Hilary Statum
I’m sharing five unique activities to enjoy the snow with your children! Your toddlers and older children will love making snow volcanoes, snow marbles, snow paint, and more with these fun and easy ideas! We have had an ENTIRE WEEK off of school from the snow and ice here in middle TN. Some years we hardly see snow, so it’s… Read More
Are you looking for a fun New Year’s Eve resolution craft for preschool, kindergarten, or first grade students? Your students will love using a paper towel roll to create fireworks while setting a kindness resolution! 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,… Read More
I’m sharing crafts, activities, centers, and a FREE classroom gift today on the blog! Discover 10 ways to celebrate the Christmas season with preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students! 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… Read More
This Johnny Appleseed unit is packed with ways to celebrate this amazing man while keeping your students engaged! Your kids will love the apple volcano, easy crafts, math activities, and more that are perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students. We started our unit on Johnny Appleseed today. I’m thrilled that all of the activities included in my TPT… Read More
My students really enjoyed learning all about hurricanes using experiments, demonstrations, writing prompts, and more. The projects I’m writing about today provide such a great way to introduce science concepts and focus to a weather unit. Phew! This has been a week. You have no idea how many times I forgot what day it was. It has been that crazy…. Read More
I dressed up as a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree for an afternoon my students would never forget! This is the best book to use with preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students to incorporate STEM activities that keep my students engaged while working on their names, recognizing the alphabet, fun crafts, comprehension skills, and more! If you are interested in… Read More
My favorite 5 Little Pumpkin gate made during our STEM project this year. Head to my blog post to read about it!🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃
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You better believe I rode around the room on this broom before reading Julia Donaldson’s fun Halloween story about a friendly witch! 🍂🎃🍂
Have you grabbed the FREE craft, writing prompt, and sequencing sheet yet? Head here to get one for your classroom!
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My FAVORITE craft! Head here for the how-to!
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5 Little 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃unit is on my lesson plans for tomorrow! This one is LOVED by kids & I’ve included alternate versions with 🦇 s or 🍂 if you don’t celebrate Halloween with your students.
We use this unit to work on STEM, writing, retell, and really intensely dig into numbers 1-5. I think as teachers we tend to take for granted that all students know all about those first few numbers when they come to us in k.
If you spend some time on them in the beginning, it will pay off big time with their number sense later! Have you used a finger glove or one of the paper towel retell projects I’ve made with your kids? I’d love to hear if it helped!
My favorite way to get in fine motor, color word, and sorting practice in the month of October! How do you use mini-erasers?
