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Welcome to The Kindergarten Toolbox Podcast , your go-to guide for creating calmer classrooms and more confident writers in the wonderfully unique world of kindergarten. I’m Amy Murray — former kindergarten teacher, Type C “organized-in-piles” human, and vanilla-latte enthusiast. After years of helping teachers streamline their classroom routines with tips and tools that actually make sense for 5- and 6-year-olds, I created this podcast to support you with the practical strategies you’ve been craving. Each episode is short, actionable, and designed to help you: ✔ simplify classroom management ✔ reduce behavior chaos with systems that stick ✔ teach writing in a way that meets beginning writers where they are ✔ build routines that make your day flow ✔ use visuals, tools, and expectations that really work in K Whether you’re a brand-new kindergarten teacher or a seasoned pro looking for cl
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to The Kindergarten Toolbox Podcast, your go-to guide for creating calmer classrooms and more confident writers in the wonderfully unique world of kindergarten. I’m Amy Murray, former kindergarten teacher, Type C “organized-in-piles” human, and vanilla-latte enthusiast.
The Kindergarten Toolbox is hosted by Amy Murray. The show has published 43 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "43. Build-a-Reward: A Simple Whole-Class Behavior System for Kindergarten" (28 October 2026, 13 minutes), "Are You Accidentally Giving the Wrong Behaviors All the Attention?" (21 October 2026, 11 minutes), and "41. How to Talk About Behavior at Kindergarten Parent-Teacher Conferences" (14 October 2026, 16 minutes).
The Kindergarten Toolbox publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 12 minutes across 43 episodes.
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Amy Murray hosts The Kindergarten Toolbox, an education podcast with 43 episodes published.
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Episode #43
Stop reminding your kindergarteners about the same classroom expectations over and over again! A whole-class behavior reward system can help you encourage positive choices, build classroom community, and get your...
Episode #42
Are you spending more time correcting challenging behaviors than noticing the kids who are following directions? It's easy to get caught up in putting out little behavior fires all day long, especially when the same...
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Have a kindergarten parent-teacher conference coming up where you need to talk about a child's behavior? It's one thing to share assessment scores and work samples, but explaining challenging behaviors to parents can...
Episode #39
Do your kindergarten students ask, “How do you spell...?” approximately 75 times during your writing block? You want them to become independent writers, but simply telling them to “sound it out” isn’t always enough, and...
Should kindergarteners use sentence starters when they’re learning to write? Sentence starters can be a helpful scaffold for beginning writers, especially when they’re paired with a picture, but we don’t want students...
Episode #36
Do you find yourself telling your kindergarten students to “make good choices” all day long? It sounds like a perfectly reasonable reminder, but there’s one problem: what YOU consider a good choice might be very...
Episode #35
Does it feel like your kindergarten class was doing SO well and then suddenly...they weren't? The routines you practiced are getting sloppy, students are talking more, and you're repeating directions you swear they were...
Episode #33
Does it feel like every kindergartener needs you for everything, all day long? And have you caught yourself thinking, I swear last year's class wasn't this needy? In this episode, we're talking about why kindergarten...
Episode #32
How many classroom rules do you really need in kindergarten? And what should happen when students don't follow them? In this episode, we're talking about how to keep kindergarten classroom rules simple, explicitly teach...
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What behavior system should you use in kindergarten? Classroom economy, Dojo points, desk pets, prize boxes, reward systems...there are SO many options. But just because a behavior system works with older students...
Episode #30
Do you think classroom management starts when student behavior becomes a problem? One of the biggest classroom management myths kindergarten teachers believe is that behavior management is all about consequences, clip...
Episode #29
Are you spending your summer organizing centers, decorating your classroom, and shopping for kindergarten supplies, but you're still not sure what to teach during the first week of school? You're not alone. Every...
Episode #28
Should kindergarten teachers send home a daily behavior report for every student? It's one of the most common classroom management questions I see every summer, especially from teachers preparing for a new school year...
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Should kindergarten students have classroom jobs? Classroom jobs have been a tradition in elementary classrooms for years, but are they actually teaching responsibility or creating more work for teachers? In this...
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Should kindergarten students have individual school supplies or community supplies? It's one of the biggest classroom setup decisions kindergarten teachers make before the school year begins. In this episode, we're...
Episode #25
If you're planning for the first week of kindergarten and feeling overwhelmed by everything you need to teach, this episode is for you. One of the biggest mistakes kindergarten teachers make is trying to jump straight...
Episode #22
<p>Do calm kindergarten classrooms have better-behaved students?</p><p>Not always.</p><p>In this episode, we're talking about the real secret to successful classroom management in kindergarten. It isn't a complicated...
Episode #21
<p>When classroom management feels exhausting, the problem may not be your students or your behavior strategies. It may be that too much of your classroom depends on you constantly reminding, redirecting, and holding...
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<p>Getting kindergarten students to stop talking can feel impossible sometimes.</p><p>The blurting, interruptions, constant calling out, and nonstop classroom chatter can quickly make your classroom feel chaotic and...
Episode #19
<p>If your kindergarten classroom feels louder, messier, and harder to manage right now, you are not alone. End-of-year behavior in kindergarten is real, and May can start to feel like pure survival mode for...
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