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A Guide to Creating Fine Motor Experiences In Your Classroom

Today, I'm sharing some of my thoughts and ideas about fine motor work in kindergarten.  Over the last several years, one of the hot topics in early childhood education has been the increasing number of children entering school without age-appropriate fine motor skills.  Studies such as this one have linked fine motor skills with academic achievement and have found that ... Read More about A Guide to Creating Fine Motor Experiences In Your Classroom

Spring Read-Alouds + Free Teaching Ideas!

With spring comes so many of my favorite things: warmer weather, sunnier days, and some of my favorite read-alouds!  I'm doing a round-up of my favorite books to read aloud in the springtime.  I'm also sharing several free activities! Old Bear by Kevin Henkes Old Bear is one of my all-time favorite books. I'm a huge fan of Kevin Henkes in general.  The text and the ... Read More about Spring Read-Alouds + Free Teaching Ideas!

Spring Fine Motor Activities

Happy Saturday! I was hoping that by the time I had a chance to blog about my new spring fine motor centers, it would actually feel like spring around here in Kansas. Alas, we have had snow falling on and off today and although it's not sticking to the ground, I'm still not happy at all.  I guess it could be worse, but still...*sigh*. Anyway, I just wanted to take a few minutes to share ... Read More about Spring Fine Motor Activities

St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Activities

With all of the cold and nasty weather we've been having here in Kansas, it's hard to believe that St. Patrick's Day is only a couple weeks away.  With another winter storm coming this weekend, I am more than ready for spring and that's an understatement! Although it might not feel like St. Patrick's Day is almost here, I want to share some St. Patrick's Day fine motor activities with you ... Read More about St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Activities

5 Tips for New Teachers Who Are Struggling

If you're a first or second year teacher, this post is for you. I wanted to take a minute to check in with you to see how you're doing. How has your school year gone so far? How are you doing emotionally? How many weeks until summer break?  (Kidding...mostly!) From a former first year teacher, I know what a roller coaster that year can be.  Of course it's wonderful in so many ways ... Read More about 5 Tips for New Teachers Who Are Struggling

Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Activities

Even though January always seems to last 873 days, Valentine's Day still manages to sneak up on me. I don't actually mind the month of January, since my daughter and I both have birthdays in January and it's good to get back into a routine after the holidays.  But it still seems like a long month! I've been LOVING putting together these fine motor packs!  I just added my 14th pack ... Read More about Valentine’s Day Fine Motor Activities

100th Day of School Fine Motor Activities

It's nearly the middle of January already and around here, that means that it's almost the 100th day of school!  Every year, as a parent and teacher, it's hard to believe that 100 days have already gone by. It's such an exciting day for our students and I like to make the entire day all about everything "100"! I'm really passionate about fine motor work and providing children with meaningful ... Read More about 100th Day of School Fine Motor Activities

Christmas Train Ride Fine Motor Activities

Happy Friday!  I've been working really hard on more fine motor activity packs and I just added this one this week.  If you read or watch "Polar Express" or just love celebrating all things Christmas in your classroom, here are some fun activities that add fine motor work to your school day! 1. Paper Tearing: Students will tear pieces of paper from pre-cut construction paper strips and ... Read More about Christmas Train Ride Fine Motor Activities

Turkey Fine Motor Activities

Happy Wednesday!  I don't know about you, but I can't believe we're already one week into November.  With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I have been excited to get my Turkey Fine Motor Activities pack completed.  I just got it posted and I can't wait to share about these activities with you! There are a total of 10 activities in this pack.  All of my fine motor packs ... Read More about Turkey Fine Motor Activities

February Literacy Centers for Kindergarten

I recently added the February Literacy Centers to my Literacy Centers Bundle and I'm so excited to share about them!  As I'm creating the activities, I love looking back to the first couple packs and seeing how the skills have progressed.  That's what I love about kindergarten: the progress students make is so much fun to watch! That being said, we all know that our students ... Read More about February Literacy Centers for Kindergarten

