Creating a Digital Clock for Teaching Time Recently we created analog clocks in our classroom. My students enjoyed creating a clock from scratch and using it to practice telling time. This week, we created digital clocks to help us read … Continue reading
8 Great Lego Activities for After School Learning With summer right around the corner, I know my boys will be spending a lot of time with their Legos. Aside from creating, I plan to do some learning with Legos with … Continue reading
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Egg Carton and Popsicle Stick Flowers It feels like forever since I have done any crafts with my boys. Between school, after school activities, homework and all the other parts of daily life, crafting has definitely taken a back seat. … Continue reading
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12 Ideas for Teaching Place Value I realized that I have a whole slew of post about teaching place value to young children and thought I would put them all in one place. Many of these ideas include FREEBIES for … Continue reading
Creating a Calendar Scroll My genius teaching partner came up with this idea and I simply made the papers to go with it. We are teaching our students about time and calendars right now and many are struggling with the idea … Continue reading
FREE Magnetic Place Value “Blocks” I am quite sure I have mentioned this before and will say it again. One of my favorite things to teach my first graders is place value. There are so many games, songs and activities … Continue reading
Place Value Pocket I saw something similar to this years ago at a math conference and have been wanting to recreate it for some time. It is somewhat similar to our Place Value Flip Book, but a bit more interactive. … Continue reading
Short Vowel Memory Game Materials Templates (see image below) Scissors Card stock Preparation Print the templates. Print one colored background on the back of the pictures cards and the other background on the back of the short vowel sound cards. … Continue reading
A Game for Practicing Even and Odd Numbers I am a little frustrated with the math program I am using with my first graders. While I think there is a ton of great learning and good activities in the book, … Continue reading
Bird’s Nest Cookies for Spring and Easter There was a bakery in the town where I grew up where they made these amazing bird’s nest cookies. For years, I have tried to find a recipe or a replica somewhere, but … Continue reading
