Listening Station Idea

Listening Station In Kindergarten!

Need a listening station idea? Don't have enough CDs to make your listening station last all year long? Are you students struggling to share 1 or 2 copies of the book? Mrs. Smith and I have collaborated and changed how her listening station looks. 

We replaced her CD player with enough Chromebooks for each student at the Listening Station. With the use of Google Classroom, Mrs. Smith, attaches YouTube videos of books being read aloud for the students to listen to during their station. She has posted simple picture directions for students to log in to the Chromebook and Google Classroom (Yes--all 30 of her kiddos are doing this)! 

Some things to know when assigning these YouTube videos to Google Classroom:

1.Listen to the video you are selecting--some readings are WAY better then others! 

2.Most of the links say NOT APPROVED FOR SCSC.K12.IN.US. Which means students will not be able to watch it if pushed out to their Chromebook through Google Classroom.

TO FIX THIS PROBLEM:

TRY THIS FIRST: If you hit the white approve box, it may or may NOT approve. You may check it by assigning it to Google Classroom and then checking it with a students Chromebook (must be through a students login--it will ALWAYS work with your login)

TRY THIS SECOND: Go to the Website Block/Unblock Form by clicking on the purple link. Fill in the information (takes 1-2 minutes). Submit the form. A copy should send to your email and Mr. Rodman will approve the video (usually takes 24 hours)! Then you can link the video to Google Classroom! 

Here are some pictures of her listening station in action:

                                                        



Let me know if you would like help implementing this in your classroom!