Our heart is full of math! How about you? My favorite kind of math is hands on, differentiated, and engaging all at the same time. I love it even more when I can create a themed activity because my learners RUN and JUMP to "work" at this center. Let me show you how I created this activity and my thoughts behind WHY I did each step to help inspire you to create something like this … [Read more...]
Presidents & US Symbols Book List
Are you looking for resources to help you cover the content for Presidents' Day and US Symbols? Let us help you! We will show you some great Presidents' Day and US Symbols books to grab and use in your classroom. Best yet... keep reading for the printable list you can take with you to the library. Non Fiction Presidents' Day (Amazon Link) Celebrating Presidents Day: What is a President? … [Read more...]
Books for Groundhogs Day and Lights and Shadows
Groundhogs Day can be a tricky time of year to find good quality resources to discuss groundhogs and lights and shadows. I have compiled a list of Fiction Books, Non Fiction Books, and books to cover lights and shadows. And of course, there is a printable copy you can grab as well. First, let me say that this list is a resource guide. Look at your school library, your public library, and in … [Read more...]
Learning with a Light Table
Learning with a light table is a fun way to let little learners play to learn. By tying in math and reading skills your students are already learning about, you will find them working on learning activities on their own. Here are some examples of ways to increase learning activities with your light table. Light Tables Let me start by telling you that my light table isn't fancy or high tech. I … [Read more...]
US Symbols
One of my favorite themes to discuss US Symbols with my awesome little learners. It is such a fun unit to integrate across many subject areas. I teach this unit directly after I teach about Presidents since there is a direct tie in to each other. First, we start the week by discussing what symbols are in our everyday life. We talk about symbols that are meaningful to us like Target or McDonald's. … [Read more...]
Sweet Math Activities for Valentine’s Day
Let's get sweet on some seasonal favorites to make math a little more fun this month. I am not talking about conversation heart sorting and graphing, but I am talking about some new and FUN ideas to make math a completely SwEeT experience. Let's dive into some sweet math activities for Valentine's Day. I grabbed these little heart containers at the dollar store. {You can also try Party City … [Read more...]
More Lights and Shadows FUN!
Hi friends! I am beyond blessed to have a guest blog post on Marsha's blog all about Lights and Shadows. Head over there to read all about it by clicking here... and then head back here to talk about Light Table Fun... Shadow Dancing, and more! We talked a lot about things that make light and do not make light for the first few days of these lesson plans. I did a quick check of … [Read more...]
Editable Learning {Pull & Peel Style}
The 4th of July of coming... and my sweet family tries to do little activities together to celebrate. What a great way to learn, talk, and spend time together creating something meaningful. One year we graphed the red, white and blue marshmallows. {Here is an old freebie graph I made for this activity if you need it.} Last year we baked a red,white, and blue … [Read more...]
Lights, Shadows, and Rainbows… OH MY!
This past week was a week I look forward to each and every year? Why? Because I know my lesson plans are FUN, ENGAGING, MEANINGFUL... and I know my class is going to love every minute of it. This week we covered Lights and Shadows. {I do this lesson around Groundhog Day, although I know many teachers who do it for rainbows around Saint Patrick's Day.} I started off the week by covering … [Read more...]
Freebie Friday
For Freebie Friday, I want you guys to have FUN and YUMMY activity to do at home with your kids or store away for later at school. Just go to the store now to get the star marshmallow packs to go with it. {You know they won't have them around all year, just seasonally.} I made a graphing and patterning activities for the FUN Grab it here There are two graphing sheets and two pattern … [Read more...]
