Entry # 2

http://www.instructorweb.com/lesson/rhymetime.asp

This blog is a website that provides activity to help children with rhyming. This site is a great outlet for teachers to come and get ideas on how to help the process of teaching phonemic awareness to children.

As a kindergarten teacher, my kids are starting at the bottom. We have been learning the alphabet and are now exploring rhyming, onset and ending sounds, blending, syllables, segmenting, you name it, we are learning it! I don’t feel like you can ever have too many ideas or ways to teach to children, especially young children.

What I have learned about blogging from simply looking, is that there is so much out there to be found! I am amazed at all that I have found, from just looking; ideas about everything from math to science, reading to writing, arts and crafts to phonemic awareness. Literally the world is at your fingertips if you just take the time to look.


http://www.mrsnelsonsclass.com

This blog is an actual teachers blog, Mrs. Nelson. It appears to not be active as of 2007, but I spent 20 minutes browsing her site. She has everything from teacher resources, to calendar events, to a parents section for her children’s parents. It is a really cool site!

I clicked on the classroom management link on her site, I always like to see how other teachers manage their classroom. I feel as though young children are definitely the hardest, and lucky me kindergarteners, just because they are new to this whole “school” thing. She laid out her classroom, showed pictures and scenarios of how she ran her room. I really like her site!

Again, what I have learned from blogging is that if I take the time to search, I will find many of the answers that I am looking for right at my fingertips.