Kindergarten Teacher Survival Guide
Kindergarten Teacher Survival Guide
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Let us help you get organised and have a successful year with this handbook written especially for Kindergarten (Foundation / Prep) teachers. This resource will help you with tips, hints, strategies and ideas.
The resource is a collaboration with the fabulous Lucy Jane Loves Learning.
We have written this guide to help answer all the questions you have or didn’t even know you had about being a Kindy teacher! It includes a range of helpful forms and checklists, as well as loads of tips we have learned teaching kindy ourselves over the years!
How to use this resource:
This resource is designed to provide you with a one-stop-shop to help you with all your questions and queries as a Kindergarten teacher. It includes a range of preparation and planning checklists, easy to understand information about the general running of an early years classroom and a place to store teaching inspiration and ideas. See the following page for printing guidelines.
This document comes in colour and B&W printing options.
What is included:
- Welcome to Kindergarten letter
- What to expect
- Advice from other educators
- To do list template
- Ideas brainstorm page
- List of our favourite websites
- Useful website template
Getting Organised
- Things to prepare in advance
- Worth the investment
Setting up your Classroom
- Classroom spaces list
- Classroom decoration checklist
- Classroom setup tips
- Classroom supply checklist
- Classroom planning page
Classroom Management
- Behaviour management
- Our favourite “Call and Response” list
- Routines checklist
- Kinder class job system
- Making Connections with students (NEW)
The First Day and Week
- What to do on the First Day
- Example first day plan
- What to do in the first week
Communicating with Parents
- Things to keep in mind
- Methods of communication
- Ideas for Parent helpers
- Parent helper letter (reading groups)
- Parent information session checklist
Teaching & Learning Ideas
- Reading group activities
- Our favourite Kinder read alouds
- Writing in Kinder
- Fast Finisher suggestions
- Kindergarten Homework guide
- Professional Development
- Assessment in Kindergarten
- LSO (Teacher Aide) support
- Other Misc tips
Printables (Read to Print activities)
- Includes 10 various literacy and numeracy print and go lessons
Inspiration and Notes
- Blank pages for note-taking
Distance / Remote Learning (NEW)
- Distance Learning for Kindergarten students
- Family Fun Table
- Setup considerations
- Literacy, Numeracy, digital and independent work suggestions
This package includes everything you need to get organised for the school year and loads of tips and printables to help you along the way.
We are passionate about helping teachers at Rainbow Sky Creations and Lucy Jane Loves Learning. We hope that this package helps you in your classroom this year!
Thanks for visiting!
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would not have survived without this!! First year out as a teacher on kindy, this was perfect, so handy.
This was very helpful for my first year of teaching kindergarten!
I used this resource for me when I just began in the classroom. I loved the information provided and it helped me to be able to take a breath and say "I got this"
This was my first year teaching kindergarten and it was so scary for me. This resource really helped me to calm down and get organized before the first few weeks of the school year.
This was perfect for me to keep myself in check when teaching my kinders procedures
Great resource! Very helpful and easy to follow along with
I gained some skills from this resource, but I did not feel like some of the included information was very beneficial.
Was a great way to help guide me in getting reading for teaching in a new grade
Fantastic resource for kindergarten. Students loved it
Great! My students enjoyed this very much. Thank you
Wonderful resource! Thank you! I was able to use this in both first grade and kinder.
This was a very helpful resource as I am teaching kindergarten for the first time. It was very informative and had some great advice.
great help
This is an amazing resource! As a first year kindergarten teacher, it felt overwhelming, but this binder package gave me peace of mind and gave me an idea of what to expect. Thank you so much!
This is a wonderful resource! I will be able to use it for many years.
Not having taught the little ones for a few years it was great to read through and jog my memory. So many great ideas and I cannot wait to use them.
We are so glad you loved it Kryshia! Love the kids loved it too! Thanks for sharing :)
A life saver! Thank you! :)
Amazing Kathryn!!
Very detailed, super useful
Awesome Jemma! We love that you found it so helpful! Thanks so much for sharing with us!
Super helpful! Lots of great ideas.
Fantastic Rachel!
This was so helpful for a first time kindie teacher! Merci!!
You are welcome! And Congratulations on your first year!!
This was a great resource to get some ideas flowing for my first year of teaching kindergarten. It helped calm some of the anxiety that I was feeling.
We think so too, Lauren! Lovely to hear, Thanks for sharing!! Glad it could calm some anxiety too!!
So many great ideas, hints and tips! Definitely what I needed starting with my own kinders for the first time, even though I've been teaching for a while.
Rosanna!! Thanks so much for sharing!! Glad it was def what you needed! Thanks for sharing!! xx
Great resource!
Absolutely loved having this to start the year off on my first year of Kindergarten. I found the whole document useful. Thank you
So great!! We are glad to hear! Thanks so much for sharing!!
A great resource for any Kindergarten teacher, experienced or new to the game.
That is so kind of you to say! Thank you, Samantha.
Great resource- thank you!
You are very welcome.
I love reading through this book. I am going into my second year of teaching Prep/Kindergarten and I still look on it for ideas and help. Would recommend if you are starting to teach this year level!!
Thank you for this great review, Georgia! Good luck with the year ahead!
Has been such a great resource to refer to even with years of Kindergarten experience. Nice to have a document that has everything you need to remember and implement!
Your lovely feedback has made my night! Thank you, Jen!
This resource is so helpful with helping me prep for my first kindergarten/prep class.
That is great to hear, Jodie! Thank you for the feedback!
Exactly what I was looking for!
Good luck with the little ones! You've got this!
AWESOME Resource!! :)
Thanks for your feedback, Julia.
It's a great resource for new teachers to get organized for the school year for kindergarten.
Thanks for your feedback!
This has been a great read! Practical advice that helped me not feel overwhelmed starting the year!
Thanks for your feedback, Katherine!