Lydia Helgesen

Kindergarten Teacher @RandolphStars @APSVirginia | Northern Virginia Green Fellow @TeachforAmerica | M.Ed ECE @GeorgeMasonU | Ed.S Reading @UVAEdu

[Maestria Gunawardena @RachelGunaward1]

¡Estoy muy emocionado de que la clase de #kindergarten de @RandolphIBStars esté comenzando a limpiar los parterres de nuestro jardín para prepararnos para la siembra de primavera! ¡Hicieron un trabajo fantástico limpiando las malas hierbas! #APSgreen @HopeMultiplied #APSisAwesome

[Maestria Gunawardena @RachelGunaward1]

So thrilled that @RandolphIBStars #kindergarten class is starting to clear our garden beds to prepare for spring planting! They did a fantastic job clearing weeds! #APSgreen @HopeMultiplied #APSisAwesome

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

Thanks @amelia_draper for teaching our kindergarteners all about weather today! What a fantastic experience for our students! @RandolphStars @APSVirginia @nbcwashington

[Carlos Ramirez @principal_aps]

Thank you so much @amelia_draper from @nbcwashington for coming to read to our @RandolphStars and teach us about frozen precipitation! Lots of future meteorologist in the audience! @APSVirginia

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

Gingerbread house day! So much candy, icing, and fun #kindergartenrocks @RandolphStars

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

Today we learned about Hanukkah and made menorahs with pattern blocks! Such creativity from these kindergartners #handsonlearning @RandolphStars

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

We concluded our @Amplify #CKLA unit on weather & seasons by reading our opinion writing to one another! #kindergartenrocks @RandolphStars @randolph_reads @APSLiteracy

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

The @RandolphStars K team spread kindness to our instructional assistants by treating them to coffee and an extended break time! We are SO thankful for Marcela, Maria and Michael!🌟 @AP_Randolph @principal_aps #Caring #RandolphKindnessChallenge #IBProfileOfCaring @RandolphIBStars

[Carlos Ramirez @principal_aps]

It’s a @ProjectZeroHGSE Day @RandolphStars Keeping the learning alive and reflecting on our practices! Planning for a Project Zero PL after Thanksgiving!
#HarvardSwag

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

Students made September and October reflective posters today by writing labels and recalling all the experiences we’ve had in our first IB unit #whoweare @RandolphStars @RandolphIBStars @ibpyp

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

Numberless story problems for the win! Thanks to @ChapuisC123 Kindergarten students were deeply engaged in discussing how much candy was lost or gained #littlemathematicians #kindergartenrocks @RandolphStars @APSMath

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

Beautiful day for a nature walk to culminate our @Amplify #CKLA unit on the five senses! We also collected five leaves to compare and contrast colors, shapes, and sizes in #math #interdisciplinary #kindergartenrocks @RandolphStars @ibpyp @randolph_reads @APSMath @APSLiteracy

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

Working hard on our five senses self portraits by adding skin color details today! #interdisciplinarylearning #WhoWeAre #kindergartenrocks @ibpyp @RandolphStars @RandolphIBStars

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

What a beautiful day filled with sunshine, slides, hayrides and pumpkins #kindergartenrocks #coxfarms @RandolphStars

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

Fun Friday! Students loved making fall Tt trees, using geoboards to make shapes, and taking an observational walk to use our sense of sight and hearing #kindergartenrocks @RandolphStars

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

We began our new #CKLA unit on the five senses by reading Hello Ocean, exploring ocean artifacts, and water coloring painting our own ocean images #handsonlearning #kindergartenrocks @RandolphStars @RandolphIBStars @APSLiteracy @Amplify

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

We loved the IB Parade of Portfolios today! So great to get my kinders started on their @ibpyp journey and see my students from last year! #kindergartenrocks @RandolphStars @RandolphIBStars

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

Loved dancing and sharing with my #STARGalaxy last week! It’s so fun getting to know students from every grade and watching them be risk takers @RandolphStars @RandolphIBStars @ibpyp

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

We took our @Amplify #CKLA nursery rhyme lesson to the next level today by having students create walls that could keep Humpty Dumpty from having a great fall! #kindergartenrocks #handsonlearning #interdisciplinary @RandolphStars @RandolphIBStars @randolph_reads @APSLiteracy

[Lydia Helgesen @HelgesenLydia]

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month @DonorsChoose is doubling donations to my project today, September 20!! Please consider a donation to some amazing kindergartners #kindergartenrocks https://t.co/IkhxIaGjkU