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How to Prioritize During Your First Year Teaching

(This post originally appeared on my blog on August 11, 2016, but I wanted to re-share it today!) As a new school year begins, I've been reflecting on my time in the classroom and I felt like writing a post for first-year teachers.  First-year teachers have all of the normal pressure of a teacher at the beginning of the school year, plus all of the joys and challenges of being a new ... Read More about How to Prioritize During Your First Year Teaching

On My Own! {Mini Math Activities for Kindergarten – Set 1}

I'm SO excited to announce a brand-new resource that I just added to my store! I love creating activities for kids to do during those times when they are working independently at school.  My morning work tub activities have been so much fun to create because I know kids enjoy doing them and they help ensure your students are engaged with meaningful tasks.   My newest ... Read More about On My Own! {Mini Math Activities for Kindergarten – Set 1}

Unicorn Letter Tracing Cards Freebie

Happy Monday!  I am just popping in quickly to share a fun freebie with you today! My daughters (ages 2 and 5) are really into anything magical right now.  I found this ADORABLE unicorn clip art by Creating4 the Classroom and wanted to create some magic for my girls! I mixed white sand and white glitter (both from Hobby Lobby) and put it into a plastic container.   ... Read More about Unicorn Letter Tracing Cards Freebie

Back-to-School Morning Work Tubs

If you follow me on Facebook, you may have seen my Facebook live video where I announced that I'm adding a Back-to-School Morning Work Pack to my Morning Work Tubs Bundle.  I'm pleased to announce that the pack is completed and now available! Before you go on, if you are not ready to think about back-to-school time, bookmark this post and read it in another month!  That's totally ... Read More about Back-to-School Morning Work Tubs

Blog Re-Launch and Giveaway!

If you've noticed that things look a little different around here, you are correct!  I recently had my site redesigned by the incredible Kristen from Chalk and Apple Design.  I'm so excited that I'm having a huge giveaway!  Nine of my blogging friends are helping me give away incredible prizes to four lucky winners, and I'm giving away a resource bundle to all four of the winners as ... Read More about Blog Re-Launch and Giveaway!

Let’s Get Ready for School! {Part 2}

If your kids are anything like mine, the most common question I hear all day is, "Can I have a snack?"  In the summer, it doesn't seem to matter how much they ate for lunch for if they just polished off a snack twenty minutes ago; they're always hungry!  And that's great! I shared some ideas Today, I'm sharing some simple ideas to practice early learning concepts with your child's ... Read More about Let’s Get Ready for School! {Part 2}

Let’s Get Ready for School! {Part 1}

As a kindergarten teacher, I've found that one of the most common questions parents ask at kindergarten round-up is, "What can I do with my child this summer to help them get ready for kindergarten?".  Caregivers at home can make a positive impact on a child's early educational experiences, and it doesn't have to take a lot of time and money!  Learning at this age should be largely ... Read More about Let’s Get Ready for School! {Part 1}

Summer Morning Work Tubs

I'm so excited to share the Summer Morning Work Tubs with you!  When I began making my Morning Work Tubs for Kindergarten in 2016, I actually was most excited about making summer-themed activities!  I've had many ideas stored up, and I'm happy to have this pack completed and ready to share with you! Like with the previous months, I tried to include a wide variety of activities. ... Read More about Summer Morning Work Tubs

May Morning Work Tubs

I have great news: May Morning Work Tubs are now posted!  I'm so excited to have these ready for you.  I'm excited to say that I was able to incorporate many of the themes and materials that many of you have requested! The May activities are pretty heavy in spring themes, such as flowers, bugs, and birds.  Some of you told me that you do an ocean theme in the spring, so I made an ... Read More about May Morning Work Tubs

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  • Back-to-School Morning Work Tubs | These morning work tubs are great for July, August, or September when you go back to school. You get 20 activities designed specifically for Kindergarten. You'll need a few every day materials - like pom poms and playdough - but then your students will LOVE these activities. Planning and prep will be a breeze with the student instruction cards, sand letting writing, apple number matching, and beach bucket number cards. Click through to check these out today!
  • Back to School Freebie! | Use this FREE download to give your students a small gift for back to school night, open house, or meet the teacher night. Print, cut, fold, and tape them onto the beach balls. These work great for the preschool, Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade classroom. Grab this freebie now!
  • Where's the Bee? {0-30 Number Recognition} This FREE download is great for number recognition with your preschool or Kindergarten classroom or home school students. You get two versions of the game to differentiate and meet student needs. It's great to use with small groups of students or with the entire class. Click through to grab your freebie today! (preK, Kindy)
  • Writing Center Activities for Kindergarten - Develop your students' love for real-world writing with these fun writing center templates! They're perfect for writing centers, or you could use them for guided writing or whole-group writing activities. They could even work as "fast-finisher" activities. The possibilities are endless! I included lines on the templates to help your young writers. Click through to start using these with your kinders today!
  • 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!
  • Read and Spot - These fun pages will provide your students practice with reading simple words. Students will read a word and then find the picture of that word hidden in a large group of pictures. There are 20 pages, which include medial vowels and all vowel sounds - with mostly a CVC focus. Great for literacy centers or stations, Daily 5, morning work, daily spiral review, and more. Great for Kindergarten or early first grade classroom or homeschool students.
  • Fine motor work is a big part of kindergarten learning. While many students have fine motor experiences at home through playing and daily tasks, many K students experience a fine motor delay. Integrating more fine motor work into your day is essential and can be different for each teacher. It is important to find what works for your class: morning tubs, learning centers, stations, take-home bags, or something else. #preschool #Kindergarten
  • These Count and Cover Mats are perfect for any kindergarten classroom. This set includes eight mats with back to school images such as a bus, glue, chalkboard, pencil, school, and more. These are the perfect tool to help kinder students practice number recognition in various forms for numbers 1-10. Great to use with plastic counting cubes of various colors. K students love this hands on number review activity. Use in math centers, whole class review, or individual work time. #Counting #Numbers
  • 3-D Shapes Tab Book - Use this download to help your Kindergarten or 1st grade students better understand 3D shapes. You get a cube, cylinder, sphere, cone, and rectangular prism. This helps students match the real life shapes with the correct clipart. Students can cut materials to add into their book and color. Try it today in your classroom or homeschool! (mathematics, math, shape, home school, first graders, Year 2, kinder, kinders, kindy)

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"This is an absolute gold mine! So many fun creative ways to introduce and assess your Kinders' basic skills like cutting on a straight line, pencil use, gluing to some more academic skills like letters and numbers. Thanks for this!" (Thanks, Kimberly S.!)

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These Amazon dry-erase pockets are my favorite. They're pretty cost-effective, and dry-erase markers erase really well from them. Here's a before and after I made to show how neatly they erase!

I also love these dry-erase markers that have built-in erasers. They're currently on sale!

These would make a great, easy-to-clean math center!

Dry-erase pockets (affiliate): amzn.to/3kD6Qu3
Markers (affiliate): amzn.to/3gMez6n

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