Working collaboratively can be engaging and easy. Create together and celebrate that friends and classmates are better together with this collaborative coloring activity. This oversized collaborative coloring poster with a positive message is ready for students to work together while while showing their appreciation for each other! These interlocked hands and happy doodles are sure to get the message across. This poster will be a fun and unique addition to your school hallways or classroom! This collaborative poster is ready for:  A counseling or SEL lesson Open House Early Finishers During a Unit of Study Indoor Recess  Practicing Communication and Cooperation Skills. Includes: 24 coloring pages to make one large poster Size: Approximately 3.5 x 4 ft Letter size coloring sheet with the main image for individual completion. Looking for other collaborative coloring posters? Collaborative Coloring Posters

Do you hate to teach poetry? Do you want your students to learn and enjoy poetry? Try these simple ways to learn how to teach poetry...

Using brain-based learning strategies & playful stories, Secret Stories® phonics approach helps students remember sounds to letter patterns. Here are examples of r controlled vowels, th digraph & more.

Ever since I first saw the melted crayon canvas idea popping up on Pinterest this summer, I've been wanting to try making one with the kids...

Transform your bedroom from drab to fab in as little as a weekend with these brilliant IKEA storage hacks for small bedrooms. Cheap & elegant ideas.

It has been such a busy couple of weeks collecting baseline data on my students, attending new staff trainings, organizing files, and co...

Choose retreat crafts that bring the ladies together and allow them to create together. These are the ones our ladies ask for over and over.

Do you know that feeling when you've got your favorite outfit on, and your hair is sitting just right, but for some reason, you just don't feel as attractive as you want to? You can't

Yesterday's Newsletter is Today's Classroom Podcast Ever thought about producing a classroom podcast? When I was a kid we had a class newsletter and it was so much fun to write and put it

Happy teachers mean happy students. Here is a list of ways to build morale, support teacher wellbeing and have fun as a teaching team at school.

Packed with fresh Mediterranean ingredients, tender lentils, and a flavorful citrus dressing, this Mediterranean lentil salad is quick to throw together and sure to be a lunch favorite!

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This fun "Fall Word Search" game is family fun for all age groups. Great for some quality time together in the Fall season, or to do leading up to the first day of Autumn. People of all ages can enjoy this puzzle together! It can also help with children's word recognition and spelling. Great for schools, daycare, and child centers. This listing is for an instant digital DOWNLOAD. No physical product will be sent. This puzzle is non-editable. WHAT IS INCLUDED? - One PDF puzzle on an 8.5 x 11 size sheet - PDF Answer Key on an 8.5 x 11 size sheet, with answers in bold After purchasing this listing and payment is confirmed, you will receive an e-mail where you can download the product or visit etsy.com/your/purchases to find your instant download.

You’ve decided it’s high time to conquer that slanted, tricky wall space along your staircase by adding a beautiful gallery wall display, but where to start? What different layouts should you consider? First we will show several different layouts for staircase gallery walls and then we will share useful design tips and hanging tricks.

Granny squares are a great place to start when learning to crochet, but often times new crocheters dont' know what to do with them once they're made. I'm going to be honest about those first few: you're probably not going to be able to do anything with them. You're learning! It's normal! Maybe if you

Start the school year with these 11 fun classroom community activities to help build social-emotional skills and positive relationships!

This Vegetarian Lasagna Soup combines all the rich, creamy texture of lasagna with the warming comfort of a hearty bowl of soup. It's also quick and easy to get on the dinner table, AND it all comes together in one pot! This could very well be the most perfect winter meal.