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  • Kindergarten Morning Work for November - Here you get 25 printable worksheet pages that are student friendly. Skills include letter recognition and sounds, tracing & writing, rhyming, first sound isolation, syllables, short vowels, CVC words, number recognition, number tracing and writing, 2D and 3D shapes, counting, "how many?", missing numbers, ten frames, comparing numbers, and more! Click through to see how these will benefit and engage your kinders!
  • Decomposing Numbers Fold-and-Flip Books - Looking for a fun way to teach your Kindergarten students about decomposing numbers from 2-10? Your students will love these fold-and-flip books! This set includes TWO versions of foldable books: One version has the equations as __+__=__ and the other version has them as __=__+__. Great for small group work, whole class instruction, review, homework, and more.
  • November Literacy Centers for Kindergarten | Your Kinder students are going to love doing these 20 different literacy centers. You get sight words, sort it out, letters and sounds, literacy spotlight, and I'm a writer. In addition to the centers, you get organization and management ideas plus student instruction cards. There are NOT holiday or season specific, but they will be appropriate for Kindy students in their third to fourth month of school.
  • Owl Craftivity with Writing Prompts - Make an adorable owl craft with this great download. You get simple templates for students to cut out plus 12 half page writing prompts. Great for back to school, the fall months, a Halloween alternative activity, or ANY time of year you want a little bit of owl fun. Click through to see how you could use this with your preschool, Kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd grade students.
  • November Literacy Centers for Kindergarten | Your Kinder students are going to love doing these 20 different literacy centers. You get sight words, sort it out, letters and sounds, literacy spotlight, and I'm a writer. In addition to the centers, you get organization and management ideas plus student instruction cards. There are NOT holiday or season specific, but they will be appropriate for Kindy students in their third to fourth month of school.
  • November Morning Work Tubs | Your Kindergarten students can use turkey clip it cards, letter tracing, ten frames, pattern blocks, magnet match, count & clip cards, number tracing, counting, 3D shapes, regular shapes, number order, color sorting, line tracing, spy & write, picture tracing, color by picture, pattern cards, CVC words, and community helpers. Many activities have a Thanksgiving theme kids will love. Grab them today!
  • October Literacy Centers for Kindergarten | Here you get 20 literacy centers designed for Kindergarteners to use during their second to third month of school. There are NOT specific seasonal or holiday themes, but rather activities for kids to complete. You get five center types - sight words, sort it out, letters and sounds, literacy spotlight, and I'm a writer. Click through to see how this would work for your classroom or homeschool students.
  • Planting Seeds Writing Freebie | This is a FREE set of how-to pages that will help your Kindergarten & 1st grade students write the steps to planting a seed! There are options for three-step and four-step directions, and three variations of each. These work great if you're planting your own seeds in your classroom, or after reading about planting seeds, and they are a great follow-up activity after discussing the steps to planting seeds. Also great for homeschool families!
  • This Football Fine Motor Activities resource contains low prep activities that PreK, kindergarten, and homeschool students will love! These low-prep activities are perfect for prekindergarten centers or kinder stations and cover fine motor skills such as paper tearing, cutting, line tracing, letter & number writing, tweezing, bead stringing, hole punching, and more. Preschoolers and kinders love these hands on activities that allow them to develop their fine motor skills while having fun. #

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I just updated these two FREE Halloween activities! They both use the Welch's brand of Halloween fruit snacks. The graphing page is a super simple print-and-go activity and the mini-book is perfect for interactive fun! The links to both freebies are in the comments. 🎃 ... See MoreSee Less

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Need a Halloween bulletin board idea? Check out these creepy and cute word family spiderwebs! 🕸🕷 What phrase would you use with them? I was thinking “A Web of Word Families”!
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Here’s a quick apple-themed math activity! Perfect for centers or morning tubs! 🍎

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I love seeing your pictures of morning work tubs in action! Here are a couple pictures that were shared this week in my Morning Work Tubs Facebook group. She has the October tubs all ready to go!

Join my Facebook group here: bit.ly/MorningTubsGroup

Grab October tubs here: bit.ly/OctoberMWTubs

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