With the holidays each year, our minds turn to thoughts of gratitude and thankfulness, family, friends and relationships new and old. Our values as a society are formed by parents and others who are the center of our youngest students’ world. As teachers, we can work hand in hand with parents to help children develop […]
How We do Learning Stations this Year…
As you can see by my infrequent posts, I am quite busy with teaching and creating meaningful learning for my students. This year’s little group has an extra dose of the wiggles, so keeping them engaged is priority #1. Staying a step ahead of them is equally challenging! It became quite clear earlier this year […]
Meaningful Centers and A Ten-Frame Idea–Video :)
Hello! I am writing another fun post for Mailbox Gold’s #BeTheDifference Campaign, and this time it’s all about quick-to-set-up centers! I decided to create a little video to show you how I made a quick egg carton 10 frame with a little stand behind the lid, and also want to share a few ideas […]
September is passing quickly! Learning the Alphabet
Every year, I assess and have many of my students well on their way to knowing both capital and lowercase letters. However there are always a few who are struggling to make sense of the symbols that are called letters. They can name a person whose name begins with “that” letter, but they can’t find […]
Inspiration Board Ideas for Classroom Layout
Every year I set out to do a mock up of every space in my classroom, and this year has been the best ever! It is no secret I am in love with royal blue, yellow and white, so I kept my theme but included this color palette in two specific areas of the classroom: […]
How many letters in my name??? What sound does it begin with??? Here
is a freebie for practicing arranging the letters in names, then reinforcing the concept of letter on a cute apple template. I typed each child’s name in a table (one letter per cell), then cut the names into strips. You could also write their names on sentence strips. Students have to cut the letters apart, […]
