The Creative Curriculum for Kindergarten Digital Sampler - Flipbook - Page 25
Mighty Minutes
Embedded Professional Development
There’s always a part of the day when kindergarten teachers need to give their students a
“brain break”—time that gets them up and moving around in the classroom. Mighty Minutes®,
a collection of songs, chants, rhymes, games, and short activities, can be used to turn those
“brain breaks” into valuable learning opportunities that rarely require any additional materials.
Each of the resources in The Creative Curriculum® for Kindergarten contains
embedded professional development support for teachers at all levels of experience.
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Mighty Minutes® can be used anywhere,
any time to intentionally teach language,
literacy, math, science, social studies, or
physical skills, such as when teachers
are preparing to go outside or gathering
children for large-group time.
Title—Presents
the title of the activity.
Objectives—Lists the
objectives for development
and learning that are
addressed during that
activity.
Like the other resources in The Creative
Curriculum® for Kindergarten, Mighty
Minutes® are rooted in curricular
objectives. They aren’t just short, fun
songs and games to pass the time; they’re
short, fun songs and games that support
children’s development and learning.
Opportunities to use Mighty Minutes® are
indicated throughout the Teaching Guides.
Reference Number—Helps teachers
quickly locate individual Mighty Minutes®
cards, which are referred to by number
and title throughout the Teaching Guides.
(Mighty Minutes® don’t have to be used
in any particular order.)
What You Do—Provides guidance on
how to do the activity.
On the Back—The reverse side of each
Mighty Minutes® card suggests ways to
change the activity to either
1) focus on a different area of learning or
2) increase or decrease the complexity
of the activity.
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Teaching Guides include background
information about each featured study
topic to help teachers familiarize
themselves and get comfortable with
the content, and references throughout
draw teachers’ attention to the research
behind each day’s activities. Intentional
Teaching Experiences offer information to
guide teachers’ observations and provide
color-coded Teaching Sequences to help
teachers individualize instruction for the
students in their classroom. The Creative
Curriculum® for Kindergarten provides
moment-to-moment, day-to-day support
for teachers who want it, but there’s also
plenty of flexibility and choice for teachers
at all levels of experience.
Guide to The Creative Curriculum®
for Kindergarten
The Guide walks teachers through The
Creative Curriculum® for Kindergarten.
It provides a thorough overview of each
component and explains how everything
works together to help teachers build
high-quality programs for students. With
the Guide, teachers can easily see how
the curriculum helps them focus on what
matters most for the students in their
classroom each and every day.
Embedded professional
development, shown
here within a Teaching
Guide, ensures that
teachers are supported
in a variety of ways.
A free, two-hour online
tutorial provides an
introduction to The Creative
Curriculum® for Kindergarten
to help get teachers started
and show them how to use it
effectively in their classrooms.
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