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July 2011 "When I grow up, I too will go to faraway places, and when I grow old, I too will live beside the sea." "That is all very we...
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Creepella "Creepie" Creecher is a goth girl who was raised by the Creecher family in Dweezwold Mansion. She is the main character of Growing Up Creepie. Creepie's babyhood is mostly described in "Creepie Crawling". When she was an infant, she was found at the porch of Dweezewold Masion by the insects that lived there. Her foster Mother and her foster Father knew she'd have to leave to be with her fellow humans, so they prepared her by eventually enrolling her to Middlington Middle School. Once
Would you believe that report card time CAN be fun for you AND your students? This bundle set of Editable Report Card Templates is perfect for your kindergarten, preschool and early elementary students! They've been put together with simplicity, fun and efficiency at the core for a busy Teacher life allowing for quick, seamless compilation. I get it... your time as a Teacher is precious and unbelievably S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-D! You've got a classroom to manage, individual student needs keep you on your toes, meetings keep you busy as does your never-ending email inbox. There's lockdowns and pivoting to online learning, Zoom meetings with your students instead of sitting in a circle together face-to-face in your classroom. You've got family at home who need you and maybe even a dog, cat, or chicken coop to look after. You're pulled in every direction on a daily basis, and somehow in there you even need to find some "me time" too (wait, "what's that?" you ask!) 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No longer will you be sifting through your computer files trying to find old files that give you "report card comments" that promise you timesaving "cut and paste" functionalities. Sure, they're great - BUT - what if your student report cards could be much more personalized from your side of things, yet in a super quick and simple way without the need for generic report card comments? In a format that doesn't look for cookie cutter responses, but quick, personalized answers with everything else just the "click of a tick" on a template? If you're still reading to here then I promise you're going to LOVE my best selling set of report card templates... for they are the solution to every Teachers nightmare that is REPORTING TIME! This set is perfect to be used as a Kindergarten Report Card, a Preschool Report Card, or an Elementary Report Card for younger children. Your bundle set comes with 24 template formats included however, should you choose to "click-off" the pre-populated criterions provided to create your own criterions, your set of 24 templates quickly becomes a set of 48+ possible variations in total! The huge range of variations in this set focus around six different template header options, each with various themes. These are: My First Report Card My First Progress Report My Report Card My Progress Report Report Card Progress Report Why not check out the PDF preview included with this listing for a comprehensive overview of EVERYTHING this set includes (HINT: there's far too many variations to list here, so they're best viewed as visual samples!) You'll find the PDF preview file below the product listing photos where the green box says "View Preview." Each of the template variations offer the exact same pre-populated criterions that you can choose to keep. Just type in your student details onto the template, mark off various tick-only fields and it's then ready for you to just save, print and go. Alternatively, with the click of one button at the top of each criterion 'section,' you can choose to delete all of its pre-populated criterions simultaneously in a micro second, ready for you to insert your own. This setup allows you to mix-and-match, as you can use a combination of your own criterions in some sections, whilst keeping some of the pre-populated ones if you wish to. This is where your bundle set of 24 templates easily becomes a set of 48+ possible variations! Which format suits you best? You decide! Amongst the bundle set are templates offering a full color “growth mindset” frame wrapping the criterion boxes which says, 'Success is falling down seven times and getting up eight.' The set also includes simple, plain frame options as well if you prefer. When it comes to compiling these, upon opening up a template, you will be met with a green automated box at the top of the page. This is visible to you on screen, but will not print out. Simply click on this box once you have saved a copy of your completed template for each student. This simply resets all data you have personally entered onto that template. This will save you a lot of time when moving on to the next student. Please be sure to save a copy of each template for each student before resetting your data to a new template though. To make these more fun and engaging for students, why not get your students to write their own name at the top of the page? This gets them involved, and parents also have a record of how they're progressing in writing their own name on their first official fun 'Report Card' in their early schooling years. Something special to look back on in years to come. You’ll see lots of check boxes throughout the templates. These have been setup so that all you have to do is click once to populate an automatic tick. If you click and tick a box accidentally, just click on it again to uncheck the box. To navigate around your templates, simply click your cursor into the text area where you need to type, then use your tab key from there. Included with your purchase is a User Guide, which also includes a Troubleshooter/FAQ's section. This should alleviate any roadblocks you may encounter along the way, plus I am only ever a quick email away if you need to reach out for help ([email protected]) Your purchase price includes unlimited access to any future revisions of this set. As an example, this set originally started with just two template options. That went to 6, then 8 - then a BIG jump with this latest update (September 2021) now at 24 templates! Any buyers who purchased it as a two template set, now get access to 24 templates at their original purchase price! 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July 2011 "When I grow up, I too will go to faraway places, and when I grow old, I too will live beside the sea." "That is all very we...
