Kindergarten buddies activities

Use low-prep writing crafts to get students excited about writing and showcase everything they have learned.

Take a minute to pick up this cute Back to School ... Getting to Know Me game.

This year, my Grade 4's are Big Buddies to a Grade 1/2 class. We try to meet every couple weeks, usually on Friday afternoons. We do the "traditional" Buddy meeting where we read to the "Littles" and vice versa, however, we are trying to mix it up with some S.T.E.M Challenges. If you are unfamiliar with the term, S.T.E.M stands for: S - Science T - Technology E - Engineering M - Mathematics More recently, the acronym has been changed to S.T.E.A.M. in which the "A" refers to art. Kids use a…

At my school we call them learning buddies but you might know them as reading buddies or big buddies/little buddies. Whatever you call them, some times it’s hard to think of activities to do with them. I often found myself planning things on the fly so I decided to compile a list of activities that […]

Learn how to start a reading buddies program in your classroom. There are so many benefits to having learning buddies-both for the younger and older students!

A blog about teaching 2nd grade

7 hands-on math, literacy, & kindness activities inspired by the book Strictly No Elephants for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten littles.

This is a quick low prep activity for big buddy/little buddy time, for a partnership/small group activity, ice breaker or an art class. It will get students up out of their seats and interacting with each other. I have used this activity for a big buddy little buddy time. All of the students K-8 were engaged and having fun with their buddies and said it was a great activity. The scavenger hunt can be done inside or outside of the classroom. You can use it with all grade levels. Included…

Tomorrow is the first day of school and I am sooooooo excited to have all my new students in my classroom. Today they dropped ...

Last week we got together with our big buddies to share a StoryWalk and share a math activity. We met in the gym and the StoryWalk ...