Pre-K & Kindergarten Boost! (2X Week)
In this fun & engaging #academic Pre-K/Kinder class, we cover all skills needed to succeed in Kindergarten & beyond-including phonemic awareness, phonics, blending, number sense, shapes, simple addition/subtraction, calendar, & much more!
MaryAnn Byrd, Certified Teacher, Rdg Specialist
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(364)
What's included
2 live meetings
1 in-class hours per weekClass Experience
US Grade Pre-Kindergarten - 1
📣Calling All Preschoolers & Kindergarteners to this super engaging, VALUE-PACKED #academic Pre-K/Kindergarten class! Give your little learners a boost in Kindergarten skills to help them succeed!
‼️‼️THIS IS NOT A LETTER & NUMBER OF THE WEEK CLASS! THIS IS SO MUCH MORE‼️‼️
🌟This class is routine-based and structured to keep little learners engaged the entire class time.
🌟This is an ongoing class so you can jump in on ANY WEEK and not be "behind!"
🌟We meet twice a week for 30 minutes each class. I will upload lots of optional reinforcement activities in the form of .pdf files each week for you to extend our lessons and offer extra practice if you want!
🌟As little learners thrive on routine, we will keep the same routines and procedures each week. This also provides an environment for learners to become confident in expectations and put them at ease to concentrate on new content as it is introduced!
🌟Reading, math, science, and social studies will be incorporated into our lessons weekly.
🌟We will be learning:
🔠Letters and sounds
🌞Days of the week
🌛 Months of the year
🔢 Numbers and math skills
🔺 2D and 3D Shapes
📖 Sight words
🧠 Many other core skills weekly!
🌟This is a year-round class, so you can supplement your regular curriculum with this class, or just jump in and sharpen skills as needed! We will cover sounds (phonemic awareness), letters (graphemes), blending (putting the sounds together), sight words, numbers (including number recognition, counting, less/more, simple measurement, etc), beginning addition and subtraction, 2D and 3D shapes, days of the week, months of the year, letter and number writing, and much more! Throughout this ongoing class, we will cover all of the national Pre-K standards (and many Kinder standards) so they will be more than ready for Kindergarten (or you may choose to supplement your Kindergarten program with this class)!
🌟I will upload handouts in the classroom every Sunday for the following week's class meetings. All printouts are optional in all of my classes. However, if printing is an option, and students are mature enough to complete the worksheet(s) in class with me, I recommend it. However, if students aren't quite ready for that step, I recommend allowing them to do it with me on my screen. You can always begin adding in the printouts when they are ready. There is no pressure either way-you know your child best!
🌟If you would like your child to write with me during class but printing is not an option, a whiteboard or any sheet of paper will work just fine!
🌟 MUTE BUTTON: Because I call on students very often throughout the class to sing a learning song together, answer questions, repeat after me, or share during sharing time, I leave everyone on unmute IF I can. If there is background noise coming through your child's speaker (this may include an adult helping your child, a conversation going on in the same room, a dark barking, a T.V. on, etc.) I will mute your child for a few seconds and then prompt them to unmute and reassess whether or not I can leave them on unmute. I prefer all students to be on unmute, but I know sometimes they need to be muted and that is perfectly alright. If you as the parent/guardian feel they need to be muted so you can help them with a particular task, please feel free to do so. While the nature of this class is not thematic, we will briefly visit the following themes to help us with our new or review skills:
***NOTE*** THEME SCHEDULE MAY VARY SLIGHTLY
JUNE:
Week of June 5th: Poetry 📗📘
Week of June 12th: Opposites 😁😒
Week of June 19th: Let's Go on a Picnic 🧺🥪
Week of June 26th: Plant Life Cycle 🌱🪴
JULY:
Week of July 3rd: Rain and Rainbows 🌧️🌈
Week of July 10th: Nocturnal Animals 🦉🦇
Week of July 17th: What a Colorful World🌈🪂
Week of July 24th: Farm Life🐄🚜
Week of July 31st: All Kinds of Pets 🐹🐕🐈
AUGUST:
Week of August 7th: Transportation Everywhere 🚗🚲
Week of August 14th: Clothes I Wear🧥👖
Week of August 21st: Emotions 😀😟😤
Week of August 28th: The Five Senses 👃🏽👀👂🏽👄🤚🏽
SEPTEMBER:
Week of September 4th: Forest Friends 🦊🐰
Week of September 11th: Community Helpers 👮🏽♀️👩🏽🚒
Week of September 18th: Bugs, Butterflies, and Insects 🦋🐜
Week of September 25th: All Kinds of Weather ⛈️🌈🌞
OCTOBER:
Week of October 2nd: Ocean Life 🦈🦑🌊
Week of October 9th: Pond Life 🐸🐟
Week of October 16th: Rhyme Time 😺🦇
Week of October 23rd: Mindfulness 💭
Week of October 30th: All About Me 🧒🏾
NOVEMBER:
Week of November 6th: Birds 🐦🪺
Week of November 13th: Bees 🐝🍯
Week of November 20th: We are Thankful 🍂🦃 (We will only meet on Tuesday this week!)
Week of November 27th: Friendship 👦🏾👦🏻👧🏼👧🏾
DECEMBER:
Week of December 4th: Space 👨🏾🚀🌎
Week of December 11th: Let it Snow❄️☃️
Week of December 18th: Winter Animals🐻❄️🐧
Week of December 25th: NO CLASS
JANUARY:
Week of January 1st: Habitats 🪺🏠
Week of January 8th: Hot and Cold ♨️🧊
Week of January 15th: Jungle Animals 🐯🦜
Week of January 22nd: Kindness 😸😊
Week of January 29th: Reptiles 🦎🐍
FEBRUARY:
Week of February 5th: Garden 🥕🥔
Week of February 12th: Flowers 🌸🌻🌼
CLASS WILL CONTINUE each week with more awesome learning! I will not stop this class for summer or holiday breaks other than Thanksgiving Day and the week of Christmas. If you are seeing this class, we are still going strong and would love to have your learner join us:) Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions!!
