Hello friends!

As we go back to school, I wanted to share some of my favorite morning meeting games for kindergarten. These morning meeting games build a sense of community that is so important in kindergarten! I remember my first year teaching Kindergarten, my principal was very strict and wanted us to jump into reading instruction using this fancy reading program she had purchased. She wanted us to jump right in on the FIRST day and SKIP MORNING MEETING! I was a newbie fresh meat teacher, so I did everything exactly as she said. There I was, the first day of school, reading from a reading program while my students were bouncing off the walls. My students wanted to get to know their friends and their teachers and get acquainted with school, not listen to a reading program on the first day!

Needless to say, I have honed my skills since then, and now I ALWAYS start the day with morning meeting. My favorite part is the morning meeting games and activities, and I wanted to share some quick, easy, and fun games you can use for morning meeting in kindergarten, prek, and first grade.