Hilary Statum
We’ve had such a great week together following our longer than usual Christmas break. While I DID cry because I had to leave the girls, I was thrilled to see my students. If you teach kindergarten, you know there is something magical about the way the students are able to focus better & already have routines in place when you… Read More
This time of year is so crazy AND fun! I LOVE teaching kindergarten around the holidays. The kids are so excited about everything. They love to listen to holiday-themed books, work on fun crafts, & they are more inspired to write than ever. I wanted to share 10 easy ways I’ve been preparing for the holidays just in case you… Read More
Who doesn’t love the 5 Little Pumpkins poem? We’ve been reciting this poem for years in my classroom. My students always love it. This year I heard that it was one of my students favorite songs so I had to create a resource just for him. You can grab one in my TPT store by clicking on the product cover… Read More
Hi sweet friends, I wanted to share an easy craft with you today. I’ve been doing it for years with my students and they absolutely love it. I have a very chatty class this year (I’m probably kidding myself… who doesn’t???) but when we are working on this project they get pretty quiet. It’s kind of been a running… Read More
We are finishing up our Johnny Appleseed week and have had so much fun. This has been the first time that I’ve really enjoyed studying about apples and Johnny Appleseed. I really learned a lot myself while putting together my resource on TPT and I was especially glad that there were plenty of activities to keep my students engaged ALL… Read More
We have had so much fun today. I can now say that I truly love teaching kids about Johnny Appleseed. In the past I’ve done a few activities to celebrate Johnny Appleseed but never enough. I just didn’t really enjoy teaching about apples. Well… all of that has now changed. 🙂 I compiled everything I could possibly think of that… Read More
Hope you enjoy these easy ways to incorporate springtime STEM challenges in your classroom. This 🦋 STEM project is one of our favorites!
Staff Development for Educators
Springtime STEM with Hilary Statum!
One of our favorite STEM activities of the year! My kids always have so much fun building a suspended chrysalis for their 🦋 right before Mrs. Statum blasts them with a hairdryer! Head over to the SDE Facebook page to catch a replay of tonight’s Teacher’s Choice episode where Adam Peterson & I discuss everything you need to know about this project and how to easily incorporate STEM in your classroom. (I’ve also shared the video on this page.) It really can be simple & fun to work on STEM projects. Scroll through to see some of their creations. Follow the link in my profile if you want to grab the entire unit! 🐛🦋🌷
Giveaway!!! Join me & Adam Peterson tomorrow night at 6 as we go live on the Staff Development for Educator’s Facebook page! We will be talking about easy STEM projects you can incorporate in your classroom this spring. 🌷🐛🦋 I constantly hear from teachers that they would like to incorporate STEM but need some simple ideas and we will have them for you tomorrow night! Your kids are going to LOVE the project we focus on & it pairs perfectly with a unit most of you already do with your students. Leave a comment to let me know if you are on spring break or how many days you have to go. I’ll pick a few winners tomorrow & send you one of my favorite resources for this time of year!!!
Isn’t this the cutest little Jack & the Beanstalk STEM activity you’ve seen? I uploaded this resource a couple of weeks ago & it is jam-packed with ELA, math, crafts, this STEM project, & more! Fairy tales are my FAVORITE to teach! The kids are captivated, they increase vocabulary, imagination, creativity, & more. The best part about this STEM project is you can reuse the supplies every year or let them use some glue so they can take their “craft” home! (Follow link in profile.) #makelearningfun
The Statums are taking back their weekends with ESGI ! Goodbye paperwork for Mommy... Hello beautiful online assessments, reports, & dancing time with my favorites. If you follow me, you may already know how much I LOVE to dance even though I’m not good, it sure does feel good! When I first met Dustin I thought maybe I could catch his eye on the dance floor with these moves😜. Then one night he got into a dance-off and broke these moves out... I mean the guy literally gets into dance battles with people! Talk about feeling ridiculous! On a more serious note - report cards are coming out this week and it was click.click.DONE for me. I personally think the best thing about ESGI is the customized parent letters & differentiated flash cards I get to print and send that are created based on EACH student’s needs. If you purchase this week you get 18 months of DAZZLE free & an additional 6 months added to your license OR try it FREE until the end of the school year with this code! You don’t even have to enter a credit card to get started! 💃🕺🏽 Follow the link below!❤️
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