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. First, look at this one activity to help our learners find the biggest … [Read more...]
St. Patrick Math Activities
March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, just like march 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. My secret plan to … [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...]
Center Saturday
I hope you guys are ready for a few math center ideas we used this week as we learned about insects. The yellow table held our graphing center. I made this simple graph sheet for some insect erasers. I got these erasers {here} on amazon. And to tell you the truth, I am not loving this graphing sheet that I made about 9 years ago. So I stopped the presses and made you guys a … [Read more...]
Center Saturday
Hi Sweet, Sweet Friends! I am so glad to be bring you another edition of Center Saturday. This most is dedicated to talk about my MATH weekly work centers. We have completed all our Math Standards for the year, so now we are in complete review and cycling our curriculum to make sure we haven't forgotten anything. Our theme this week were Plants and Gardens. Our yellow table hosted our … [Read more...]
Plants Print & Play Pack
Check out this pack dedicated to PLANTS. So, my PC and I had some bonding time late into the night and during nap times. And here is my newest pack in the Print & Play series... Plants Print & Play Pack. I broke down the unit into 4 sections that can be taught independently and in any order. One section is dedicated to teaching students what a plant is and what a plant is not. … [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 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...]
Insect Ideas {Part 2}
While learning about insects, we had to integrate in all those common core standards to make our learning the most meaningful. Insect Ideas: Literacy Integration Check out these exquisite illustrations. My little learners dove into this beautifully illustrated book all about insects, I Wish I Were a Butterfly by James Howe. It is all about a cricket who thinks he is ugly. To cover … [Read more...]
Easy Easter Art
Need a simple, easy art project for Easter? Check out these Watercolors Easter eggs! Here is how you can prepare these eggs. Trace several eggs onto white construction paper. Using regular glue, create fun patterns onto the eggs. Here is a close up view of the eggs. Let the glue dry. {The thicker the glue, the longer this will take.} Cut out the eggs, leaving space on the … [Read more...]
