Candy Corn Ice Cream Treat I made this fun dessert for our Halloween party last year and wanted to show it to you all. Candy Corn Ice Cream Treat Ingredients: 2 gallons of vanilla ice cream (preferably a softer brand … Continue reading
Beautiful Books about Water We just started a new unit of study in first grade. We are learning about water with a focus on how it is a precious resource that supports all living things. I was searching for books … Continue reading
Bubble Gum Consonant Blends Game I am gearing up for the new school year and thinking abou all the many things I will be teaching my firsties. One of the biggies early in the school year is beginning consonant blends. … Continue reading
Five Little Scarecrows Rhyme and Craft I have shared quite a few Five Little Rhymes on BMTM over the past few years. And because of my latest fascination with scarecrows, I have added another one to the collection. Five Little … Continue reading
Scarecrow Art I fell in love with this idea for making scarecrows faces from Art Projects for Kids. It is a bit more structured than most drawing/painting activities we do in our classroom, but I still wanted to give it … Continue reading
Superfriend Vowel Consonant Game In a previous post, I shared our classroom Superfriend Vowels. The idea has taken off ! We are having a blast with it AND learning a lot. We graphed the Superfriend Letters in our names and … Continue reading
Scarecrow Stories- UPDATED I have a new found fascination with scarecrows. I have no idea what sparked my interest, but I ordered these four scarecrow stories online the other day and fell in love with each and everyone of them for … Continue reading
Windblown Book and Activity I love this book. Windblown by Eduard Manceau is a wonderfully simple book. It tells the story of seven scraps of paper blown along by the wind. On each page, the scraps create an animal who also … Continue reading
Superfriend Vowels Sometimes when I am teaching, ideas come to me at the last minute or as I am speaking to my students. This happened the other day when I was talking to my kids about consonants and vowels. … Continue reading
Fall Sight Word Bingo Games I needed a new sight word game to play with my first grade reading group. They are beyond the words like “am” and “I” and ready for some more challenging and useful words. I discovered … Continue reading
Fall Leaves Crafts and Activities My youngest asked if we could paint some leaves this morning. It has been a long time since we have done any crafts at home, so I immediately said yes. He wanted to cut some … Continue reading
2 Books about Tally Marks I was looking for books about using tally marks. There really are not that many out there. Note to self: write a book about using tallies 😉 I did, however, come across two books that … Continue reading
