson Plans and Teaching Materials - Building Stamina

By The Cream City Teacher

These play based learning lesson plans are perfect for educators who want to teach into their students’ play, but are overwhelmed with how to make that happen during their busy days. Teachers know that learning through play is the best approach for

Subjects:

Other (Specialty), Life Skills, Classroom Community

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten

Types:

Activities, Printables, Lesson

$6.00

Digital Download PDF (16.07 MB)

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Read Aloud Activities | Magic Mail Stamps for Playful Read Alouds

By The Cream City Teacher

Magic Mail is an easy way to increase student engagement by adding an aspect of play to your read alouds! Whether you are reading fiction or nonfiction, starting shared reading or an interactive read aloud, Magic Mail will grab your students'

Subjects:

Balanced Literacy, Reading, Close Reading

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (7.74 MB)

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Goal Setting in Pre-K and Kindergarten | Play Based Learning

By The Cream City Teacher

How can this product be used?I created this product for use in our 4K (four year-old kindergarten) classroom, but I hope that it can be of use to you and your students as well! Our school district emphasizes the importance of student goal-setting,

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables

$3.00

Digital Download PPTX (2.70 MB)

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When Is It Okay to Interrupt? | What Is An Emergency? | Visuals for Pre-K and K

By The Cream City Teacher

"Is it an emergency?" is the question we teachers often default to when students interrupt with problems. Unfortunately, many students (especially our youngest learners) do not understand what defines a true classroom emergency. If this sounds

Subjects:

For All Subject Areas

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Printables, Posters

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (3.00 MB)

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Reading Logs for the Entire Year in Pre-K and Kindergarten PLUS Family Letters

By The Cream City Teacher

As a Pre-K or Kindergarten teacher, the only "homework" that we want our students doing is engaging with BOOKS! We do not want our budding readers to be burdened by a reading log in which they and their parents need to log book titles and time, but

Subjects:

Reading

Grades:

PreK, Kindergarten, 1^st

Types:

Handouts, Homework, Printables

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (12.77 MB)

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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

- 4K (4 year-old Kindergarten) teachers (3 years so far) - First Grade teacher (3 years) - Kindergarten teacher (4 years) - ESL teacher (4K - 5th grade) (2 years)

MY TEACHING STYLE

I work hard every day to provide my littles with a student-centered, play-based classroom. I am constantly striving to be the best version of my teacher self!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

Yet to be added

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (undergrad) Cardinal Stritch University (grad)

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

So much of what a child takes home each day is in his or her heart and head, not in hand. Carefully planned instruction often results in intangible learning not easily verbalized by children. ~ Cindy Middendorf