Start the New Year with Squirrel's New Year's Resolution To start the New Year with a bang, I suggest using the fun book Squirrel's New Year's Resolution. (You can grab it here on Amazon.) It is such a fun way to talk about resolutions in a way that little learners can understand. Integrating holidays and ELA is such a great use of time in the classroom. This sweet book is about a Squirrel … [Read more...]
Arctic and Antarctic Animals Activities
Arctic and Antarctic Animals Activities: Last week, I was prepping for a week of Arctic and Antarctic Animals. I needed some center and hands-on activities for the week but I just couldn't find what my students needed. What is a gal to do but create it? Let me introduce you to some winter animal learning fun integrating math and phonics. This is what we used this past week for our learning … [Read more...]
100th Day of School in Kindergarten
Today was our 100th day of school in Kindergarten! To celebrate the 100th day, we have a blast with the number 100 in as many ways as possible and across as many subjects as we can get. Check out some of our adventures today. My little learners were greeted by this fun banner reminding them that they are indeed 100 days smarter. I took this picture at the end of the day and only ONE streamer was … [Read more...]
MLK Activities for Kindergarten
MLK Activities for Kindergarten: Martin Luther King Jr was not just an Important Human Rights Leader. He was so much more. To honor him and his great works, I created an MLK Print & Play Pack to make sure that teaching about this man could be done easily in many classrooms, even with very young minds. Check out these MLK Jr. Activities for Kindergarten. Introducing MLK Activities for … [Read more...]
10 New Year Resolutions Teachers Should Make
10 New Year Resolutions Teachers Should Make is all about trying to make yourself into a better you, to focus on an area to improve upon. Teachers are masters of multitasking and honestly, they usually take on too many tasks and work on too many things. So how can we teachers resolve to improve? What kind of resolutions should we make to improve our overall lives? Here is a list of 10 New Year … [Read more...]
Breaking Down the Water Cycle for Little Learners
Water Cycle for Little Learners: Let's chat about how to breakdown the water cycle for little learners in lots of fun ways. Since I live in Georgia and snow isn't a common occurrence, I like to have this unit prepped and ready for when the cold weather does come! When the words "snow" and "ice" show up in the meteorologist's vocabulary, we all start paying attention. When the teachers and … [Read more...]
75 New Years’ Resolutions for Educators
Teachers check out these New Years' Resolutions for Educators. New Year's resolutions are a great way to reflect on ourselves as educators and strive to work harder in a specific area. Some resolutions may be specific to yourself as a teacher, others as a partner or mother, and still others as a whole person. Isn't it incredible that teachers strive to make themselves better each and every year?! … [Read more...]
Cheetos Snowflake Freebie
Cheetos Snowflake Freebie: They have 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 … [Read more...]