📃Daily Class Routine📃
👋🏽Greetings/Hello Songs
🔤Alphabet Song
🎤Days of the Week
🎵Months of the Year
📅Calendar Time
🔊Sounds
🕺🏽Dance Break
📚New Content Introduced and Reinforced Throughout the Lesson
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PreK, phonemic awareness, phonics, blending, preschool, pre-k, ABC, letter, sounds, graphemes, numbers, math, science, social studies, alphabet, circle time, kindergarten, full curriculum, #academicLearning Goals
Students will learn all #academic skills needed to succeed in Kindergarten and beyond-including phonemic awareness, phonics, blending, number sense, shapes, simple addition/subtraction, calendar, and so much more!
Other Details
Supply List
All optional printouts for the week will be uploaded in the classroom every Sunday.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined May, 2020
4.9
364reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Bachelor's Degree in Education from University of Southern Mississippi
***Get $20 off my PreK/Kinder class, or try another class for free with code MaryAnn2020***
Hello! I am so happy to be here and tell you a little about myself. I have been a certified teacher and reading specialist for over two decades and greatly enjoy creating and teaching courses that are fun for the students, packed with value, and super engaging! I am a kind and encouraging teacher, and I love to acknowledge every success in the classroom-big and small! I have created the following curriculum with your learner in mind! For preschoolers just beginning to learn letters and sounds, I recommend starting with my PreK course that covers not only reading, but also math, science, and social studies content. For those students who do not need an entire Pre-K course or those that know letters and sounds and are ready to begin reading CVC words, I recommend taking my ongoing classes in the following order starting with the first class (Feel free to copy and paste or scroll down past this profile to go directly to the class links). For those learners who know most CVC words or can easily sound those words out, I recommend beginning with the second class.
1. Pre-K & Kinder: Complete Curriculum & Circle Time (Meets 4 Times per Week). This is an ongoing, YEAR-ROUND course where we will cover all standards for PreK and most Kinder standards as well. Your learner can jump in at any time and not be behind.
https://bit.ly/3DjtjX2
2. Let's Learn to Read (Beginners): Blending and Reading CVC Words in Word Families (eighteen-week content rotation cycle) This course is also available as a FLEXible 10-week course option for those that would like to take this class but can't find the class time you need.
https://bit.ly/3dBap5d
3. Beginning Reading Skills: Blend, Read, Spell, and Write CVC and Silent E Words (fifteen-week content rotation cycle)
https://bit.ly/3SfOO1m
4. Sight Word Science: A Better Way! Learning Tricky Parts by Heart (Kinder/First) (16-week content rotation cycle) This class can be taken in conjunction with my Bossy E class if your learner has a good grasp of CVC words, letters, and sounds.
https://bit.ly/3LHecuq
5. First Grade Reading Skills: (Beyond CVC and Silent E) Diphthongs, Digraphs, Vowel Teams, and Blends (20-week content rotation cycle). This class can be taken in conjunction with Sight Word Science if students have a good grasp of CVC and CVCe words.
https://bit.ly/3C4QTr5
6. Reading Fluency Practice: Increasing Fluency with Fun Timed Challenges Using First and Second-Grade Fiction and Nonfiction Passages: This class can be taken in conjunction with Sight Words Made Easy if your child has a good foundation of CVC and CVCe words. It is ideal for students in first and second grade or very strong readers in kindergarten. This is an ongoing class that meets once a week.
https://bit.ly/3UM31or
7. Book Club For Beginners: Gaining Confidence in Fluency & Comprehension: Level 1
In this ongoing class, we will meet twice per week to read aloud, have discussions, play games, and complete extension activities to increase learners' reading confidence.
https://bit.ly/3C5E5ke
8. 2nd Grade Reading Comprehension: This class is for students in first grade who are strong readers, students on second-grade reading level, or students in third grade who may need a little extra help. This class focuses heavily on comprehension, so if your child needs fluency practice, see my previous three classes on this list! This is an ongoing class that meets once per week covering the five big comprehension skills (direct recall, inferences/predictions, unfamiliar vocabulary using context clues, main idea and details, and sequencing) using second-grade fiction and nonfiction passages.
https://bit.ly/3UyIsLW
9. Reading Fluency: Fun Timed Reading Challenges With 3rd Grade Passages. This class is ideal for students who are reading at a higher 2nd-grade level or a lower 3rd-grade level, or those who have taken my first fluency class using first and second-grade passages.
https://bit.ly/3rlaOvX
I am a certified teacher, certified to teach grades K-8 in all subjects, as well as grades 9-12 in reading. I have taught in public, private, homeschool, and online school settings. I have been teaching for more than 20 years, and I also spent ten years simultaneously traveling the U.S. as an educational consultant training teachers in classroom management, behavior management, and reading strategies. I have taught all core subjects in grades K4-8, as well as reading intervention in grades 9-12. I hold an internationally recognized TESOL certification and have been teaching ESL to children ages 3-16 online since June 2018. I love to connect with students and help them discover and nurture a love of reading. I have two children, ages 9 and 18, a miniature schnauzer named Maggie, a Catahoula kerr named Chief, and two cats named Echo and Jesse! I'm excited to meet your child in class.Reviews
Live Group Class
$30
weekly ($15 per class)2x per week
30 min
Completed by 1 learner
Live video meetings
Ages: 4-8
3-7 learners per class
