Tips for Teachers

Most teachers know the difficulties students experience when directed to stand or sit in circle formations in order to participate in circle time activities. This simple task is so time consuming that many of these activities just seem to go by the wayside. I'd like to share with you a simple solution that is so easy you'll no longer find yourself avoiding circle activities and may even embrace them instead.   All that is needed is a visual on the floor, whether it be a piece of tape or SitSpots® placed in a circle formation. This will provide a visual prompt so that your students will know exactly where to go when directed. Many of us know that...

This Twister Floor Game was used for sight word practice and was a big hit in my K classroom! My kiddos LOVED playing it and picked this game first during any free time that they had...maybe it was the crawling around the floor that got 'em. Give it a try and I'm pretty sure that you'll have the same results with your kids as I had with mine. Objective: To increase student engagement levels and practice academic content skills Directions: Materials needed: Circles (any color) quantity to depend upon how many words you want your students to practice Pieces of blue tape or...

The very first time I placed a set of SitSpots down inside my kindergarten classroom we all did the happy dance...not just me... but my kids and my custodian as well - once he realized that the spots weren't duct tape. What a difference these little spots made to our day...our week... and ultimately....our school year.  The excitement and relief on my part didn't stop there! As the creator of these amazing little spots, it didn't take me long to realize that there were a lot more places we could go with SitSpots.  The real magic happened when I used SitSpots for "Floor Games"....