Each day in December we will be sharing one of our favorite Christmas storybooks and an activity to go along. (Affiliate link included for your convenience.) Book Robert Sabuda has gorgeous pop-up books that you children are sure to love. He has several Christmas books that you will definitely want
Each day in December we will be sharing one of our favorite Christmas storybooks and an activity to go along. (Affiliate link included for your convenience.) BookIf you are not familiar with Jan Brett's beautiful children's books, then you are missing out. Gingerbread Baby is one of my favorites. The
Each day in December we will be sharing one of our favorite Christmas storybooks and an activity to go along. (For your convenience, affiliate links included.) BookCounting to Christmas by Nancy Tafuri appealed to me because of the pictures. The text is very brief: "Days 1, 2, and 3 I
It's December already?? We apologize for the unscheduled blog break but we're back with lots of fun ideas for the month ahead. We're cooking up something really fun and you'll want to check back later tonight to see it. In the meantime, I found some really fun online activities from
Check out our Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal we have going on in the shop this weekend: enjoy 50% off everything in the shop! Just enter code BLACKFRIDAY at checkout on etsy and you will receive a 50% discount on everything you purchase from us. Coupon code expires Monday, November 29th
The third grade at my school does Synonym Turkeys every year. The students choose a word and write it on the turkeys' bodies. Then they look up their words in the thesaurus and write synonyms on the feathers (sometimes with correct spelling, sometimes without. 🙂 ) My favorite was this
If you ask a toddler who their favorite person is, their answer is bound to be a member of their family: dad, grandma, big brother. Thanksgiving is a great time to teach toddlers about being thankful for their family members. Everybody in the family is special! Model your thinking to
Baby Makin(g) Machine is hosting a "flash" giveaway today. Head over to her facebook page and you can comment to win a $20 gift certificate from us! The contest ends in 24 hours. Be sure to look at the other posts on her facebook page to win giveaways from other
Instead of math journals, in my class I have the students write me "postcards." I tell them that when you're someplace special you send other people postcards to tell them how great it is. Since I can't visit inside their heads, they have to send me a postcard to tell
Howdy! If you're lookin' for a fun Thanksgiving craft to do with the kiddos, we've got you covered! I thought a bookmark would be a fun holiday/reading/art connection. It was supposed to be a simple little coloring activity, but it morphed into something a bit more involved. I've done it
We have a two day week next week. Not enough time to do much of anything. Monday I try and stick to the routine, but Tuesday is more laid back. I don’t do a big party. Instead I pretty much just make use of all those Thanksgiving worksheets I was
Considering the books I read to my class each November, it's a wonder any of them actually sit down to a plateful of turkey on Thanksgiving! No worries, though, they're still counting the days until they can savor mom's home roasted turkey goodness! So far we've worked our way through:[Click
