Spring has finally sprung in Northern Michigan and to welcome it and bring some color to my hallway, I had my students create these bright, fun and shapely bugs. While it was super simple, it also was a great way to reinforce shapes, practice scissor skills and discuss … [Read more...]
Editable Color By Sight Word Mystery Pictures and a FREEBIE
It never fails to amaze me just how much my kinders LOVE to color. The simple question, "can we color this when we're done?' It always warms my heart, because it tells me, no matter how hard we work at reading and writing and math or no matter how much they enjoy all things … [Read more...]
Let Your Kinder Garden Bloom With May Morning Work
Traditionally, April showers bring May flowers, right? Well, April snow showers this last weekend brought me an extra snow day and a day to finish up May Morning Work Stations. Yuck to the snow, but yeah for a day to prep morning work. I know that spring will come . . . … [Read more...]
April Morning Work Stations
April Morning Work Stations have arrived, and I'm ready to give a quick run down of all 43 activities that I included in it. Knowing that April is usually the month of Easter and there are those of you that can and can not celebrate it in your classroom, I added some Easter-ish … [Read more...]
Lucky To Have March Morning Work Stations
Lucky to have Morning Work? You bet. It has changed my mornings completely. My kinders rush into class and can't wait to start the day. Tardies? Nope! Dawdling in the hall? Nope! It makes for a much more pleasant morning, and my students are getting that extra, hands-on … [Read more...]
May Fine Motor Morning Work Stations
While many of you may only have a few weeks of school left, my kinder friends will be with me until the second week of June so I am still toying with the idea of whether I will be adding another set of Fine Motor Morning Work Stations to my arsenal or whether I will maybe just … [Read more...]
April Fine Motor Morning Work Stations
My goal before leaving for Spring Break this week was to stage all my fine motor morning work so that when I came back, I would be ready to go. It meant some late nights, but I did it and thought I would share my plans with all of you as quickly as I can so you can get a head … [Read more...]
Egg-cellent Word Work Free Resource and Astrobrights’ Brightest Teacher Contest
I'm so incredibly happy to tell you that I am once again partnering with Astrobrights®Papers this year as a Bright Minds ambassador. Astrobrights Papers are every teacher's favorite paper source, not only because they have the most amazing quality and colorful products, but … [Read more...]
March Fine Motor Morning Work Stations
Here in Mrs. McGuire's class, we have St. Patrick's Day, leprechauns and all things green on our minds. That's why this month's morning work will have a bit of an Irish flavor to them. Luckily, my kinders indulge me and love all the mystery and intrigue that comes along with … [Read more...]
100th Day Stations
Granted, I can't imagine any of you still have your 100th Day of School celebration yet to celebrate, but I thought I'd share a little of what went on in my own classroom, in case you want to save some ideas and freebies for next year. As fate would have it, our 100th Day is … [Read more...]
Super Simple “Edit It” Sight Word Activities
Everyone loves sight word activities that they can edit so they can use their own individual lists, right? I mean, my list and your list may not be the same. And the same goes for students . . . Suzy and Bobby may be on totally different lists, so why would we expect them to … [Read more...]
Edit It-Make It Your Own Spring Sight Word Freebie
It's not often these days that you'll find me 'shopping' in the traditional sense. I mean, I'm usually on a mad dash to put exactly what I need in my cart and get out of a store in time to get back home or the hospital. But I just happened to be flying through Walmart last week … [Read more...]