Backyard croquet is a fun and relaxing lawn game that anyone can play, young and old alike. Learn what you need to set up a croquet court at home!
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Two Points: This is MY method, and not necessarily right for you, your teaching or care philosophy, your set-up, or your students. Curriculum participation by my students is VOLUNTARY. I invite them to participate, but if they choose not to, then that is fine. I usually offer them a choice of a few of the activities and let them decide where we start and where we go. An engaged child learns, a dis-engaged child rebels. The 3-year rotating curriculum is theme based. Some times we stick to the plan, but usually I observe what they are interested in learning about, what they are asking questions about, and suggest up to three different themes they can choose from for us to study. I make my own 3-year rotating curriculum for many reasons: Packaged curriculum is often only one year. Since I teach for 3 years, this would be redundant. Most packaged curriculum focuses on skills my students master early. My 2s count to 20, know 11 colors, know most of their phonics, uppercase and lowercase letters, 10 shapes and some of their numbers and I still have 3 years of curriculum to teach them. They often are worksheet intensive. My students usually are cognitively advanced from their fine motor skills. I have 4 year olds that still can't write well. If I had relied on worksheets for the last 2 years, there is no way they would have the skill sets they have. Worksheets are also not considered Developmentally Appropriate Practice [DAP] for children under the age of 8. We use them here for writing practice starting at age 4. [Yes, worksheet-intensive public schools are not using DAP for kindy through 3rd grade!] They can be expensive. If you are purchasing worksheets, why would you spend even $1 a week/$52 a year when you can purchase a 400 page Scholastic preschool workbook from Sam's Club for $8 that covers probably more material, is most likely aligned with the public school expectations, and is colorful. Colored copies are NOT affordable to make from packaged curriculum. Most [ALL!] preschool learning should be interactive. Pinterest is a better source for ideas. My students change every time I do a theme. I have to be able to tweak it to the interests and capabilities of those currently in my care. Plus, I'll find more interesting activities on Pinterest, have an idea for a new game, etc. It's a constant evolution to keep my curriculum relevant to our current group, situation and resources. However, curriculum planning and creation is very time consuming. Even with older curriculum I spend several hours going over it prior to teaching - updating, creating new materials, purchasing and setting new classroom decorations. While I have had my 3 year curriculum, this year I found myself wanting a more specific schedule to focus on specific skill sets for this particular group of children. Most of these skills can be incorporated into our themed curriculum, or they take 5 minute sessions to pop into our day. I have two groups, the younger preschoolers are 2-3 years old and the older ones are 4-5 years old, all at the same developmental and skill set level within their group. This makes it easier, as I can tailor everything to just 2 groups. If I were to have additional levels of children, then it would be tailored to each level. Children here are taught at their developmental level, not age. Asychronastic development is normal, so I may be teaching a child at various levels depending upon the subject matter. For the younger preschoolers, I came up with this structure. For the older pre-k students, I came up with this one. For instance, both of them have Measurement & Comparison on Friday for Reasoning. However, for the younger students, this would be a more/less, longer/shorter, big/little, etc. activity, while the older students would be measuring with rulers, yardsticks, tape measures, measuring cups, unit blocks, foot steps or themed units, and graphing the measurements to compare. Same skill set, differentiated at vastly different levels. Even this needs conditional tweaking. All the pre-k's know how to spell their last names now, so that is no longer a relevant skill activity for music and will be changed out. In another post I'll get into the curriculum components and the importance of each. For instance, how counting on Friday teaches 1-to-1 correspondence and creating method processes for counting groups of objects. CLICK PICTURES TO VIEW LARGER I use this MS Word template, available for FREE on TPT, for curriculum planning. Often, the daily skill sets above are either already incorporated, or can easily be incorporated, into the theme planning. For an example of a completed curriculum unit, check out our Owls Theme. Each monthly theme is broken down into 4 sub-themes. For instance: SPACE Astronauts & Rockets The Universe Our Solar System Aliens & Robots We also have a musical component, often classical, and an art component, often a master, and Spanish vocabulary component that we incorporate. This planning form may not include all games, file folder games, manipulatives, room-set up, etc. that I utilize. For those of you trained in curriculum creation, I do NOT do a full curriculum development for each activity. With having these children usually from infant to school-age, I keep an internal evaluation of progression and plan out only weekly learning objectives. Since I am creating