Picture Books for the IB PYP Learner Profiles I have been collecting children’s books for over 20 years. I have organized them in several different ways during that time- by theme, by author, by holiday. You name it, I have … Continue reading
How to Build a Snowman (A Writing Activity)
How to Build a Snowman UPDATED VERSION NOW AVAILABLE The snow finally fell! Last Wednesday morning, we woke to about 2 inches of snow on our front lawn and that is when the excitement began. My boys were ecstatic and … Continue reading
A Game for Teaching Left and Right
A Game for Teaching Left and Right SAME GREAT GAME, NEWLY DESIGNED!! My eldest is always asking, “Which way is right?” or “Which way is left?” There are some great “tricks” out there, but they don’t seem to be working. I … Continue reading
Auntie Claus and a Christmas Craft
Auntie Claus and a Christmas Craft I just love this book. Love, love, love it. I love to read it to my own kids and love to share it with my students each year. This year, I wanted to find … Continue reading
The Missing Letters: A Dreidel Story Plus FREE Printable
The Missing Letters: A Dreidel Story PLUS FREE PRINTABLE I’m always excited to find a new book to share with my class. This week, I discovered a new Hanukkah story and I cannot wait to read it to my first … Continue reading
18+ Bump Games for Family Math Night
18+ Bump Games for Family Math Night I only learned about the game BUMP a year or so ago, but since then I have been a bit obsessed. I have created 18+ BUMP games covering a whole host of math … Continue reading
FREE Thanksgiving Turkey Fact Families Practice Sheets
FREE Turkey Fact Families Practice Sheets UPDATE VERSION AVAILABLE HERE We are working on fact families in first grade. My students are doing really well with the concept, but I made this practice sheet set anyway. 🙂 What is a … Continue reading
FREE Thanksgiving Activities for Home or School
FREE Thanksgiving Activities for Home or School Looking for some FREE Thanksgiving fun for your classroom, homeschool or for your Thanksgiving celebration? Well look no further, we have 4 brand new FREEBIES for you. Check them out below: FREE Thanksgiving … Continue reading
Crazy Legs Turkeys
Crazy Legs Turkeys I do not know what came over me today when I was setting up today’s Thanksgiving turkey craft. I saw something briefly on Pinterest and it sparked an idea- turkeys with crazy looking legs. Sort of Pippi … Continue reading
FREE Thanksgiving Writing Prompts
FREE Thanksgiving Writing Prompts Thanksgiving provides such a wonderful opportunity for children to write about what they are thankful for. It is also a great time to write about families and special times. Here are 3 FREE writing prompt papers … Continue reading
FREE Thanksgiving Word Search
FREE Thanksgiving Word Search Thanksgiving is just around the corner. I have wanted to make a word search for my class for a few years now, but hadn’t gotten around to it until today. This word search contains lots of … Continue reading
Teacher Mama: FREE Thanksgiving Turkey Math Games
FREE Thanksgiving Turkey Math Games UPDATED VERSION BELOW! We have Grandparent’s Day next week and my teaching partner and I decided to set up 6 stations between our two classrooms. One of the stations will be a math game which … Continue reading