If you haven't been tuning into the WBT webcasts over the last few weeks, you are missing out. Coach B is explaining how to set up your first hour, day and week in your Whole Brain Classroom! Woo Hoo! The next FREE webinar is Tuesday night. Another WBT site to check out is the WBT 1st Grade Facebook page! Last thing for today... I've been working on a cute banner set for my classroom (camping themed of course!) and I've finished it. There are 5 complete A-Z sets in 5 colors (brown, green, blue, red, gold). You can head over to TpT to get yours! 

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One of the best parts of working in an archive is finding hidden treasures in the institution’s collection. Sometimes those treasures are truly exciting finds of epic historical worth that gi…

Bug really struggled remembering the colors that go with the numbers with Math U See. I had made up this card for her. It was such a big help for her. She no longer needs to use the card. Little Man is doing Math U See and was having some difficulty. He has to count some of the blocks often enough that it makes math drag out. He already know how to count to 10. I don't see the point in making him do it all the time. I pulled out the card that I made for Bug. He is picking up the number with the color quickly. It is also handy for those numbers that get reversed often. On the back side I have 0-20 written out along with the color code for 1-10. I used my computer and printed out the numbers out on card stock. I used colored pencils to match the Math U See block colors. Of course I laminated it! Hope that helps you if you are using Math U See with your younger ones. I sure did make life easier for me!

and it's all because of my son's kindergarten teacher... who sent home this: a poor naked turkey. our assignment as a family was to dress it up... as a family. (my craft ocd wanted me

H begins 6th grade this year. One of the things I like about the Waldorf curriculum is that it matches children developmentally. Their pic...

Your students will enjoy learning about the 3 Branches of Government with this interactive packet. This hands-on approach to learning will be a huge help to your students as they learn and understand all about the checks, balances, and duties of the three branches of the U.S. Government. Click the PREVIEW button above to see all the details of this resource! This is the perfect companion to the 3 Branches of Government Reading Escape Room! Click HERE to SAVE 20% by buying ALL 15 Social Studies Interactive Notebooks and Mini Units in one Year-Long Bundle. This resource includes both a printable version AND a digital version. The digital version is on Google Slides and is perfect for distance learning, independent work, centers, and more! This helpful packet includes: Information Guide - This sheet in included for convenience in note-taking and foldable completion. 3 Flip Books - These mini file folder foldables are perfect for helping your students discover the duties, members, and checks and balances of each of the 3 branches of government. Great for interactive notebooks! Interactive Checks and Balances Chart - Students create an interactive table to explore and learn about the checks and balances of the 3 branches of government. This table is ideal for use in students' interactive notebooks. Writing Activity - Students will use the provided application form to apply for a job in the government branch of their choice. A letter-writing template is also included for letters of application and interest. Bulletin Board Display - Includes bulletin board header, illustrated accent pieces, and photo directions. Use these pages to create a bulletin board with an informative display about the 3 branches of government. Add the students' job applications for an eye-catching bulletin board! The packet also includes a teacher-direction sheet with photo examples of the projects in use in the classroom. It is very clear and easy-to-use; basically just print and go! My students loved these activities; I think yours will, too! You may also be interested in these other helpful Social Studies Interactive Notebooks and Mini Units: Maps, Continents, and Landforms Explorers of the World Road to the Revolutionary War The Revolutionary War The 13 Colonies (Geography) Colonial America - Daily Life Colonial America - Jobs and Trades Lewis and Clark Expedition The Oregon Trail The Gold Rush The Civil War - Events Leading to the War The Civil War The U.S. Constitution Elections and the Voting Process Don't forget that leaving feedback earns you points toward FREE TPT purchases. I love that feedback! Also, FOLLOW ME and be notified when new products are uploaded. New products are always 50% off for the first 24 hours they are posted. It pays to follow me! As always, please contact me with any questions! Thank you so much, Shelly Rees

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Free printables and resources to use when putting together a calendar and morning board for your children or classroom.

I have been working on the four times table with my second grader. We have been doing a number of things: 1 – Count by 4’s: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, etc. 2 – Toss a ball, taking tu…

Well intentioned parents, doing as they have always done to protect their children when they were young, often circle the wagons and marshal control when their teenager makes a mistake in judgment...

Engage your kids in Social Studies with these hands-on teaching ideas. Make your own GEODOUGH to teach geography with these simple ideas and recipe.

