I have used I-Spy activities in my class to engage students and differentiate instruction for several years. Give a kid a magnifying glass, and you have a happy student. So when your students are engaged and happy and working at a readiness level right for them, it will give … [Read more...]
Colorize Your Classroom With Editable Sight Word Fishing Fun!
Winter break never seems quite long enough does it? You probably had big plans to revamp your entire schedule, create some new games for your students, reorganize your classroom library or start a new behavior management system . . . but then those long lazy mornings were just … [Read more...]
New Years Reflections
So it's January 1st and time to take stock of the last year. While others like to make resolutions, I think I would just like to count my blessings and take a cue from my teaching partner Kerri and instead of a resolution, pick a word . . . a word that will be my 'go to' word … [Read more...]
Editable Sight Word Write The Room Fun and A FREEBIE for you to try it.
Here's the deal. Write the Room activities are one of my most favorite activities to offer students, because I know that my students need to move and this gives them a free pass to wonder all around my room. I know the idea of this puts some teachers into a complete panic, but … [Read more...]
Gingerbread Men Love Math
Don't get me wrong, in my classroom if at all possible, we go all out for Christmas. But I'm here to guarantee you that those years when I decide to do a gingerbread theme instead of Santa and reindeer, my kinder do not miss out. I still have themed literacy stations and math … [Read more...]
I Spy Gingerbread Goodies and a Freebie
I get that so many of you do not have the ability or even the desire to make this time of year all about Santa and reindeer. There really are tons and tons of fun and engaging activities that embrace the Christmas theme, but let's face it, you really are walking a tight rope. … [Read more...]
Differentiated Kindergarten Winter Math Fun
Winter math activities (Ok, let's be honest, any math stations really . . . )are my favorite, because it just feels so much like game play to me and to my students. I know that many of you worry about accountability with math stations in your classrooms, but I really … [Read more...]
Spinning Up Math Fun and A Freebie for January.
I’ve had so many questions about spinners lately that I’m revisiting the subject and showing you exactly what a typical packet of math spinner activities looks like. I don't know about you, but I want to see pictures of what I'm getting. I want to see what it looks like in … [Read more...]
Sparkle Snowmen and A Sale
Confession time . . . I am a longtime stalker and gawker of Deep Space Sparkle’s blog. I think Patty walks on water and must have rainbow colored blood churning through her veins. I am NOT an artsy person, but man she makes me want to be one. And more importantly, when … [Read more...]
And then there was that one day when Frosty came to school . . .
What do you remember about your early childhood school years? I mean, really? What are the memories from Kindergarten and 1stgrade that really stick with you? Perhaps for some of you it isn’t as far off as it is for me, but the things I remember aren’t the worksheets and the … [Read more...]
