Does anyone have suggestions on how to teach TOG on a Kindergarden level? I am new to TOG so any help would be greatly appreciated!

Do you have any older children as well? If so, your K child can tag along on quite a few activities. The main emphasis in K is, obviously, phonics/learning to read, learning to write upper and lower case letters, spell simple words and intro to math. Everything else is just extra. Those extra things can be a lot of fun -- but certainly aren't necessary.

My younger ones very much enjoy the LG Bible reading, all of the history books, the literature books, and every art/craft activity I can bear. I haven't used the lit worksheets for K; mapwork is gently introducing basic geography terms with salt dough maps, learning the continents, identifying main cultures on a map (Egypt, Italy, China, India, South America in year 1); we don't use vocab unless a word in our reading poses a problem. Keep in mind, however, that we include the things we do with the little ones simply because we have older children doing other levels of Tapestry. That way the whole family has at least some idea of what's going on each week.

If my K student were my oldest, I doubt we'd do much with Tapestry other than the reading and hands on, if that. There would be a benefit to you, the mom, though. Starting to read and use the teacher notes and getting a feel for Tapestry-style teaching is much easier when you are only teaching little ones than it would be when you need to dive in to heavier stuff later on.

Enjoy the little ones!
Monica

I did TOG yr 1 for nine weeks this year for my children's first and K year. We did the history readings, literature readings, some activities, and maps. With younger students just keep TOG light and fun. My kids loved all the history/literature books, and they had a blast with the activities we did. We did do the map work...but nothing formal. I would help them label the map (or do it for my 5 year old), and then I let them color the map. I would show them on a big wall map the area we just talked about. It's amazing how much geography my kids picked up just doing it informally, making it fun.

There is a lot of TOG that you will not even use at this age and don't worry about that. Just focus on the readings and some activities. This is a great time for you if you have time to get more familiar with TOG for later years.

I'm so glad for this. I have a LG student and a pre-k at the moment. By the fall he will be K. Right now we are working through a phonics program and some light workbook work (Rod and Staff). Come the fall, I will include my K'er in some of our readings and activities. He and his big sister and the best of buds, so he will love working alongside her which will help him transition to doing more formal school.