I have some affiliates in this post of good things that my family has used in our homeschooling journey and in our journaling. If this is the first of my post that you are reading, I would encourage you to take a peek of all of my 10 Days with ABC's Journaling Ideas. Q is for Queens Just with studying Kings, Queens can prove to be a great way to introduce history of other countries and times. Some of the Queens that are full of good journaling ideas are Queen Esther, Queen Jezebel and Queen Isabel of Spain. Queen Elizabeth

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This week the main story in our anthology was about Johnny Appleseed, but our read-aloud on Monday/Tuesday was about Paul Bunyan. I have a ...

It's science week on No Time for Flash Cards... and I am honored to participate. Allison has dedicated this entire week to science and the information couldn't be better!

Here's a quick, kid-friendly intro to some geometry terms, and a fail-safe way to calculate circumference, no matter what!

So we've mastered the "blob map" and now we've moved on to the Outline Map. "Mastered" to me was that she could tell me the 5 Great Circles, Could draw them along with the blobs in the correct places - free hand. Here is the next step we are on... First we are tracing the outline of the World Map from CC Connected. I have her tape down the tracing paper to the table so the paper doesn't move on her. She traces her Equator Line and her Prime Meridian and label them or initial them if you want to make it easier for them. Next she traces just a darkened outline of the larger bodies of land for the 7 Continents. I don't worry about having her trace the little islands.... I have begun a Cycle 1 Maps Lapbook of sorts. This is where I have the maps I want her to work on drawing this year. I've found grid paper on CC Connected for Map Drawing as well as Maps with grid backgrounds for the World and Africa maps for Cycle 1. I then glued them to the lapbook in a manner that makes tracing them or free handing with a dry erase marker easy. Such as below.... Then I used the peel and stick lamination you can buy from Staples to apply a surface that she could dry erase mark over and not have to use tracing paper. Additional maps that we will work on later this year above..... This is the final draw and two different maps she did. The first one pictured was her first attempt. This map is the one that she's now working towards which has all the full names of the Continents and Oceans written out, the Prime Meridian and Equator labeled and the direction compass. We do some quizzing after she draws. Questions like "Is South American East or West of Africa?" and have her start orientating herself with directions N/S/E/W.

Please Visit: My other blog http://featheringnest.blogspot.com/ This is a "Chore Chart." When my three big kids were young I home-schooled them. Life was busy and I needed a chore chart for each child to keep them structured. I got the original kit from Noble Publishing about 12 years ago. I modified it for my children. Here's how I did it. I got poster board and drew lines with black marker according to how I wanted it set up. I used Velcro with the sticky back side and placed a piece of the rough side on my boards. I made copies of the little pictures, colored them and glued them onto card stock. I put clear shelf paper or laminate on top to protect them, and placed the soft side of the Velcro on each card. The original Chore Chart set came with the above pictures. I found it necessary to add to these pictures because I wanted to make them suited to our family. Because I had three children at the time, I needed to make one for each child. At the end of the week, if the children were faithful in doing the things on the chart daily, they got to spend "Mom Money" which I will show in a second. I found out recently that the laundry photos embarrassed my daughter Victoria. She didn't want any friends who came over to see that. I had no idea. Once in while we'd have a field trip planned so I made those cards. They didn't have a home-school card so I made that, and since we participated in AWANA, I made those. My kids were on a chess team so each one got that card to show that they had to practice with each other 5 times a day, or that they had chess class, or a tournament. I took plain old Monopoly money, added shiny stickers (to make them more special) and covered them in clear plastic. An easier method for a chore chart is this paper, which also originally came from Noble Publishing. I also, modified this. I wanted to show that teeth were brushed twice a day and added read the Bible. This is the completed paper chore chart with stickers for doing the chores. This is my "Mommy Store." One item may be purchased per week at the cost of $7 "Mom Dollars." "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6 Please go to Feathering My Nest for more of my posts. Thanks, Kathi

A mini office is a particular application of lapbooks. Each child can make his own mini-office -- a lapbook filled with reference pages for his own learning. The sky is the limit on what you can include. Fill the mini office with the charts that...

Hitler had no greater, more courageous, and more admirable enemies than Hans von Dohnanyi and Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Both men and those closest to them deserve to be remembered and honored. Dohnanyi summed up their work and spirit with apt simplicity when he said that they were “on the path that a decent person inevitably takes.” So few traveled that path—anywhere.

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Grab your maps, and some markers for this interactive map lesson.

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