Today marks a pretty big day, according to my Facebook memories. It’s officially the day 6 years ago that I resigned from teaching. Teaching third grade was my absolute dream job and it served me well for most of my nine years, but things were shifting personally and professionally so I just felt that nudge…
Have you seen anything sweeter than these two reading together after a picnic in the fall leaves? These personalized children’s books were a hit! We were gifted the most gorgeous personalized children’s books by In The Book. Clearly Carter’s excited and our little princess Charlotte was too! Each book came in a beautiful gift box….
You can take the teacher out of the classroom, but you can’t take teaching out of her heart. I am l-o-v-i-n-g our early learning activities with Carter. We’re back with another fine motor activity… a super cute snowman footprint craft.
How cute is this spring craft for your early learners? My three year old is always happy to help his momma with craft projects, so I modified it a little more than I would have with kiddos who are a bit older.
Basic fact mastery can be a hurdle, but “drill and kill” or timed tests typically aren’t the answer. While I used some websites and apps, technology wasn’t always an option and some students simply didn’t respond to the speed aspect of it either. As a result, I came up with these super simple games and…
Here’s a super simple, but super fun!, early learning activity for your toddlers and preschoolers. I’ve been making these with my son since birth and it’s been a fun progression watching him take on more of the project himself each time.
Writing workshop is one of the things I miss most about teaching third grade, and April’s National Poetry month was always one of my favorite writing units. As a class we learned about 17 different poetry styles, one each day. Then at the end of the unit each student published an individual poetry anthology, as…
I have a quick and easy spring craft for you today! Carter absolutely loves “co co” time when he gets to color. We have a craft bin full of crayons, stickers, watercolors, chalk, playdough, etc. that he will often get it from the closet himself. Most of the time I just let him free play,…
Carter and I hosted a rainbow themed play date for St. Patrick’s Day and it was so much fun that we just had to share! In addition to playing with rainbow colored balloons and dancing around like crazy, we had a few structured activities for early learning fun.