Groundhog Day Book Every year Groundhog Day sneaks up on me and I am not prepared. Well, this year I am ready! This year, I have made a book that combines information about groundhogs and the “holiday.” Here is a … Continue reading
Penguin Activities: A Round-Up from Boy Mama Teacher Mama I decided to finish up my penguin series of posts with a round-up of posts from around the web. Here are just some of the great penguin posts out there. Enjoy! … Continue reading
How Tall is a Penguin? So here it is! The amazing penguin activity that I mentioned in another penguin post. I am not going to do anymore introduction than this, so read on! True/False Prediction Activity Begin the lesson by … Continue reading
FREEBIE! Penguin Word Search Here is a little something for all you penguin fans. Click on the image and it is yours! Enjoy from Boy Mama Teacher Mama! Want more penguin activities? Try these! Penguin Math Penguin Stories Penguin Fishing … Continue reading
Magic e Game I have been working on the magic or silent e with a group of first grade students this week and came across a game I made for my class years ago. I decided it was time for … Continue reading
ABCs of Raising Boys I am excited to be joining almost 75 other kid bloggers from around the world in the Kid Blogger Network’s ABC Series. Each participating blogger created their own ABCs of a topic of their choice. I … Continue reading
Styrofoam and Golf Tees: Working with Letters and Numbers Some styrofoam (big block,) a hammer and some golf tees. That is all it took and my boys were HOOKED! All my boys have wanted to do lately is hammer. They … Continue reading
Boy Mama Teacher Mama’s Top 10 Posts of 2012 Okay, maybe I will sneak in one more post before we say goodbye to 2012 on this side of the world….:) I’m hopping on the blogging bandwagon. Everyone is sharing their … Continue reading
Two Christmas Rhymes Here are two more “5 Little Rhymes” to add to our collection. These are both wonderful rhymes to share with the little ones for Christmas. Five Little Christmas Trees Five little Christmas trees standing all alone Their … Continue reading
Using Coordinates to Play Memory I learned of this idea YEARS ago at a conference somewhere about something. Cannot quite remember which one. Anyway, I loved the idea so I created my own version and took it into my classroom. … Continue reading
Teaching the Magic e I loved teaching my students about the silent e or magic e. I liked the term magic e because it made teaching (and learning) about it more fun. Here are a few of my favorite activities. … Continue reading
Contractions Looking for some new ways to teach or practice contractions? Try these ideas.! What is a contraction? Aside from the thing you have during labor (ha!), a contraction is a word that is made up of two or more words connected … Continue reading
