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Author: Emily

Adventure to Fitness

When you've had as much inside recess as we have this winter, you come to realize how absolutely incredible Adventure to Fitness is!  Have you tried it with your kiddos? I tried it on a whim a few months ago.  The next day I picked the kids up after recess

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Pencil Valentines

I know it’s a little late in February for a new Valentine idea, but I just threw together this Valentine for something yesterday and thought I’d share the free download with you! A couple of notes: The pencils were 8 for $1 at the Target Dollar Spot. The width of

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1st Grade Morning Work

1st Grade Common Core Aligned Morning Work

Looking for 2nd grade morning work? See it here. At last we are finally able to reveal our First Grade Morning Workbook! It’s definitely been a labor of love (and when Word freaked out because of all the graphics there were moments of less love), but we are so pleased

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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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Freebie: Easy as Pie Game

We retired Easy as Pie from our etsy shop and we are now offering it as a free download for you! It's the perfect way to add a little math practice to some Thanksgiving fun next week. Concept: addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts Game Type: board game for 2-4 players

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Daily 5 Work on Writing-Monthly Resources

Can I just say that this sight makes me so happy! There’s a basket for each month just chock-full of writing goodies.  (Rubber maid stackables for the win!)  Like I mentioned yesterday, the framework stays the same each month: journal prompts, list tags, research cards, and stationery.  Only the content

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Daily 5 Work on Writing Station

Can you believe we’re just days from November??  I swear time just speeds up.  Although at the moment I’m really antsy!  Yes, in part because I want to get past the hopped-up on Halloween feeling in my classroom, but I’m also excited to switch out my writing station.  It tickles

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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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2nd Grade Morning Messages (No Prep!)

Many (far too many) years ago, I decided I wanted to do a morning message with my class. Participating in a shared literacy activity builds classroom community and academic skills. In many K-1 classrooms, teachers do a full shared reading/writing activity. I didn’t want anything that intense. I thought a

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Toddler Travel Toys & Tips

We've done a lot of traveling with Adelaide this summer. Long drives as well as long flights (with layovers.) I've found out a bit about what makes our traveling go easier. The first, and most important thing, is activities! I won't lie, we definitely use our beloved ipad a lot

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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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