Circle time, morning meeting, calendar, morning message, carpet time, whatever you choose to call it in your classroom or home…it is one of the most important times of the day for learning with your little ones. Are you making the most of it? If your learners are sitting on the carpet for 30 minutes…probably not. Or, […]
BOOM CARDS FREEBIE
Have you heard about Boom Cards? It’s the new craze in the teacher world and it’s really cool! You find more and more technology in classrooms these days, and teachers are always on the hunt for interactive activities. I recently jumped on the book cards bandwagon and I’m offering you my first freebie! A Simple […]
CHRISTMAS ALPHABET SENTENCE
Gift giving is the best part of the holiday season. Don’t you agree? In our house, we make an attempt to talk about how important giving is rather than receiving. We make a lot of our gifts to give, and it’s such a joy to see the creations the kids make. But of course, we […]
FREE BEGINNING LITERACY ASSESSMENT
It’s the beginning of the year, and you have a whole new class that is sitting in front of you. You don’t know them besides the information you got on the student information card. You know the first few weeks are getting to know them. Both personally and academically. You also know the first few […]
CALENDAR TIME WITH LITTLE LEARNERS
Are you implementing calendar time in your class? Tt is beneficial to create a routine and expectations for calendar time. So what is your calendar made of…intentional instruction or monotonous routines? We started our calendar time and learning tubs this week, mainly because the weather has just been so HOT here in Texas and we […]
LET IT SNOW…CHRISTMAS ALPHABET HUNT
We don’t see much snow in Texas, so the packaged stuff is usually as good as it gets during the holidays. I found some that I had stashed with our Christmas goodies! I put the snow in a container and will use it now, as well as, throughout the winter for all sorts of fun activities. […]