I read a blog post yesterday by Sean Farnum, “I Like My Year End to Be Too Busy.” He jam-packs the last month of school with engaging and connecting activities and projects to keep his students learning and wanting to come to school. He even jokes about postponing the end of the year because there is so much going on. I complained of spring fever this week, so this struck me as something I might do with my kindergarten students.
Later in the day, just by chance, I found some ideas for us on this Tweeted Times paper by Katie Ann.
Diary of the Techie Chick Tweeted Times http://t.co/eokWvEcMty – top stories by @stephenveliz, @shamsensei, @mrsdkrebs
— Katie Ann (@KatieAnn_76) April 22, 2015
Here are Three Ways to Conquer Spring Fever With Fun and Connections. We’ll be trying all of these.
- Before May 1 introduce ourselves to some New Zealand 5-6 year-olds at Mr. Kemp’s school.
Dear PLN – I have a challenge for you: http://t.co/IQ8owmc5MK please help my students – have a read and RT
— Craig Kemp (@mrkempnz) April 23, 2015
- Pernille Ripp’s seventh graders are making plays that we can watch and review.
Would You Be Our Audience? http://t.co/NaVkp23GRQ Looking for K, 1st, or 2nd grades to watch recorded plays #edchat #kinderchat #1stchat
— Pernille Ripp (@pernilleripp) April 22, 2015
- Make Earth Day every day in May and June. We will be sharing our Earth Day experiences with our Iowa pen pals. Plus, we’ll be continuing our campaign of “Our School, Our Earth,” so we’ll have lots to do.
Earth Day every day. Looking for signs of spring in my garden #enviroed #kinderchat pic.twitter.com/aO2TPNEwnB
— Mardelle Sauerborn (@learningmurd) April 23, 2015