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5 Fun Ideas and Activities to Enjoy the Snow with Kids!

5 Fun Ideas and Activities to Enjoy the Snow with Kids!

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

New Year’s Resolutions with Young Children

New Year’s Resolutions with Young Children

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

10 Ways to Celebrate Christmas in the Classroom

10 Ways to Celebrate Christmas in the Classroom

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

Johnny Appleseed Fun – Craft, Fingerprint Apples, & More!

Johnny Appleseed Fun – Craft, Fingerprint Apples, & 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

Hurricane STEM Activities, Experiments, Demonstrations, the Red Cross & More!

Hurricane STEM Activities, Experiments, Demonstrations, the Red Cross & 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

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Costume, Coconut Tastings, & Center Activities

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Costume, Coconut Tastings, & Center Activities

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

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  • This no mess and no heat homemade play dough will have your classroom smelling delicious and is perfect to use when studying Johnny Appleseed! We have loved this unit packed with crafts, experiments, ELA practice, math skills, and more! #playdough #kindergarten #firstgrade #applepie #johnnyappleseed
  • Are you thinking of planning a trip to Disney World with babies or toddlers? I'm sharing my best tips for having fun with your children at Disney no matter what age they are! #disneyworldtips #disneyworldwithtoddlers #disneytoddlertips #disneyworld #toddlerfun
  • These thanksgiving crafts, activities, centers, and STEM projects will keep preschool, kindergarten, and first grade students engaged during the month of November! I'm also sharing costume and more fun ideas! #thanksgivingactivities #kindergarten #preschool #firstgrade #novemberideas
  • I love using differentiated task boxes for morning work, early finishers, centers, and reading or math groups. Today I'm sharing how my kindergarten students master the standards in their own individualized tasks perfect for their unique learning styles.
  • I'm so excited to begin incorporating digital fairy tales with my primary students! These are interactive and such a great way to assess understanding. I LOVE that they include sound!
  • I'm sharing my favorite Halloween craft perfect for preschool, kindergarten, or first grade students! These easy DIY candle holders make an adorable gift for parents and can be paired with battery operated tea lights for a showstopper display! #halloweencrafts #kindergarten #firstgrade #preschool #halloweenprojects
  • I'm sharing my top tips for planning the best Teddy Bear Picnic and Sleepover unit for your classroom! My kids loved working on essential math and reading skills with their teddy bears and stuffed friends. They really enjoyed the teddy bear sleepover and picnic activities! #preschool #kindergarten #firstgrade #teddybearday #teddybearpicnic
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22 hours ago

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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.

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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.

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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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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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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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