A Very Hungry Caterpillar Pinata With Cinco de Mayo fast approaching, we whipped up a pinata in anticipation of the big day. Well, maybe whipped up is not the best word since it is quite a process from start to … Continue reading
Crazy Hat Day Tomorrow is Crazy Hat Day at school. I was so excited to help my boys create crazy hats, but it turns out neither one of them want to wear anything more than the baseball cap hanging in … Continue reading
Activities for The Donut Chef I discovered a new book at the library the other day. I was actually looking for another book by author, Bob Staake (LOVE his books!), and came across, The Donut Chef, instead. The minute I … Continue reading
Books about Zero We don’t spend much time thinking or talking about the number zero or the concept of zero with very young children mainly because zero is not a counting number. And, many adults simply assume that children have … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Earth! We are not done with Earth Day just yet! In fact, we have made Earth Day into Earth Week in our school. Today, we wrote birthday cards to the Earth. The students had two tasks. The first … Continue reading
Garden Cupcakes I offered to make an Earth Day treat for our first graders. I saw several ideas I liked online, but felt like creating something that was my own. So, I came up with these Garden Cupcakes. I did … Continue reading
From Seed to Plant: An Observation Booklet Spring is finally here and it seems everyone is talking about seeds and plants at school. Our class is no different. We are deep into plants and growing right now. We have talked … Continue reading
Earth Day Pledge I have Earth Day on my mind lately. This year it seems more important than ever. After spending two years away from home, away from my garden, my compost and our recycling bin, I want to honor … Continue reading
Earth Day Activity UPDATED TEMPLATE NOW AVAILABLE! Earth Day is right around the corner and I have been trying and trying to come up with an idea that hasn’t been done yet- not an easy task. But, I think I … Continue reading
Activities for Practicing Math Facts As I was working on BMTM’s Math Facts Practice Box, I was not able to show all the games and activities that I would include in the box. So, I decided to create a round-up … Continue reading
Primary Color Play Dough Today had to be one of the gloomiest days we have had in a long time and I needed to do something to brighten our day. I decided that some brightly colored play dough was in … Continue reading
Gumball Machine Math Facts Game Here is another fun game for practicing math facts with your children or students. I have always loved the look of gumball machines- must be the colors and the shapes. So I created this game … Continue reading
