Hilary Statum
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
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
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
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
This is a well-loved book in my classroom! Typically around 25% of my students are ESL learners. They love to hear those Spanish words and correct my pronunciation!🤣
This is a really cute book to start celebrating those language differences immediately!❤️
Our go-to super easy 4th of July shirts! 🇺🇸We threw these together last year and I wanted to give you a reminder in case you want to try them with your littles.
I just used acrylic paint and painted each girl’s hand first before they pressed it on the shirt. (Don’t forget to lay cardboard inside.)
Then I let them make fingerprint “stars” using silver glittery paint. I used round sponges to paint the red on. This was easier than trying to make perfectly straight red stripes.
Will you be making these this year? Let me know!❤️
I’ll be sending this freebie out to newsletter subscribers this week! 🎉 Make sure to sign up on my blog if you haven’t.
Keep an eye out for these bubbles on clearance. You can usually buy a 6 pack for $3.88 at Walmart but may find them even cheaper if you are watching for them.
I give these out after the first day and we take the last twenty minutes or so to go outside and blow bubbles. They love it! I also think these would be so cute in bags to send home if distance learning continues for you.
I’m going to do my best to be helpful for you guys as we all think about the next school year. What else would you like to see? Tips for distance learning, more hands-on activities to send home, ideas for arranging a classroom with new safety guidelines? Anything else? Let me know!
I saved my favorite giveaway for the last day! 🎉🎈🥳 Have you played this fun Sneaky Snacky Squirrel game? It’s perfect for fine motor practice, color recognition, & gaming skills.
Easy to enter!
1. Make sure you are following @pencilstopigtails & @educationalinsights
2. Like this post & tell me one of your favorite games to play with kids and why.
3. Tag a friend who works with children.
Head to my IG stories to see why the girls aren’t holding this one 🤪 and to see them play it.
This is one of the first games that made me fall in love with @educationalinsights . Since then, I’ve collected the shapes and alphabet version too.
All of them are so fun!
This promotion is in no way sponsored, administered, or associated with FB, Inc. By entering, entrants confirm that they are 13+ years of age, release FB of responsibility, and agree to FB’s terms of use.
Congrats to yesterday’s winner! You can see the drawing in my stories on Instagram. If you entered on FB, I added your name to the bag!☺️
Heidi is cheesing 😁 about today’s giveaway! We are giving away this Highlights Hot Dot’s Set which is similar to the Pete the Cat set on Monday.
The 🦉 is so cute!
The pen is self-checking which makes it really engaging and something students complete during small groups. I love the cards included with this one.
Super simple to enter!
1. Be sure you are following @pencilstopigtails & @educationalinsights
2. Like this post & comment with the grades or ages of the children you work with or have at home. I’d love to hear your favorite grade level if you have swapped it up some!
3. Tag a parent or teacher friend!
I can’t wait to send this to one of you to kick off your school year!❤️❤️❤️
