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New Kindergarten Teacher
Even if you are a veteran teacher, learning that you will be teaching Kindergarten for the first time MAY be frightening!
WHY?
Teaching kindergartners is very different from teaching older students.
Kindergartners may not have attended pre-school or may have never been away from their parents. Also, it takes several weeks to get Kindergartners used to their new schedule and the daily routines and rules at school and in your classroom.
The good news… YOU will love teaching Kindergarten! You will wonder why you were worried in the beginning and will never want to teach older children again!
Kindergarten children usually have had no previous relationships with adults outside of their immediate family. So to them, you are a stranger! Even if mom and dad explain that you are going to care for them, you are a good person, and you are now their teacher, they will naturally still have reservations.
So your first order of business is to get to know your children and also to help them get to know you. Once they learn that you are a caring adult who will not harm them and who shows them compassion and sensitivity, then you open the doors to learning for them.
There are many websites on the Internet that provide ideas, activities, and lesson plans for kindergarten. Although they are wonderful and we will be discussing some of them later, we must first look at ways to bond with your students. This will start from the very first moment you meet your students, usually at a meet and greet or at a school open house. Not only will this first impression be important with your students, but just as important with the parents. Parents also need to know that their child is being left in good hands, with someone that will care for their child, and will be able to teach their child.
This website will not only offer ideas for the start of the school year, but will also provide ideas for you to use throughout the school year. Bookmark us and check back often, as new things will be added all the time!
Have a great year!
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First Impressions
(Open House)
Start of the year
(forms and documents)
First Days
Daily Schedule
Homework
Managing time
Use of Centers
Involving parents
(communication)
Involving community
(guest speakers)
Collaboration with
Colleagues
Lesson Plans
Sub Plans
Emergency Plans
Assessments
Parent Teacher
Conferences
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