These FREE Name Chants and Songs for Pre-K & Kindergarten are sure to have your students excited to practice important skills like rhyming!
Discover the perfect All About Me preschool activity designed for young kids! Get a free printable worksheet that's simple, engaging, and ideal for emergent readers. Download now!
Here are some helpful tips for name practice in Kindergarten. I also created some freebies for your first week of school.
When is the best time to visit Ireland? We say, whenever the opportunity presents itself! Of course, each season has its advantages and disadvantages. From the weather to the crowds to the events throughout the year, everyone may have a different idea of when is the best time to visit Ireland. Ireland weather usually quantifies when is THE best time to visit. So we'll go through each season and you can decide when you want to pack your bags! Weather in Ireland In Ireland, the weather is the topic of conversation A LOT! It’s truly unpredictable and you can easily
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Have a chatty class? Do your talkative students get louder and louder during small groups until it feels like chaos? Do they talk when you'r...
Pre-K & Preschool activities for the first days of school. Find more Beginning of School Activities for Pre-K In the beginning of the year, we spend a
As part of our All About Me theme, we spent a little bit of time working on learning the parts of the body. More specifically, the head shoulders knees and
At my school we call them learning buddies but you might know them as reading buddies or big buddies/little buddies. Whatever you call them, some times it’s hard to think of activities to do with them. I often found myself planning things on the fly so I decided to compile a list of activities that […]
When your kids are bored get out the printable cheat sheet with indoor activities for 5-10 year olds, including active activities and quiet time ideas.
Easy Pumpkin Roll Recipe With Cream Cheese Filling perfect for any time of year.
Looking for a new and engaging classroom management system for your classroom? I love Secret Student because all of my students buy into this system...
Grab our free, clickable Mega List of Themes and Skills for Pre-K & Kindergarten Lesson Plans to see what themes/skills I cover in my classroom all year!
The end of the school year is such a special time as testing winds down, and you finish teaching those last few standards. You may even find you have little pockets of time throughout your days when you and your students can work to strengthen that special classroom community bond that's been building throughout the year. One of my favorite ways to savor that last few weeks with my family-away-from-home before they head off for summer break is through design challenges and game play.
Helping K-2 Teachers Like You Save Time, Grow Instructional Skills, and Teach With Confidence!
Eight circle time songs that children will love and learn from!
Get started with a preschool question of the day in your classroom! These fun questions will make your morning routine meaningful and fun!
These Fingerprint Bugs are so simple and fun for the kiddos. I love seeing what my kids come up with.
Thousands of teachers have used these tried and true GUARANTEED tups to stop students from blurting out. Chatty Class? YOU NEED TO READ THIS!
A collection of letter of the week crafts to do with your preschooler. The craft includes free printables and step by step instructions for A-Z.
It's here! The 2020 version of our uber-useful, printable yearly at-a-glance calendar. With a little washi tape, this handy planner levels up home & office.
5 Activities to Teach Angles
What they don't teach us in education courses is just how freaking much students talk, and how hard it can be to quiet them down. Help is on the way.
Free International Dot Day Activity (Creativity Challenges) Teachers, are you looking for some free resources for International Dot Day? Dot Day takes place on September 15th. The inspiration for the day comes from the book, The Dot , by Peter H. Reynolds. In the story, the main charac
Spending the first week of school teaching classroom expectations and procedures is essential for a successful year. Glue is a tricky school supply for many little learners and there definitely needs to be instruction dedicated to teaching learners how to use this tool.Glue BottlesWhen learners are not taught how to use their glue correctly things
Does it ever feel like the last 3 minutes of class can be the craziest? You get students all settled down where they’re learning and following directions with no problems and the second you mention the words “line up” they turn into a herd of cats. Line up time doesn’t […]
Looking for activities to do at home with a 2 year old? Look no further because we've got you covered with 20 awesome at-home activities.
Use these four great classroom time savers to help you stay on track with your schedule, teach more efficiently, and save your sanity.
One year ago I finished breast cancer treatment. Here is what no one told me about my first year as a breast cancer survivor!
I recently had a chance to explore the Christmas markets of the Stuttgart region . The markets were amazing, but there are so many more things to do in Stuttgart, that I think it would be a fun travel destination at any time of year. These are my recommendations for the best things to do in Stuttga
Often as a new school year begins we come to find that character and habit training are some of the essentials that need to be taught so that the rest of the learning flows more smoothly throughout our days. What may feel like getting off schedule may really be an opportunity to teach our children
Geometric Art
Using a kindergarten loop schedule has been my number one organizational hack for our homeschool year. We're never behind and always focused!
A NO PREP art/language activity teachers can use any time. All you need is paper!
Magic words for my two year old daughter.
A dinosaur theme is a sure fire way to capture little one’s interest and curiosity. Just talking about dinosaurs with toddlers is so much fun! Our week was filled with names to learn, questions to answer and hands on activities to try. Here were our plans for Dinosaur Week: And here are the details of […]
Learn everything you ever wanted to know about quiet time and how to make the perfect quiet time bins for your preschooler to keep them busy and save your sanity!