Love is in the air! We love Valentine’s Day Read-Alouds so much in the classroom setting. There is something about Valentine’s and little kids that makes it magical! We’ve gotten over the January slump, and maybe even that mid-year testing hump, and it’s time to celebrate! Valentine’s Day in the classroom
Why use these awesome Back to School videos? Back to school can be stressful but exciting. Do you remember the excitement and anticipation of heading back to school each fall? The smell of freshly sharpened pencils, the crisp new notebooks waiting to be filled, and the promise of new adventures
Tis the season for some Christmas story time, but who has time to sit and read when you can hit play and have the story read to them? This is an annual staple in our classroom every year. Just save this page and listen to a story each day which
Hello friends! Everyone get your ticket ready for the POLAR EXPRESS. We created this wonderful holiday Polar Express for FREE DOWNLOAD for you to use to go along with your POLAR EXPRESS fun! Just PRINT and GO is all you do and then let the fun begin. Students will have
It’s great when a teacher can incorporate holiday-themed activities into lesson plans and have students engaged and interacting. And what better holiday than Thanksgiving and this easy-to-use WATCH & LISTEN resource? These Thanksgiving books videos for your classroom will be a hit every year. With Thanksgiving around the corner, we
Tis the season for pumpkins, skeletons, bats, spiders, candy, black cats, witches, ghosts, and haunted houses. We have put together a list of some good books for Halloween to listen to all week long!! In an effort to maintain a little bit of sanity…… at least until the class party….
Oh my!! Oh my!! Say it is true!! Our class is going to make the WITCHES BREW!! We wanted to share a fun activity that we do every year in our classrooms. It’s called the Witches Brew. We have the best time together with this activity as a class and
There is no bigger responsibility than educating our future generations on the importance of preserving the Earth. With April 22, just around the corner, let’s mark the occasion with some engaging ❤️Earth Day read-alouds and Earth Day activity pages for your 1st or 2nd grade classrooms. Not only will these
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Turkey is a great book to go along with a lesson to teach in the month of November. We created a fun lesson that we teach every year to our little kiddos that incorporates literacy, math and sequencing all in one. It’s
Trying to come up with hands-on activities for graphing can be challenging- so we wanted to create something that would be easy, fun, and engaging for our students and yours. Our kiddos loved this activity and yours will too. Leaf graphing is fun and engaging for all ages. Leaf
The 50th Day of School is one of our favorite celebrations. Download your free resources here and get in on the FUN!!
Well it’s turning green in our classrooms- we are getting ready for the week of St. Patrick’s Day- and the kiddos are having the best time. We have our hundreds charts up on the wall.Click on the link to get our hundreds charts.St. Patrick’s Day Hundreds Charts ——————————————————————–We our working on our
WILL YOU “BEE” MY VALENTINE? Will you “BEE’ my valentine? Just print, color, and glue. These make the cutest valentines for your kiddos to give someone special. We display these on our bulletin board and the students take them home after our Valentine’s Party. Valentine’s day activities V.I.T. Club members
Halloween Word Mats for Any List _________________________________________(Grab these Holiday Word Mats Here) For this board, we bought 3 packs of orange tissue paper at Hobby Lobby for the pumpkin. Use that 40% of coupon ladies!!! I would use it and then Misty,my sister, would use it again behind me from
Looking for the best setup? Creating an organized and engaging first-grade classroom starts with essential must-haves. These are just a few key elements to promote a positive learning environment, helping young students thrive while ensuring the classroom runs efficiently. We truly use these each and everyday. These must-haves will keep
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