It's Back to School! Kindergarten Circle Time
This traditional circle time includes calendar skills, counting, shapes, letter/sound activities, sight words, math, music and storytime. You can sign up, withdraw and sign up again. Great for parents who need a flexible schedule!
Miss Libby, 30 Year Veteran Teacher
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(697)
What's included
1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade Kindergarten
It’s Back to School! Kindergarten Circle Time! August 12-18, 2024 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Adding/subtracting and counting on a number bond 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: "It's Ok To Be Different" by, Todd Parr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 19-25, 2024 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Adding/subtracting and counting on a number bond 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, by Nadine Bernard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ August 26-September 1, 2024 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Telling time on a clock. (on the hour, e.g 4 o'clock) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: Puppet Show: "Goldilocks and The Three Bears" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ September 2-September 8, 2024 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Counting and adding on a "counting machine" 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: " "The Feelings Book" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 9-September 15, 2024 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: patterning with colours (AB patterns: ABB patterns, AAB patterns) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8. Story time: Puppet show: The Three Billy Goats Gruff --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 16- September 22, 2024 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Graphing (using dinosaurs!) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8. Story time: "What A Wonderful World" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 23-September 29, 2024 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Fractions using Pizza slices (whole and half 1/2) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8. Story time: "There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly"---Puppets) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 30-October 6, 2024 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Counting and addition of a "10 frame" 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 9 Story Time: "Llama Llama Red Pyjama" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 7-October 13 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Counting and adding on a "counting machine" 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8. Story time: "The Gingerbread Man" (puppets) ____________________________________________________________________ *********OCTOBER !4-OCTOBER 20 NO CLASSES THIS WEEK************ ____________________________________________________________________ October 21-October 27, 2024 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Counting an addition on a "ten frame" 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8. Story: "Love You Forever" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- October 28-November 3, 2024 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: simple FRACTIONS WHOLE and HALF 1/2 (using pizza images) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: "Puppet Show: The Three Little Pigs " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 4-November 10, 2024 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Measuring the Height and Length of a Dinosaur (CHILDREN ARE INVITED TO BRING A TOY DINOSAUR CLASS TO SHOW) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: " How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight" , by Jane Yolen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 11- November 17, 2024 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: 3D shapes (attributes (side/points/faces, cylinder, cube and sphere) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: " It's Not Easy Being a Bunny" , by Marylyn Sadler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ November 18-November 24, 2024 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: measuring weight/mass 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: " Papa Please Get Me The Moon", by Eric Carle ______________________________________________________________________ November 25- December 1. 2024 Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Adding/subtracting and counting on a number bond 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8. Story time: BROWN BEAR BROWN BEAR _____________________________________________________________________ December 2,-December 8, 2024 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Adding/subtracting and counting on a number bond 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: "It's Ok To Be Different" by, Todd Parr ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 9-December 15 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Adding/subtracting and counting on a number bond 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: The Feelings book , by Nadine Bernard ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ December 16-December 22 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Telling time on a clock. (on the hour, e.g 4 o'clock) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: Puppet Show: "Goldilocks and The Three Bears" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DECEMBER 23- JANUARY 1, 2025 NO CLASSES _______________________________________________________________________ January 2-January 5, 2205 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Counting and adding on a "counting machine" 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: " Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" ____________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 6-January 12, 2025 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: patterning with colours (AB patterns: ABB patterns, AAB patterns) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8. Story time: Puppet show: The Three Billy Goats Gruff --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 13-January 19, 2025 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Graphing (using dinosaurs!) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8. Story time: "What A Wonderful World" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 20-January 26, 2025 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Fractions using Pizza slices (whole and half 1/2) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8. Story time: "There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly"---Puppets) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- January 27-February 2, 2025 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Counting and addition of a "10 frame" 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 9 Story Time: "Llama Llama Red Pyjama" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 3- February 9, 2205 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Counting and adding on a "counting machine" 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8. Story time: "The Gingerbread Man" (puppets) ____________________________________________________________________ February 10-February 16, 2025 October 21-October 27, 2024 1. Hello Song (children are encouraged to bring a favourite dinosaur toy to class) 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Counting an addition on a "ten frame" 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8. Story: "Love You Forever" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- February 17-February 23, 2025 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: simple FRACTIONS WHOLE and HALF 1/2 (using pizza images) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: "Puppet Show: The Three Little Pigs " ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ February 24-March 2, 2024 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Measuring the Height and Length of a Dinosaur (CHILDREN ARE INVITED TO BRING A TOY DINOSAUR CLASS TO SHOW) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: " How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight" , by Jane Yolen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 3-March 9, 2024 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: 3D shapes (attributes (side/points/faces, cylinder, cube and sphere) 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: " It's Not Easy Being a Bunny" , by Marylyn Sadler ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ March 3-March 9, 2024 1. Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Counting and adding on a TEN frame 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8 Story time: " Papa Please Get Me The Moon", by Eric Carle ____________________________________________________________________ MARCH 10-MARCH 16, 2025. NO CLASSES THIS WEEK ____________________________________________________________________ March 17-March 23, 2025 Hello Song 2. Letter identification and corresponding sounds 3. Learners show me their writing (celebrating their names) Parent can help write their child's name. 4. We review the calendar 5. MATH: Adding/subtracting and counting on a number bond 6. Rhythm stick song (same song throughout the month: song changes monthly) 7. Reviewing a set of 10 sight words (same sight words throughout the month, sight words change monthly) 8. Story time: BROWN BEAR BROWN BEAR
Learning Goals
Students will learn the days of the week, colours, letters and their corresponding sounds, simple sight words, numeracy skills including counting, representing numbers to 20, simple addition and subtraction, shapes and their attributes. They will participate in a story and learn to retell that story and make inferences.
Other Details
Supply List
On occasion, you are welcome to print an activity I may send it out. Therefor a printer would be needed. This would be totally optional.
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined July, 2020
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Teacher expertise and credentials
KINDERGARTEN ENTHUSIAST
I plan to teach the Kindergarten curriculum. It will be embedded with music throughout all of my classes.
I have been a certified elementary teacher for over 32 years! I am also TESOL certified ("Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages).
I have a Bachelor of Science, University of Toronto (Canada)
I have an Bachelor of Education, University of Windsor (Canada)
I have my ZUMBINI® cerification.
This quote by Cheryl Lavender perfectly describes my approach to music education:
"The fact the children can make beautiful music is less significant than the fact that music can make beautiful children."Reviews
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