Hilary Statum
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
We started our unit on Johnny Appleseed today. I’m thrilled that all of the activities included in my TPT store will be more than enough to keep us busy for this entire week in both reading and math. (A little science experiment is thrown in there too!) You can grab your copy by clicking on the cover below. I started… Read More
Phew! This has been a week. You have no idea how many times I forgot what day it was. It has been that crazy. I’m a mentor teacher at my school so I’m juggling evaluating other teachers, being observed myself, 16 kindergarten kids at the beginning of the year, and coming home to a 1 and a 3 year old…. Read More
We have had SO MUCH FUN with this unit. We decided to finish off the unit with a coconut tasting activity and some center activities. (These will be pulled out as needed throughout the school year.) If you haven’t had a chance to grab the resource yet for your students or children, click on the cover below. You will use… Read More
So… now that you are wondering what those three words are, I need to give you a bit of background information. I am a kindergarten teacher at Westwood Elementary and we are officially an Energy Bus School. My principal is very big on creating a positive environment for staff and students. According to their website, “The Energy Bus for Schools… Read More
This has been the craziest most exciting week for me! Besides the fact that school is back in session – which is always an exciting time, my video was featured in the TPT newsletter! It is easy for your resources to get lost in all of the amazing resources in TPT so the newsletter gives your product a chance to… Read More
The cutest STEM project we have EVER completed! 🦃 My kids went crazy for this Thanksgiving Dinner challenge. I just uploaded a new resource to TPT that has photo instructions, the food, planning sheets, reflection pages for this and everything you will ever need for the month of November- another Hide the Turkey STEM project, headbands, whole class craft/labeling activity, sorting past and present, Find the Turkey sight word & number identification, an informational book, class book, individual books, turkey page toppers differentiated writing prompts, Eat More... craft, & more! I’m not kidding when I say it’s an all-in-one resource & guess what?!? This 180 page resource is 1/2 off for 24 hrs- a follower exclusive price! Link to my store in profile.
2 styrofoam cups and some paint or markers and you have the perfect little craft to pair with the retelling of... The Pout Pout Fish! Is this not the cutest book EVER? I have so much fun talking in that Pout Pout voice. It has such a great lesson in it and the kids LOVE the ending. I like to read it while using these cups and then let my students make them to retell the story to their parents. Simple and cheap! Tag some friends who would like to do this with their class!
A friendly reminder from my daughter to grab this FREEBIE in my store! Here’s to hoping it helps all of my teacher friends survive tomorrow. 🎃🕷👻
These Alpha Pops have been a major hit with my 2 & 4 year old and my kindergartners. They love finding the matches and putting them together. I highly recommend them with one exception. You definitely need 2 sets! They come with 13 and have letters on both sides. I erased the letters from one side using nail polish remover and a little scrubbing. Now my students can happily line up all 26 letters!
My little 🌈 after a cloudy day! We are basing our costumes for Halloween all around Heidi’s favorite thing (any guesses???) so I told Aniston she could pick whatever she wanted for the Trick or Treat event & Book Fair at our school today. She chose a rainbow so we stole this cute idea from my best friend & made it our own. Aniston’s rainbow was made from left over pool noodles & I had some shimmery cardboard scrap I used for the raindrops. I ran around after the event ended stuffing bits of cotton into my pockets so our custodian doesn’t kill me tomorrow. 🤦🏽♀️ I love dressing up and really love adding our own ideas to make it unique. Will you dress up this year? I’d love to hear what your game plan is!