Soft start morning activities 2nd grade

Say goodbye to stress in prepping morning work! I've provided more than 200+ hands-on activities for your students to try!

My blog post contains Amazon affiliate links which means that I earn a few cents from anything purchased through my links. I use that money to purchase items for my classroom. Last year, I began starting our day with morning bins as a paperless replacement for morning work. I love the versatility morning bins. You can get as complicated or simple as you want. I try really hard to use materials that I already have in my classroom. Below I've listed over 50 ideas for you, most of which I've…

Why I got rid of morning work and switched to soft start instead. Use morning tubs to start your day by building creativity and community.

Tips & trick for a soft start in the classroom. Includes suggestions for introducing the morning activities that replace morning work. The tips are great for teachers of kindergarten through the upper grades. #SoftStart #ClassroomRoutines #MorningRoutines

Embrace a soft start to your school day in the first grade classroom. Use Good Morning Tubs to give grade one students a fun way to work on math and literacy skills as well as fine motor skills and spatial awareness. It is a social way to begin the day that really calms my first grade and second grade students and sets the tone for the day.

Beginning your day with a soft start allows for more choice, creativity, and engagement as students arrive each morning.

By doing morning tubs, writing journals, and a morning meeting your students will start the day sucessful. Morning routines for children are essential to a good day in the classroom.

Ease your kindergarten, 1st grade, or 2nd grade students into the school day through Morning Tubs! Morning Tubs have become a staple in my classroom morning routine, they're easy to prep, engaging, and my students love them!

There are so many benefits to using a soft start in upper elementary classrooms! Not only does it give students a chance to relax and transition into the academic day, but it also fosters social and emotional skills like cooperation and communication. Hopefully, this list will give you some fun soft start ideas for upper elementary to get you started!

Morning work tubs have been part of my classroom for a few years now, and this teacher is completely sold! Now that my morning work is hands-on and paperless,