Cheetos has done it again. Just when we think their seasonal Bag of Bones were the highlight of the year for us teachers... Cheetos has released another seasonal product called Snowflakes. And they are YUMMY. So of course I jumped on the chance to make you guys another fun, interactive, and delicious snowflake freebie file. And seriously... this file is completely free. Here are the … [Read more...]
Centered on Learning: Letter Ii
Let's get talking about center time and how we can get our students centered on learning activities that are cross curricular and engaging, In this case, how we can get them centered on learning: Letter Ii. Time is always my enemy. The desire to make activities cross curricular so it layers my activities and learning is real. I integrate as many of our weekly topics into skill building … [Read more...]
Centered on Learning: The Letter Mm
Center time is an amazing time to foster learning in a classroom. It is a great time to dedicate towards skill building and mastery of a standard. I aim to make this time fun, engaging, and exciting for my little learners. Since we were learning about the Letter Mm, so let's dive into getting centered on learning for the letter Mm. Yellow Table This center was home to our muffin ten … [Read more...]
Letter Gg Ideas To Make Learning Fun
I love diving into letters with a letter of the week. I know many schools do not use a letter of the week anymore, but my school district requires it as we use Recipe for Reading. And honestly... it ins't a bad thing at all! So let's dive into the Letter Gg Ideas to make this letter meaningful. I do not just focus on one letter all week long. Instead I focus on that letter, its formation and … [Read more...]
Fill the Ten Frame
Fill the ten frame is a game I invented to help my learners enjoy learning. A huge joy in the classroom is when you see your learners actively engaged in a game. They are having so much fun they forget they are doing real work. This is a complete victory for the learner and the teacher. Break Down Fill the Ten Frame Let me break this game down to show you how powerful and FUN it can be! Since we … [Read more...]
Adding Three Numbers
Need some fun ways to get your students practicing adding three numbers together? I have a FUN way to engage learners and get your students practicing math. I have an activity for you to work on adding three numbers. While doing homework with my sweet S, who is now 7 years old, I got an idea. She was working on adding three numbers together. As soon as she went to bed, I headed to my computer … [Read more...]
The VERY fun Letter Vv
When I get to certain letters in our letter order, I cringe. I just don't always have a lot of FUN materials to cover those tough ones. I mean letters like V, Y, Z can be tough to make fun, can't they!? Let's check out the VERY fun letter Vv. This is exactly why I made my letter packs... for all the letters... not just the easy ones. Check out our Vv Learning from last week. Sound … [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...]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Frog {with a Freebie}
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 Swallowed a Frog. Check out this cute cute cute book! Here is the link to this book on … [Read more...]
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell
This time of year is too crazy to try to put together amazing lesson plans by yourself. Let's face it... this month is crazy! Recess is going to be inside, specials are going to be canceled, and you are most likely going to be sick and need a sub at some point. I am here to help with this There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell Literacy and Math Unit. If you need some of these books, … [Read more...]
More Thanksgiving FUN
I know Thanksgiving is almost here... but I have to share some of the learning activities my little wonderfuls have been working on. Today I have a writing activity, math game, and STEM project we worked on... all centered around Thanksgiving. Last week during Daily 5, we took these Pilgrim Job cards... and selected a job we would want to do if we were a pilgrim. Then we wrote … [Read more...]
A Year in the Making… Timmy Learns: Colors and Shapes App
Kindergarten teachers of the WORLD... I hope you are ready for my HUGE news. I am BEYOND exited... completely honored... and absolutely full of PRIDE to present to you an educational app I know you are going to LOVE. Introducing... Timmy Learns: Colors and Shapes App. Not only have I played this game, my own child has played this game, and my class has played this game... but THIS … [Read more...]
