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Kindergarteners love to play and so much of that play time has been removed from the curriculum! Have you been in a kindergarten classroom lately? Gone are the days of nap time, play centers, and arts and crafts. So much of the play has been removed from their day. Last year I replaced traditional morning work with hands-on bins. The bins allowed the students to create and "play" in ways that the curriculum didn't allow for. It let kids shine in a new way. By funding our hands-on bins, you are giving my kindergarteners a chance to be creative, build, and explore. Students will be able to start their day by getting their brains going in a different way. Instead of coming in and getting a worksheet in the morning, students will choose a bin containing Playstix, Waffle Builders, Slot-A-Shape Builders, etc. and have time to explore and build with the materials in a small group. They will be practicing the life-long skills of collaboration, problem solving, and critical thinking. They won't get excited by another worksheet, but they will with the materials that I am hoping to provide them with!

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Kindergarteners love to play and so much of that play time has been removed from the curriculum! Have you been in a kindergarten classroom lately? Gone are the days of nap time, play centers, and arts and crafts. So much of the play has been removed from their day. Last year I replaced traditional morning work with hands-on bins. The bins allowed the students to create and "play" in ways that the curriculum didn't allow for. It let kids shine in a new way. By funding our hands-on bins, you are giving my kindergarteners a chance to be creative, build, and explore. Students will be able to start their day by getting their brains going in a different way. Instead of coming in and getting a worksheet in the morning, students will choose a bin containing Playstix, Waffle Builders, Slot-A-Shape Builders, etc. and have time to explore and build with the materials in a small group. They will be practicing the life-long skills of collaboration, problem solving, and critical thinking. They won't get excited by another worksheet, but they will with the materials that I am hoping to provide them with!

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