You will be astonished by all the ways you can re-use those little, plastic k-cups!
Interested in switching to flexible seating? Get funding ideas, helpful tips, and how-to photos from the pros—your fellow high school teachers.
Into the woods ... in the classroom!
If you've been wondering how to put together Greek Olympics games in your classroom, you're in the right place!
Starting a teacher business has never been more exciting. Tutoring allows you to use skills you already have as a teacher to put extra money in your pocket right away! Read this blog post to learn how to tutor a learning pod to grow and scale your teacher business.
14 Brilliant Ways to Quiet a Noisy Class! Check out these behavior management strategies for classroom management!
As I finish out my 24th year as a teacher, it is always bittersweet to watch my students take the last step in their transition to becoming 8th graders. Of
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...
These free focus mats have been created to help you get your students ready for standardized testing or other stressful days in your classroom.
Into the woods ... in the classroom!
Teach map skills with a map flip book craft! Check out this differentiated "Where in the World Am I?" booklet.
This year, why not try something different and host a "Dress Up with Idioms" day? Here are a few fun idiom costume ideas for your classroom!
Grab FREE back to school printables like lesson plans, activity sheets, bulletin board posters and more to start the new school year off right.
I highly recommend Epic! for use in the listening center, but there are SO many other great ways to use it. In this post, I'm sharing 5 of my favorites!
Need great podcasts for kids to add to your lessons or fun family podcasts for trips or listening together? Here are educational podcasts for kids, podcasts for tweens, teen podcasts and even podcasts for family road trips! Great alternatives to traditional learning, screen-free time ideas, and perfect ideas for road trips!
We want students to be comfortable in our classrooms. We want them to feel welcomed and inspired. Classroom decoration can play a role in creating that environment. Below are some simple ways to …
I am linking up again with Teaching With Nancy's weekly linky - TGIF - Thank Goodness It's Free! Be sure to head over to her blog to pick up some more free stuff! We are finishing up our unit on plants and here are the greenhouses that we made. I have seen similar designs on Pinterest and decided to create one that we could use. Let me pause here to say - SEEDS ARE AMAZING! I forgot to buy bean seeds and remembered that I had pinto beans in my sensory bins! So I just grabbed some from the bins!!! And they grew!!! AMAZING! And did you know that you can use dry bean soup mix from the store to sprout? Here are the seeds on Day 1. And on Day 11. I love planting in plastic bags, because we are able to see all the plant parts! You can grab the Greenhouse pattern and directions below! Just click on the cover thumbnail! ***If you are having trouble accessing the file, please try using a non-work, non-school related account.***
Next year I am going to try something new for behavior. This year I would call parents when there was some kind of big behavior problem at ...
As many parents and educators around the country are gearing up for pod learning, I've been thinking about fun drawing activities you could easily do in your pod. Simon Says is a fun drawing activity that can also double as an activity for assessing where your students are.This is such a simple and fun activity. I've done it with my 4 year old son who really doesn't like to draw and my 6 year old daughter who loves to draw, and they both love it.Materials: Small white boards, white board markers
If you've been wondering how to put together Greek Olympics games in your classroom, you're in the right place!
Looking for fun Dinosaur Preschool Theme Activities? You will love this set of Preschool Dinosaur Centers and No-Prep Worksheets.
Do you send a newsletter home to your parents? Hopefully, you do and if you don’t…then I think I can help you out! Newsletters are a great way to touch base with parents and let them know what is going on in your classroom and if you send it consistently on the same day, then …
