Looking for a great learning connection to literature for making leprechaun traps and other St. Patrick's Day activities? You must check out this use to use Leprechaun on the Loose reading expansion pack.If you can't find this book, you can watch it here on YouTube. Leprechaun on the Loose Story Sequencing Learning to sequence a story can be a huge feat for little learners. As a veteran … [Read more...]
How to Make Simple Rainbow Cupcakes
Looking for a fun St. Patrick's Day baking activity that will make your students smile? Check out these directions for how to make simple rainbow cupcakes in the classroom. We have two cooking options to share with you! How to Make Simple Rainbow Cupcakes Look at these beautiful and simple rainbow cupcakes. We have made these for years and years in the classroom and so can you. Let me walk … [Read more...]
SweeTart Chicks, Ducks, and Bunnies
SweeTart Chicks, Ducks, and Bunnies is a fun Spring themed candy. We can use fun themed candies to cover tons of learning standards in fun ways. We have some fun Easter themed printables for Kindergarten that you can grab for free. Check out these Candies SweeTart Chicks, Ducks, and Bunnies are super cute and super fun. There are three types of designs; ducks, chicks, and bunnies. But … [Read more...]
The Leprechaun is Loose
The Leprechaun is Loose! Last year, we attempted to catch that leprechaun. We built traps. We baited him. And boy did he come a knocking! I think we got a little more than we bargained for when this leprechaun got loose. First Things First We use the book, Leprechaun on the Loose to be our literacy connection for the STEM project. You can read more about the book, design, and trap setting BY … [Read more...]
Spring Into Math Fun with Spring Themed Math Activities
Spring Into Math Fun with Spring Themed Math Activities by reviewing all those math skills on a regular basis. It is just smart to keep activities reviewing of all those important skills, even as you are building on new skills while we Spring into Math Fun! Check out these hands on Spring Themed Math Activities which is a part of this bundle. First, look at this one activity to help our learners … [Read more...]
St. Patrick Math Activities
March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, just like St. Patrick math activities! This month brings lots of skill building and practicing as we prepare these little ones for the home stretch! We try to teach all the math standards during this grading period and then grow those skills during the last grading. Using the St. Patrick math activities will be a ton of learning fun. St. Patrick … [Read more...]
Pot of Gold Secret Code Words and More
Are you in need of a FUN activity to engage your class and allow your students to have fun at the same time? Try using secret code words! Secret code words are a GREAT engaging way to practice number recognition, letter recognition, and putting letters together to make words. Here is a little learner in action..He is using the code breaker sheet to write sight words. Here is another student … [Read more...]
Top O’ the Learning For Little Learners
We know March 17th is coming. And we know our little learners are getting more and more excited about St. Patrick's Day. So let's embrace their excitement... harness it... and use it for the greater good. Let's talk about ways to make Saint Patrick's Day more fun and engaging in your classroom.Get ready... this is a HUGE post full of Ideas... products to enhance learning... and … [Read more...]
Center Saturday {with a freebie}
Welcome to my weekly post dedicated to MATH CENTERS. This week, we had a blast with Dr. Seuss, Presidents' Day and US Symbols, and St. Patrick's Day to help us to to review and learn more about math. I try to mix and match our math centers to cover MANY skills for our Some of these are a remediation or review to keep our learned skills in those brains. Other skills are fun … [Read more...]
Meet Silly McGilly
Have you guys met my friend, Silly McGilly? Silly McGilly is an adorable leprechaun who comes to visit your house or school... to play small tricks at night. He doesn't have to play naught trick, but he LOVES to do small SILLY things... like leaving cabinet drawers open or coloring the milk green. And he leaves the night before St. Patrick's Day. Their website … [Read more...]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover
St. Patrick's Day is coming and I have a plan to get your little loves activity engaged in learning using this book, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Clover! Every student loves the old lady. She eats the oddest, craziest things things and gets our creativity flowing. I love to read to my students out loud to show them emotions, voice hesitations and speed, and fluency to my … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Literacy Idea
Here is a fun St. Patrick's Day Literacy idea using a pocket chart that you will love for the month of March. You can even take this idea and change it for other months and themes. St. Patrick's Day Literacy Idea This idea is a fun way to integrate literacy into the month of March. It is a great and FUN way to work on vocabulary, describing words, and even expanding sentences for … [Read more...]