One unit most teachers can't wait to teach is apples! What a fun, hands on, and engaging way to teach about fall for little learners. Let's talk about the outstanding themed books for a kindergarten classroom. Johnny Appleseed Books First, since Johnny Chapman AKA Johnny Appleseed is half the reason we celebrate apples in the fall, it is fitting we start with books about him. Johnny … [Read more...]
Easy to Prep Back to School ELA Activities
Here is a great way to save time and sanity with these easy to prep back to school ELA activities. It is that time when we welcome new little learners into our classroom and our hearts. Time is precious as we have all the things to do and a growing to do list, but not a lot of time to get things on the list checked off. Letters and Sound Matching Check out this letter and sound matching … [Read more...]
Introduction to Apple Week with the Mystery Jar
This past Friday we had an introduction to Apple Week with the Mystery Jar. Say what? Let me explain. We has a blast stepping into apple week this year with a super fun introduction lesson. I want to share it with you so you can take this idea and turn it into learning fun into your classroom as well. How? Well, it all started with a mystery jar. Linking Standards To begin, the week before, we … [Read more...]
Let’s Talk About Choices
Let's talk about choices. What are good choices? How can we make good choices? Why should we make good choices? These are not just important questions little ones as themselves, but most likely questions they have in general. Are you addressing, answering, and specifically addressing these questions in your classroom? A Variety of Terms First, let me tell you that the terms teachers use to … [Read more...]
Easy Tissue Paper Leaves Art
Check out this fun art project for the fall that even the littlest learners can complete: Tissue paper Leaves Art. You Will Need Here are the items you will need for this project: Food sorting tray (I got mine at the dollar store.)Tissue paper squaresGlue bottlePencilLeave outline on white construction paper with thick lines. Table Set Up Here is how to set up this art project for … [Read more...]
Get Ready for Apple Week
This week is one of the best weeks of the entire school year. This week we get to celebrate Johnny Appleseed Day and integrate apples in our classroom. Let's break down TONS of teaching ideas and activities to help you to Get Ready for Apple Week. Teaching Using Biographies Johnny Appleseed Day is September 26th. What a fun way to use the idea of a biography in the classroom. I love to use … [Read more...]
Sensory Bag Idea & Freebie
Check out this fun sensory bag idea you can use at the beginning of the year or as a review game any time in the year! All you need is a dry sensory idea, a baggie, and paper. Check out how to create this activity for your classroom. The Inspiration for the Idea First, I saw this AMAZING idea on Pinterest all about sensory bags using sight words and … [Read more...]
Start of the School Year Stress!
Welcome... BACK to school! Class has been IN SESSION for a week now. Here in GA, we start early. I made this welcome banner as a last minute decorative idea for my classroom and I LOVE it. I am digging how it matches the ABCs. {#teacherproblems} I had to sport my new Kindergarten ROCKS shirt my former TA gave me. {She got her own classroom this year. So this is good news! And she is the … [Read more...]
Oh My… Apple Pie!
We finished up apples a few weeks ago, but I HAD to show you some of our awesome apple projects! Here is some pictures of my door with an apple basket and Johnny Appleseed. I love Cupcake for a Teacher and so do my students. We used her Johnny Appleseed Crafts to make Johnny himself. It is suppose to be a writing activity, but we used the craft to make Johnny memorable to us. {Hence I made up … [Read more...]
Back to School Book Freebie
Today is the start of new Scholastic Book Orders! {You can't order books during the month of July.} Each year I buy a cheap book from Scholastic to give to my students for Meet the Teacher. I put each book on each student's desk along with a little note asking them to read the book as "homework" for the night before school starts. I wasn't able to find a $1book in June, but here is what I … [Read more...]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves
Using a great book to make learning more fun is an ideal way to teach across many curriculum areas. I can't wait to show you some of my learning ideas for the book, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves. Sequencing Cards We read this book many times. We use the sequencing cards to retell the story. I love using sequencing cards that have both the image as we as the words. We can use … [Read more...]
Freebie Friday with “An Apple to Play”
Freebie Friday time! I made this small, but fun unit all about apples. {and updated the whole thing} My class is doing the letter Aa the 4th week of school, very early, so I made these activities hands on and easy. Take a peak... This is a HUGE file! It contains tons of printables and playable games I know your students will enjoy. Here is an amazing … [Read more...]
![I have another food related game ideas for you guys, but after chatting with Caitlin from Kindergarten Smiles, I am going to work a little more on one of the games to make it outstanding for you. I know you won’t mind holding tight until it is ready. I promise it will be yummy and […]](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/9b/66/61/9b66617f361bfc9ae66f96aa1cc0dbb6.jpg)
![Oh the weather outside is frightful… and I know it is still winter… {I live in GA and we might have a delayed start tomorrow because it is SOOOO COLD.} BUT I am already making some FUN plans in the spring using the NEWEST book from Lucille Colandro called… There Was an Old Lady Who […]](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/f0/d9/4c/f0d94c64ee9e97a08d808221f8fc2773--teaching-first-grade-kindergarten-common-core.jpg)
