Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Free Resources
  • TPT Store
  • Contact
Facebook Pinterest
Desk Secrets
Desk Secrets
Powerful Reasons To Perform A Musical In Your K-1 Classroom
Poetry and Music

Powerful Reasons To Perform A Musical In Your K-1 Classroom

Kindergarteners and first graders are and have more energy than a pack of Energizer bunnies! They love to sing and dance to everything from “Baby…

Read More Powerful Reasons To Perform A Musical In Your K-1 ClassroomContinue

I’m A Mama Hen
Spring

I’m A Mama Hen

I’ve hatched chickens with my kindergarten class.  Have you ever wondered how to do this? Once upon a time 7 eggs arrive in a kindergarten…

Read More I’m A Mama HenContinue

March Activities For Kindergarten and First Grade
Centers | March | Writing

March Activities For Kindergarten and First Grade

Spring is in the air! Indoor recess is a thing of the past! Or is it? Wait….I think it’s raining again (or is that still…

Read More March Activities For Kindergarten and First GradeContinue

February Activities For Kindergarten and First Grade
Centers | February | Writing

February Activities For Kindergarten and First Grade

It’s the middle of winter and you’ve had indoor recess more times than you care to count. Maybe even more times than you have gotten…

Read More February Activities For Kindergarten and First GradeContinue

Classroom Management Ideas For Engagement
Beginning of the Year | Classroom Management

Classroom Management Ideas For Engagement

Are you looking for some new classroom management ideas? Picture this: You are starting a brand new year. OR you have returned from a break…

Read More Classroom Management Ideas For EngagementContinue

Rhyming and Counting Syllables In The Classroom
Centers | Phonological Awareness

Rhyming and Counting Syllables In The Classroom

I like to teach the building blocks of Phonological Awareness which includes rhyming and counting syllables. It’s so important for preschool, kindergarten and first grade…

Read More Rhyming and Counting Syllables In The ClassroomContinue

Classroom Schedule In Kindergarten
Beginning of the Year | Classroom Schedule

Classroom Schedule In Kindergarten

Imagine being a brand new puppy in a home for the first day. You don’t know the routines or the language and you are separated…

Read More Classroom Schedule In KindergartenContinue

Monthly Writing Prompts Using A Scrapbook
Beginning of the Year | Writing

Monthly Writing Prompts Using A Scrapbook

It is so much fun to see student writing progress using monthly writing prompts. It’s even more fun to turn the monthly writing prompts into…

Read More Monthly Writing Prompts Using A ScrapbookContinue

Top 10 Favorite Kindergarten Must Haves
Uncategorized

Top 10 Favorite Kindergarten Must Haves

There are few things that I enjoy more than shopping for Kindergarten must haves. Well…..um……er…..I might like playing the piano more. Oh! And I love…

Read More Top 10 Favorite Kindergarten Must HavesContinue

Tips For Poetry Journals In The Classroom
Centers | Poetry and Music

Tips For Poetry Journals In The Classroom

Ever wanted some fresh new creative ideas of how to use Poetry Journals in your classroom? I remember when I first started teaching how I…

Read More Tips For Poetry Journals In The ClassroomContinue

Page navigation

1 2 Next PageNext
Meet natalie

My name is Natalie, the creator of Desk Secrets. I've taught kindergarten and first grade for 20 years and I'm so excited to share ideas, tips and tricks with you.

Connect with me
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
Popular Posts
Powerful Reasons To Perform A Musical In Your K-1 Classroom

Powerful Reasons To Perform A Musical In Your K-1 Classroom

I’m A Mama Hen

I’m A Mama Hen

March Activities For Kindergarten and First Grade

March Activities For Kindergarten and First Grade

February Activities For Kindergarten and First Grade

February Activities For Kindergarten and First Grade

© 2023 Desk Secrets - WordPress Theme by Kadence WP

  • Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Free Resources
  • TPT Store
  • Contact
Search