Story Telling with Puppet Pals App

Puppet Pals is a great app! My students use the Puppet Pals app (compatible with iPad - but it works on an iPod too) to retell stories. They are able to choose the characters and settings. Then, they recorded themselves telling a story. It's great for those shy students. Below is a sample story (I'll admit, I tried to persuade them away from the 'helpless princess' but the kindies vetoed me), they made up everything, including the story line. The focus was dialogue, so they played the parts of the characters. Here it is: from start to finish it only took 5 minutes!

Teaching Colors

When I found out I was teaching Kinder, the first thing I did was scour YouTube for Kinder-themed videos. Below are some of my favorite color videos (my students love them too). Every morning, I let the Helper of the Day pick a song or two to sing.Warning: the tunes are catchy and will stick in your head!

Click the link to see all my KinderVideos (on Pinterest, of course) that I found on Youtube. 

 Songs are by Frog Street and videos by BeebleBrox01.