the activities for my personal use, I do not need to create written procedures and evaluations. My curriculum is stored currently in file folders in a large office bookcase unit. I would like to get it into boxes so that I could have EVERY theme-related item, including dress-up, room set-up, manipulatives, etc. together for an easy pull. File boxes will most likely be the easiest, but they do take up a lot of space. In each file some of the things I probably have: Completed planning sheets All the books I own for that theme Flannel board Sentence and word walls File folder games Samples of previous crafts DVDs CDs Coloring pages Mini-book(s) Build-a-[theme item] game Curriculum creation is one of my great joys. I love the research and compilation, the creativity and excitement of bringing something fun and educational to my students. Learning is rarely linear. Children take developmental leaps, sometimes in odd directions. As a teacher, it is important that I keep each one challenged without pushing or inhibiting their growth, and that takes constant evaluation and a good eye for when those leaps happen so that we can move on to a higher level of instruction. When we do an activity, I constantly question if they WANT to do another round, another activity, and I usually cut them off while they are still engaged. I want them wanting more, and they will usually ask if they can continue. One of the most important desires and abilities I can instill in them is that of self-directed learning. So as they choose to go off with their rulers after we've spent several minutes doing a measuring activity, conferring between themselves as to procedures and what to measure next, I step back and let them. They know I am here as a resource, rather than an intrusive director. It is my job to ensure that when I invite my students to learn, they glow with excitement and anticipation of a fun, interactive, playful time. The results, so far, have been astounding. A few of my complete curriculum units are available through my TPT store. Apples Dental Ice Cream Penguins Rainbows St. Patrick's Day Valentine's Follow Connie -'s board Classroom on Pinterest. Tags: preschool, child care, pre-k, curriculum, development, teaching, education, homeschooling, homeschool, home, school, preschool curriculum development, planning
In July 1995, partway through a monthlong road trip as far west as Glacier National Park, I began to do an odd thing. This was the summer I was 9 years old, between third and fourth grades. My…
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From rural cottage to grand estate, country gardens should be tailored to the house and landscape they occupy. Clare Foster talks to three garden designers about the elements that give a garden that all-important sense of place and we've included loads of inspiration to help you design your English country garden to perfection
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I've always had a slight obsession with maps without really realizing it. Recently it was pointed out that I have a tendency to craft with maps. I think this is because growing up my Dad was a long haul truck driver so we always had an atlas around or went on trips with him where he would show me the plotted out roots on the map so I could learn to follow along, these were the days before GPS. Now when the mapbooks were well used or a new one was purchased I always took the old one. It was the upcycler in me at any early age.
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Sprouted garlic can be planted in the garden anytime the soil can be worked, and each clove will grow a whole new bulb. Most often, garlic starts to sprout in the pantry in spring, meaning
Painting with sponges was all the rage in the 90's. One of my favorite things from growing up was a t-shirt with sponge painted watermelons. You can make the same watermelon prints using sponges. Fun and easy craft for summer!
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If we want to raise gentlemen, we have to start instilling values in our sons at young ages. These are the 7 ways I am doing that.
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Show and Tell ESL Speaking Activity. It's not just for kids but is an excellent ESL speaking activity as well.
You have the best intentions, but just because you don't want these things anymore doesn't necessarily mean they should be donated to the thrift store. Find out what items thrift stores don't want or need.
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These old-fashioned classic chapter books make great family read-alouds. Go get your children hooked on classic books from an early age!
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When our daughters start their periods, it can be a confusing, kinda awkward moment. But you know what? We have the power to turn this into a beautiful, empowering experience for them! Starting her off with a positive mindset and celebrating this significant transition can set the stage for a healthy relationship with her menstrual
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Do you use logic games to grow critical thinking in your classroom? Not only are logic games great for expanding thinking and reasoning skills, but they are lots of fun! Adding some logic games and activities to your lessons is the perfect way to up student engagement and challenge your advanced learners. Looking for ways to get started? Come along as we discuss some of my favorite fun logic activities for kids!
