The students at my school are from a rural farm community. We have a small school at the edge of a large corporation. Our students come from all socioeconomic backgrounds. We are lucky to have great families that work hard and are involved in our school events, but we don't get a lot of extra funding from the state. This is due to our school not qualifying as a Title I school. Title I schools have a higher level of free and reduced-price lunches than we currently have.
My sweet kiddos are hard workers, but they have lots of extra energy and thrive during hands-on activities.
We try to keep moving around our classroom several times throughout the day to help with this. I also have tried to incorporate a flexible seating environment to keep their little bodies wiggling, while engaged in learning, while at our seats. We have had a lot of success when we use hands-on manipulatives and activities.
I love to provide learning opportunities that will get my students moving, thinking, and stimulating their learning by creating.
My Project
My students are active and like to do lots of hands-on things. These peg light boards will be a great addition at center time because my kids will be able to create letters and words for practice and they will be having so much fun they won't even know they are learning! Then the math boards and materials will allow them to use lights and practice patterning, counting, and measuring during math station time. They will provide lots of practice on skills we are focusing on in kindergarten!
My students thrive with hands-on learning and these new light-up boards will give them an addition of a sensory tool to increase their hands-on learning!
I am so excited to get these new boards and materials in my classroom to help my kiddos learn! They are going to love using them and have so much fun learning both letters and words and math skills as well! I am so lucky to have great students and they deserve every creative learning opportunity that I can provide and these would truly make a wonderful addition to my classroom!
More than half of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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