As a teacher, I really do love October. There are so many fun ways to add a little Halloween zing to your regular classroom routines. Today we’ve got a fun freebie for you that puts a spooky twist on collective nouns! Collective nouns are names for groups of people, animals, or things. Some of these…
Halloween
More Halloween Books We Love
Try as we may, we just can’t get enough of seasonal books. Do you have the same seasonal-book-buying affliction? One of the ways I love using seasonal books is in a daily countdown to the holiday. Here’s how we count down to Halloween with a spooky read every day! We already have a post about…
Easy Class Parties
CLASS PARTY. The words sometimes strike fear in the heart of a teacher, right? As if we don’t already have enough to do, we have to plan a class party too? Oh the chaos! But it turns out it’s possible to put together a simple party, devoid of chaos, that’s still tons of fun! Whether…
Halloween Fun: Carving Out Time to Learn
We have a fun new bundle of Halloween activities for your little spooks! It’s important to us that when we make something seasonal that it’s both fun AND meaningful and we’ve worked hard to achieve that with these activities. They’re also differentiated so should be appropriate for grades 1-4! The first activity in the bundle…
Brain Breaks for Halloween (Freebie!)
Now that we know how important brain breaks are, how about some Halloween themed ones to kick the fun up a notch? Oh and did I mention they are FREE? We created three types of brain breaks: Recharge – these brain breaks are for movement. Use these when you need kids to get the wiggles…