Plan Ahead
Anticipation is the secret in eliminating anxiety and making sure that morning meetings go well.
Use prepared materials such as my printables Count the Days materials and Illustrated Learning Intentions, to save yourself hours of preparation time.
The resources are meant to make curriculum goals easy to incorporate into your own day-to-day and therefore allow you the time to teach.
When you start morning meetings in your classroom, this does not have to be something over the top. These few steps will get you into the way to create a daily routine that
FAQs On Morning Meeting in Kindergarten
What are the purposes of a morning meeting?
The primary goal of a morning gathering should be to establish a positive tone to the day, generate an inclusive classroom atmosphere and get the learners on board with the learning policy that they are going to work towards.
Morning meetings can assist school students to ease the shift form home to school, and also offer a chance to reconnects social-emotional skills with independence and curricular concepts, like numeracy, literacy, and sequencing.
What are Ways to Integrate Morning Meetings Into a Play-Based Schedule?
In a play-based classroom, morning meetings serve as the door between teacher directed instruction and child-directed play. They can be kept short (1020 minutes) and focused enough to provide embedded learning goals and routines without removing any time away from play-based activities.
Likewise, if you use your morning meeting to set WALT goals, revise calendar work or practise phonic skills your tuning-in will be shorter and the students will have time to investigate.
Can I Differentiate Morning Meetings to Older/Younger Students?
Absolutely!
In the morning meetings, there is the flexibility of adapting it according to the age group:
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With younger students, the routine should be kept simple and visual, movement activities, and short concentration levels are also the key.
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Supply more complex arguments, higher-order thinking questions or group member led STEAM tasks to challenge the emerging abilities of older students.
Preparing to be Successful with Morning Meetings
The aspect of morning meetings is significant in classroom routine
These are extremely effective morning routines to redesign your mornings and ensure a productive day.
Summary of the Main Points
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Living in a town with no schedule is a good environment and has mutual goals both on the curriculum and the enhancement of the positive mood of the group.
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They create a consistent, intentional and interactive beginning to the day that gives students a sense of readiness and preparedness to learn.
Using appropriate tools, it is easy to make morning meetings effective.
To have effective and quality mornings, these strategies and resources can assist whether you are in the beginning stages or would like to improve your morning routine.
Ready to transform your mornings?
Download my Morning Meeting Visual Schedule Train, Illustrated Learning Intentions, and Count the Days resources to get started today.
With these tools, you’ll save time, reduce stress, and create a morning meeting routine that engages your students and supports their learning – every – single – day!