This authentic classroom video clip takes viewers inside master kindergarten teacher Diane Bonica's all-day kindergarten. See how Diane Bonica brings her love of music and commitment to honoring childhood to everything she does, including playful ways to teach NONSENSE words.  Here the children are using white boards as they listen and write sounds.  Notice how engaged they all are and how responsive Diane is to their input.  It is no surprise that these children not only score high on NONSENSE words, but love real reading and writing. See We Can Write Nonsense Words. Diane Bonica is one of our 2008 Excellence in Kindergarten Literacy Award teachers. Here is her annotated website with links:

Diane Bonica's Kindergarten
Welcome to the Chicka-Boom Room, complete with a menagerie of giraffes and daily celebrations of childhood. You are in for a treat: check out the great book archives - pizza making day. Read Diane Bonica's delightful weekly parent newsletter with photos of joyful learning. This website reflects a master teacher whose children can't wait to come to school each day.