Morning classroom activities

In my first fews years of teaching if you would have asked me what my favorite part of the day was I would have never said the morning. My morning routine used to be the opposite of calm with worksheets for morning work and kids constantly getting up to ask me to read them the directions. Once I shi

Morning Meeting Activities will help students fall in love with school! Help students become life longer learners by implementing morning meeting!

Morning Meeting Sharing makes up the most personal moments of your circle time. This sharing structure allows students to feel confident and

Use these simple morning meeting games to start your school day right. Kids will love the games, and you will love how easy they are to use!

Strong morning routines = the basis for the day! Anyone else ever feel unprepared in the morning and then realize they just set the tone for the entire day?

Morning Meeting is a great time to build community in your classroom. The activity portion of Morning Meeting is a way to include academics and fun into your morning routine. These activities can be done in the virtual classroom, in person classroom, or hybrid classroom. There is also a FREE Digital Morning Meeting Planning Page! {1st Grade, Grade 1, First Grade, Grade 2, 2nd Grade, Second Grade, 3rd Grade, Grade 3, Third Grade}

Discover active and alternative ideas to morning work to create a soft start to your day. Use a morning choice board during arrival time to give preschool, kindergarten, and first grade children open-ended choices to start their day. Activities include building, sketching, yoga, writing news, reading books, puzzles, writing in a journal, telling a story and more. For easy set up, place materials in tubs or bins and set them on tables for kids to enjoy upon entering the classroom each…

Morning meeting in kindergarten is such an important part of the day. Use these free morning meeting question handouts to lead discussions with your students. Morning meeting helps to build a positive community with your students. Click to read about the morning meeting steps we use in kindergarten and get these free morning meeting handouts.

Are you sick of using worksheets for morning work? If so, you are going to want to check out this blog post where I share 3 alternatives for worksheets. These first grade morning work ideas are engaging and fun for kids. Using morning tubs or morning journals where students use daily writing prompts are great a way to incorporate learning without having it be boring. Learn more about these morning work ideas now!