Use these Easy Play dough Name Mats year after year! All you have to do is type your students name in and print them! There are six different backgrounds to pick from! These will help students learn their name and also help develop their fine motor skills while working with the play dough! There are...

Teaching kindergartners how to cut – quick resources for teachers. Here are some bright ideas to teach how to cut for thoses that need it in your classroom.

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A big national study of Head Start programs shows that focusing on preschoolers' social and emotional skills can help them better engage in learning.

I wanted to stop by today and share some a few of my “go-to” activities during the first week of school to build our classroom community and set expectations for […]

Learn about teaching handwriting for preschool, pre-k & kindergarten littles. Includes research-backed strategies and activities you'll love!

We started a new unit in math this week on length. I *love* teaching measurement- it's so much fun and interactive and the kids always get into it too! In kindergarten we focus on nonstandard and comparative measurement. We watched this fabulous "Sid Science Kid" clip about measurement and then put the ideas to practice! I had a student lay on the carpet and we talked about lining up the edges of our "unit" without leaving spaces. The black towers of cubes are laid down so that my volunteer would know where she needed to line up her feet next. Then, as kids always are- they were curious about how many cubes our carpet was long. They could have gone on ALL day measuring with them! The next day I had my students work with their table groups to compare pieces of string. Each child had a piece of yarn. The brown yarn was the piece that we compared against. We are really working on using language such as "longer than" and "shorter than" and being able to justify our answers. I found this fabulous page from Maria at Kinder-Craze and my kids practiced independently using it. It was a hit! I love how simple it is and it's a quick check for understanding. Hopefully I will be back to you this weekend with the rest of our week in Math!

Teach your child to recognize and read consonant digraphs /th/, /sh/, and /ch/ with a digraph garden!

Super Easy and Editable Name Practice!You have three options with this document!1. you can have your students trace their names on all of them2. you can have your students trace their names on 1 or 2 and then write it on their own3. have your students write their name on all of themMust have a PC C...

Teaching Honesty in the Classroom; character education; classroom community; honesty for kids

When I think of the world that we live in and how many colors are all around, I am truly amazed. Rainbows, fish, butterflies, flowers...there are many colorful things in our world. So, when it comes to teaching colors to my little learners, what better way than to let them know that these colorful things come from God.

You can find this full lesson plan in my 4th Grade Curriculum Lesson Pack HERE! I have had quite a few people ask me about the handouts I used to do this color value lesson: So here you go... Sorry that I cut of the word "white" on the left side when I copied it, but the kids still get the idea. You can always just re-write it on the original before copying. I also included a value shading handout that I use for colored pencil and pencil projects. Enjoy! [These are cell-phone photos of copies of the handouts, but they should print fine. I hand-draw most of my handouts and then make copies!]

Subitizing, being able to quickly identify the amount of objects in a group, is a very important skill for early learners.

Free, fun and useful Kindergarten - 1st Grade, Common Core aligned lesson plans, math games, calendars, behavior charts, materials and more!

January is here! A NEW YEAR and so much to learn! I am super excited to continue our learning for this school year and start the calendar year off strong!

An erupting lemon volcano is the perfect kitchen science activity or chemistry experiment to try with the kids.

Taste-Safe Sensory Aquafaba Foam Frog-Pond

Getting kids excited about annotating text is a challenge. Using SNOTS not only helps students annotate text, it's engaging and fun.

We introduce journals with our 3 year olds with simple ideas that teach them how to love and care for their little books.

Turn an ordinary flashlight into a constellation projector and explore the night sky while indoors!

So, you are going back to school full time but the students will only be there part time. How will I manage in person AND online learning simultaneously? This might feel like you are being expected to do two jobs at once (let’s face it, you are). Even though it feels daunting, there are many ... Read more

Grab these free rhyming printable clip cards to use with your learners! Build phonological awareness as your learners name the picture at the top and clip the rhyming picture beneath it. #rhyming #preschool #prek

Are you interested in teaching your students about mindfulness and meditation? Research shows that providing mindfulness and meditation instruction to kids improves academic achievement and reduces anxiety and stress. Give it 10 minutes each day and watch your students transform!

These super-fun Craft Stick Exploding Boomerangs can be easily made with just 4 craft sticks in about 10 seconds or less. They "explode" on contact!

Telling time past the hour can be challenging for primary kids but it doesn’t have to be a struggle for you or your students. Learn simple ways and effective strategies to make telling time easier for primary kids.

23 hands-on Montessori practical life activities and materials for kids in Casa and Lower Elementary that develop fine motor skills and promote indepedence.

Symmetry is something that I still struggle with as an adult. You know those pictures where on has to complete the other side of a face? That is super difficult for me. Symmetry is a

Learn 3 simple and clear steps to teaching kids how to emotionally regulate from a pediatric occupational therapist and mom of 3.

On a normal, middle-of-the-year day, I want my students to come into my room in the morning knowing it is a calm place, a cooperative pla...

Core values are crucial to success. When it comes to identifying core values, worksheets are a great tool for revealing what is important to you and what you believe in.

Health EDventure has designed a fact sheet to over different types of livestock branding. Students will learn how to decode the brands and match them to the correct ranch.

I like to use cooperative games as a way to promote cooperation and as an introduction to the etiquette of sportsmanship.

In kindergarten, students begin to learn about place value by decomposing numbers into 10 and some ones. In first grade, students transition to decomposing

Looking for woodworking projects that you can do with your kids? Look no further!

Making these marbled leaves is SO FUN and the fall colours are so pretty! This fall craft is super easy - simply press cardstock leaves into shaving cream and paint and then squeegee them off to reveal beautiful paper marbling! Marbled Leaves Shaving Cream Art These marbled leaves are the perfect craft for fall! Who knew you could get such pretty marbling from paint mixed into shaving cream?! The patterns are so beautiful, and each leaf is one of a kind. These leaves coloured by shaving cream marbling were inspired by the colours of fall here in Canada. I absolutely love