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Teaching Kindergarten Foundations
A series on how to teach each segment of the Kindergarten Foundations collection: what to say, what to listen for, and how to run the independent check. Slide decks and podcast episodes sit side by side below, made for teachers and homeschool parents. Made by a K–12 school technology veteran with 20+ years in classrooms.
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Episode 0: The Five-Lesson System
How every set works: guide, guided practice, independent check. Use the arrow keys, tap the slide, or the buttons below.
The rest of the slate
- Episode 1: Teaching Letter FormationThe Write Letters Clearly strand, with the free sample set on screen.
- Episode 2: Teaching Letter CasePartners, changing case, and reading words in both cases.
- Episode 3: Teaching Sound AwarenessFirst, last, and middle sounds: all listening, no print.
- Episode 4: Teaching ShapesFind, sort, compare, draw, and explain.
- Episode 5: Teaching Describing & Position WordsThe Name and Describe sets, plus beside and below.
- Episode 6: Teaching First Sentences & Word BuildingBuild and Read Words, and Make a Sentence Make Sense.
- Episode 7: Planning Two Weeks with the Complete CollectionA teacher week and a homeschool week.
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P1: The Five-Lesson System, Explained for Teachers
6 min
How every Foundations set is built (guide, guided practice, independent check) and how to run it as morning work, in small groups, or through a volunteer’s hands.
- P2: Kitchen-Table Foundations: A Homeschool Parent’s Run-ThroughRunning Foundations lessons at home, one 10–15 minute sitting at a time, with honest fixes for reversals, tight grips, and tired hands.In production
- P3: Sounds, Sentences, and What “Ready” Actually Looks LikeSound awareness as listening before print, first sentences a child builds and reads back, and what this collection plainly does and does not claim.In production
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