Jul. 22, 2008 - Kindergarten Skill Ring
Katie is my eager and super excited kindergartener. She has been drawing in her journal every morning and then I write as she dictates to me. She loves feeling like a big kid. It is also so encouraging to me to have a child who doesn't complain or whine about having to write. The funny thing is that both of the boys have writing gifts, in their own ways.
I am busy creating a kindergarten curriculum for Katie that has her gifts and struggles in mind.
One idea I found online here and here, just scroll down until you see the skill ring link, is a skill ring. I'm not sure how other teachers use this idea but we printed out all the skills and then as Katie accomplishes a new skill she dates it and colors it. Then I laminate it for her, hole punch it, and slip it onto the ring. We tied several of her favorite ribbons on it just for cuteness.
I actually like this idea. It is a simple and yet thorough way to make sure the skills I want her to learn by next Spring have been accomplished. She likes it because it is a visual way to show off what she has learned.
This is the package we bought at Walmart.