Facebook Pinterest Twitter Email Today I’m sharing a few ways to bring your girls together with some bonding activities and icebreakers that are great for any meeting or to celebrate Friendship Day on August 5th. Such an important part of being a girl organization is the friendships made during our time in scouting. A troop of devoted friends that support one another will leave a lasting impression on your girls of what friendship means for the rest of their lives. Sometimes though, youngins need that extra push to put themselves out there, or could use an activity to help them branch out. Did you know? Friendship Day is August 5th, and a great way to celebrate is to play friendship building games together. These games are a blast, and are sure to warm everyone up to one another. Afterwards, have your girls pick their favorite quotes about friendship and talk about what qualities they look for in a good friend. This will not only encourage one another to be more kind, but also value the friendships they have made along the way. Friendship Games and Activities Friendship Swap and Necklace You can make friendship necklaces or SWAPS. Silkies (necklaces) you can get from Michael’s Craft store. Unicorn charms and rings from Amazon. 12 pony beads, 1 for each line in the GS law or just make a rainbow. Here are some different friendship games below and don’t forget to have fun! Minefield Set up an obstacle course at your next troop meeting. Pair up the girls, perhaps with a new friend, and let one verbally guide the blindfolded partner through the obstacle course. Switch up the course before switching blindfolded partners! Players have to effectively communicate and trust one another to finish first. Categories This game is a great way to help girls realize what commonalities they may have with each other. Call out different categories and ask the girls to arrange themselves based on how they fit into that category. Start out with basic things like eye color or favorite food, then move onto questions about pets, favorite school subjects, or who has moved before. Girls may realize something they didn’t know they have in common with each other. Give them some time later on to connect over these new discoveries. Speed up the game to make things fun, or slow it down if the girls are enjoying getting to know each other more. Extreme Rock, Paper, Scissors This tournament-style rock, paper, scissors is best with larger groups. Pair girls off and have them play best 2 out of 3 rock, paper, scissors. Ask the losers of the match to follow the winner to their next match, cheering them on. This keeps going until the last two winners face off, each with half their troop cheering them on! This is a great way to energize the group and foster some friendly competition. 2 Truths and A Lie This game is a classic for good reason. It makes players work together to figure out how they are being deceived, and gives the chance to learn about each other quickly. Have girls introduce themselves with 3 facts about them, but one is not true. The weirder the facts, the better! Sit in a circle so everyone feels more inclined to chime in. There's nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate. Unknown Here is a place to pick from 55 Other Friendship quotes to use with your troop. Dots When entering the meeting, place a colored dot on each girls’ forehead out of their sight. Without speaking, everyone must group up with those who have their same color dot. The troop has to work together in a unique way to ensure everyone gets into their right group. Your girls are bound to get to know each other a better with these bonding games. Enjoy! Friendship Bracelets Along with fun Friendship games have your girls make friendship bracelets to give to each other. A friendship bracelet is a decorative bracelet given by one person to another as a symbol of friendship. Friendship bracelets are often handmade, usually of embroidery floss or thread and are a type of macrame. There are various styles and patterns, but most are based on the same simple half-hitch knot. Get Bracelets Singing Make New Friends With Troop If you have never sung song before here is a quick video with lyrics and someone singing it for the tune. 12+ amazing resources to help you plan and organize your troop + FREE Kaper Chart Download One thing we all know as leaders we need all the help we can get to make the program fun, educational, and to help build the girl leaders of tomorrow. This post is packed full with ideas for: Kaper Chart ideas plus a free download How to organize your troop Collaboration Ideas Badge Planning Resources World Thinking Day Cookie Season Support Extra Fun For Meetings How to make your troop unique Ceremony Ideas Check it out now Enjoy every minute being a leader and continue to inspire your girls!

Discover the various ecosystems around the world with this cute ecosystem display hanger! It's quick to assemble and a great way to review with your students. In these hangers, students illustrate or glue in the corresponding image to the description card. Then they write facts or other important information in the description card and glue them together to form an accordion-like display. File Type PDF (Acrobat) Document File Be sure that you have an application to open this file type before downloading and/or purchasing.

Taking its name from the salons of the 19th century where dozens of artworks were squeezed together onto the walls as part of academic competitions, the salon-style hang looks effortlessly boho chic when done well—but can be very easy to mess up.

My daughter wanted to create a family night game together that would be both fun and teach a lesson. We created The Choose Kindness Game.

President’s Day is the perfect time to learn about what is means to be a good citizen! This is truly a must-have unit for all kindergarten and first grade teachers. Citizenship, expectations at school, social skills, friendship, and behavior are all tied together. I am so excited to teac

Struggling to cover your Library Media Standards while adding design thinking and innovation into your program? Get started with these small steps!

This authentic White Pizza (Pizza Bianca) recipe features handmade dough, garlic olive oil, and four cheeses for the cheesiest pizza recipe!