When you're teaching children that have various levels of understanding, using the right products makes all the difference. Here are 10 of my all time favorite products that I find myself constantly using in my classroom to help teach my kindergarteners.
The Mini Dry Erase Erasers are the PERFECT erasers for my Kindergarten students little hands! We use these erasers almost daily (and paired with our dry erase whiteboards) to help us practice writing letters and math sentences! Instead of using socks or tissues, the durable Mini Dry Erase Erasers are reusable and quick to grab!
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If you haven’t discovered Mavalus Multi-Purpose Adhesive Tape, you’ve been missing out! In my classroom where all four walls are made of cinderblock, Mavalus Tape has been able to hold posters and charts on my painted walls for months at a time! It comes of cleanly and doesn’t take the paint with it! Mavalus Tape is perfect for hanging lightweight picture frames and other classroom decorations too!
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I use my Sharpie Fine Point Permanent Markers at least once a day! They come in colors that are perfect for everything and write on nearly every surface! I used them to write my students names on their wooden popsicle sticks for lunch and then turned around and wrote their names on plastic take home folders! Sharpie Fine Point Permanent Markers are a MUST for every teacher! I have three to four sets in my classroom at all times!
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The Metallic Books Rings are a recent discovery of mine as I have begun to grow my library of QR codes. I simply cut apart the QR codes that my students will scan, laminate them, and hole punch them. Its super easy for me to insert a Metallic Book Ring through the punched holes and then hang them in our classroom library for my students to access. I group the QR codes by author and this helps my students find the books they want quickly! We also use the Metallic Book Rings for quickly binding classbooks and for storing our computer log-in cards!
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The Washable Chubby Markers are perfect for my students little hands and help them to work on grasping skills. They have been a great incentive for my students who work hard--what child wouldn't want to do their work with these cuties? The markers come in a box that makes getting them out and putting them away very easy! I can tell my hardworking students to grab a few colors and return them when they are done!
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We use the Pocket Dice in my classroom every week as a part of our morning meeting time. I change out the card inserts in the Pocket Dice to match our theme and students take turns rolling the dice to determine how they will respond to my question. Here you can see students have rolled the Pocket Dice to tell about something they have seen in the location pictured.
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The Retelling Nursery Rhymes Magnetic Activity Set has already become a classroom favorite of mine! My students can retell the nursery rhymes with the included magnetic pieces to help them quickly develop their comprehension and retelling skills!
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I’ve placed one of the “donut collectors” (as my students call them) on each one of our tables. Students at each table work together to earn the donut shaped tokens. Each time a table reaches a multiple of 10, the entire table can choose a prize from our classroom prize box! My students love encouraging each other to work together so that they can choose a small prize for their hard work!
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We LOVE practicing our alphabet and number recognition skills with the super cute Alphabet & Number Recognition Step Game! At the beginning of the year, we used this activity to help us sequence the letters of the alphabet and numbers, and we used it later in the year to help us say the letter sounds! When we flipped the “stones” over to the number side, my students placed the appropriate number of cubes on each number to check their number sense!
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Our Super Science Test Tubes are a BIG hit in our classroom science area! My students love mixing the colors together and shaking up the liquids that are inside. Once we start to head out side for some more science exploration, we will take our Super Science Test Tubes with us and catch some insects so we can look at them more closely!
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