Preschool, TK & Kindergarten

• Maintaining Expectations in Early Childhood Education

• Input Chart Tips for Kindergarten

• Big Book Activities & Center Ideas for the Early Childhood Classroom

• Unlock Phonics Instruction with Interactive Writing

• Poetry Centers in Early Childhood 

• How to Model Poetry in Early Childhood Education (Part 1)

• Processing Poetry in Early Childhood Education (Part 2)

• Co-Regulation and Social-Emotional Skills in Early Childhood

Motivation & Engagement Strategies

• Creating a Welcoming Environment

• The Extended Name Tag Strategy

• How to Motivate Students: Inquiry Chart Demonstration

• Keep Students Engaged - Brain Breaks

• Literacy Reinforcers | YouTube Video

• Games for Personal Interaction

• Tips for Tightening up the 10/2 & Student Interactions

• Cultivating a Growth Mindset in the Classroom: The Power of "Yet" 

Writing Strategies

Start Here: GLAD Strategies for Writing 

• Teach PHONICS! SPOTLIGHT: Interactive Writing (Picture Dictionary)

• I Can Spell Chant 

• Connect with Students: Interactive Journals 

• How to Scaffold Writing: Sketching (Part 1)

  • • Scaffolding Writing: Sketching 

• How to Scaffold Writing: Sentence Patterning Chart (Part 2)

  • • How to Teach Writing! (Sentence Patterning Chart)

• How to Scaffold Writing: Building Adverbials (Part 3)

• How to Scaffold Writing: Warm Ups (Part 4)

• How to Scaffold for Writing: Cooperative Strip Paragraph (Part 5)

  • • Shared Writing Cooperative Strip Paragraph

• Quick Writes vs. Extended Writes 

• Narrative Input Chart 

• Narrative Input Chart: ALL ABOUT ME