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How to Vote and a Mock Election for Young Children

January 17, 2017

Have you ever held a mock election for your students? This was a major hit and the perfect way for us to practice essential writing skills while having fun and learning about the voting process, election day, and inauguration day! We had so much fun with our mock election on Friday. If you are interested in the mock election activities,… Read More

Inauguration Day and the Election for Children

January 13, 2017

How to vote, the voting process, election day, inauguration day, and so much more! My students have LOVED learning all about this year’s Presidential Inauguration with all of these fun activities! You can find the resource here! Donald Trump Craftivity and Writing Project Students loved the White House coloring page.I asked them to color the windows and cut it out…. Read More

The Presidential Inauguration Day with Young Children

January 7, 2017

Have you ever taught your students about the presidential election? My kids had the best time learning about inauguration day and how to vote while working on essential writing skills. When Donald Trump was elected, we really loved learning about Inauguration Day! I know that there are many differing opinions about our most recent Presidential… Read More

Missing Mitten Mystery

January 3, 2017

This adorable freebie created to pair with The Missing Mitten Mystery written by Steven Kellogg will keep primary students engaged while practicing essential writing skills! Young children love working on writing while trying to solve the mystery! Update! Guess what? The post below was written BEFORE I created this FREEBIE that includes mittens and writing templates that you… Read More

Pencils to Pigtails is in Nashville, Tennessee.

19 hours ago

My kids never cease to amaze me and this was a personal favorite 5 little 🎃 gate they created!Every child loves that song. I introduce it with this retell 🧤. Then we sing it, act it out using these masks, retell it using the paper towel craft and do some sequencing activities. I’ll link my blog post in my stories so you can see those.The STEM activity really stands out. It’s the easiest prep and clean up ever and it’s perfect for getting kids used to the process using the planning and reflection sheets. Of course I let them eat some fresh pumpkins later that haven’t been handled yet!You can find all of this in my 5 Little Pumpkins unit on TPT. If you have children that don’t celebrate Halloween, you can use the alternate “leaves” or “bats” in the air wording. Have you tried this resource with your kids? What did they think? 🎃 ... See MoreSee Less

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Pencils to Pigtails is in Nashville, Tennessee.

5 days ago

How cute are these spatula 👻 s? Today’s #fridayteacherhack is from @littleoneslearn 🎃 Such a genius idea to use a kitchen utensil for these. I also love that this uses black construction paper and googly 👀- I seem to always have extras of those 2 items. How about you? ... See MoreSee Less

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Pencils to Pigtails is in Nashville, Tennessee.

6 days ago

Prepping for Room on the 🧹! Have you used this freebie with your kids yet? It’s in my TPT store. Go grab it!I leave this sparkly witch hat and 🧹 at school so I can just wear a black dress on the day we read it and transform into the main character in 2 seconds.Did you see my top 10 Halloween books countdown? This was my number one pick. Perfect for sequencing, the free movie on Amazon prime is phenomenal, Julia Donaldson’s rhyming ability is perfection, and I love the message of kindness and helping a friend.These big 🧹 look adorable in the hallway and the kids love making them. They are super simple and tie in ELA standards. There’s also a sequencing and writing prompt included. Let me know if you’ve used this with your kids. I love hearing about it!🧡🧙🏽‍♀️🎃 ... See MoreSee Less

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Pencils to Pigtails is in Nashville, Tennessee.

7 days ago

Interrupting your evening with these EPIC school pictures my good friend, Kerry, has taken over the last 3 years!Can you imagine how happy this makes the kids? I have giggled all day wondering how the photographer reacted! I can see it now, “Um…. Chin down… tilt your head more to the right…?!?”🤣 ... See MoreSee Less

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Pencils to Pigtails is in Nashville, Tennessee.

1 week ago

Have you grabbed this fun freebie yet? 🎃It’s a personal favorite of mine.After reading the Pumpkin Smasher story, my kids color a 🎃 before heading to specialty. While they are gone, I go around tearing their pumpkins into about 8 pieces and adding a treat to their work area.When they return, they read the poem and then have to guess who the 🎃 smasher is. Sometimes the kids guess it was me but they often don’t. Swipe through to see Aniston’s face when she came back in the room.Hilarious! Anyways, they write about it and glue their pumpkins back together onto another piece of paper.These look so cute in the hall! I’ve included these adorable word cards, pumpkins to color, and the writing pages you need.If you don’t have the 📖, you can still make this one work with another story for this time of year.I’ll add a swipe up in my stories to a blog post and the newsletter sign up for this one. If you’re already on the list, I’ll resend this out to you this week!🎃I have even more goodies coming this month for you! ... See MoreSee Less

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