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To the Point

Last summer, some teachers were telling me about this amazing pencil sharpener.  It was quiet, sturdy, got pencils perfectly sharp without chewing them down.  I was skeptical.  There couldn’t be anything that good and the $25 price tag was too much for me to risk. And then Christmas came.  And

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Joyeux Noel!

Bonjour mes amis! I love teaching in December.  There's just so much going on.  But January is a whole other story. Ugh!  The never ending month with inside recess and no sun and lost coats and 27 pairs of snow boots that are turning a little bit funky.   What I

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We Love: Olliblocks (+ a special discount)

We're excited to share a new product that we just LOVE: Olliblocks. Designed by our friend (and talented Illustrator teacher) Alma Loveland, these printable designs are the perfect DIY toy for your kids. And they'd be great for a teachers gifts and Christmas gifts. The directions tell you how to

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Our Apologies: 2nd Grade Homework

We learned the hard way that font designers can create fonts that won’t save as .pdf.   Unfortunately, since we had the font installed on both computers we used to preview, the image looked fine to us and we had no idea that someone else opening the same document wouldn’t see

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Our Apologies: 2nd Grade Morning Work Book

We learned the hard way that font designers can create fonts that won’t save as .pdf.   Unfortunately, since we had the font installed on both computers we used to preview, the image looked fine to us and we had no idea that someone else opening the same document wouldn’t see

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shop

Need it instantly? Visit our Teachers Pay Teachers store where you will get the download instantly after purchasing. Not in a hurry? You can purchase from our Etsy shop and we’ll e-mail it to you ASAP, usually within a couple of hours.

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we heart pinterest

There’s been a lot of discussion lately about Pinterest and I’ve found it fascinating to read and discuss. Some bloggers would prefer not to have their content on Pinterest, but we are not one of those bloggers! We LOVE Pinterest and consider ourselves a “Pinterest Friendly Blog.” We appreciate it

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Weekly Kids Co-Op Link Up Party

I can’t believe I haven’t posted anything new this week. It’s been a crazy week as my husband’s receiving his post medical-school residency assignment today (THIS MORNING!) and it’s exciting and terrifying at the same time. Heidi’s been buried under parent teacher conference work. But I promise we’ll have new

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Weekly Kids Co-Op Link Up Party

Sorry it’s been so quiet around here lately! I’ve been out of town and up to my eyeballs in projects (that you’re going to love!)I haven’t been planning as many activities as I’d like for Adelaide but it turns out sometimes I come up with something decent on the fly.

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Dr. Seuss Busy Bag

We’re sneaking in under the wire with this one, but here is a Dr. Seuss number game with two levels of play. The first is basic counting practice.  You’ll need a copy of the hat/stripes and a die.  (Download the file here: Download Dr seuss hat.) The kiddo rolls the

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