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Title of Drjeanandfriends: "Dr. Jean Feldman & Friends Blog - Songs, Music, Activities & Downloads"

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These ideas are almost like seeds that you can take and grow into your own activities. Advisors and a WAITING Chair (Melanie Goodwin)Two children are selected to be “advisors” for the day. During guided reading/workstations students ask a partner or one of the “advisors” before sitting in the “waiting chair” to ask the teacher. “Ask three, then me!” They have to wait until ...

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Where’s Bear?Write sight words on the sides of cups. Put a teddy bear counter under one of the cups. The children say a word and the teacher lifts the cup to see if the teddy bear counter is under that cup. Tally who finds the bear and count who has the most, least, etc.        *This activity has endless possibilities. You could use it for letters, numer...

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Through the years when I did workshops I would invite teachers to write down their ideas so I could share them on my blog.  Take a look and think about how you could adapt a few of these activities for your classroom.  TEACHERS DON'T STEAL IDEAS...THEY HARVEST IDEAS!I’m Done Jar (Deb Rocco)Put pictures of activities that children can do if they finish their work (puzzl...

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SONG CATCHER was a popular movie in 2000 about a musicologist who discovered a treasure of traditional English ballads that had been preserved in the mountains of Appalachia for over a hundred years. Her goal was to "catch" the songs, preserve them, and share them with the outside world.I liked to think of myself as a TEACHER IDEA CATCHER. As I traveled across the United States ...

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I have so much fun going through ideas teachers have shared with me at my workshops. See if you can make a “fist list” of three new things you’d like to try this week.Rainbow Clap(Kammi O'Hara) 
Start on one side of your body and clap in an arch over to the other side.Spiderman(Jessica Schmidt)
To focus children’s attention in the hall say, “Spiderman.” When the children hear th...

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