Hello, everyone! Now that school is over for most of us, the “summer slide” has begun for some kids. What better way to keep those literacy gears going than with games! We developed this Melted! Sight Word Game to focus on all 92 of the preprimer and primer Dolch sight words. {For those of you [...]
Need a cool summer craft to keep the kids creative juices flowing? Try one of these 50+ summer craft ideas for kids. Whether you fancy flowers or boats, there is a little something here for everyone! and remember… glow-in-the-dark firefly craft Watercolor dollies Pinwheels crab art with body parts Egg Carton Crab lightning bug [...]
School is out for summer and your child has picked out a few books on the required summer reading list. To encourage them to read, why not create a fun reading area that will make them want to return again and again to it! Check out these awe inspiring reading nook ideas for kids! [...]
Hello, everyone! Every Friday we are linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching for the Five for Friday. 1. To start the week my daughter reminded me to stop and smell the flowers… 2. Actually she stopped to examine the ants. My peonies line one side of my house and the back. Needless to say, the exterminator [...]
Many schools are still limping their way to the finish line! Given the exhaustion level of most parents and teachers by the end of the school year, we’ve taken the dirty work out of planning this culminating month of June for your classes. Below you will find some great ideas to end the school year [...]
The typical end of the school year award certificate is fine and dandy, but wouldn’t it be grand if your students left school with a medal around their neck? Wait- you’re in luck, because I just created 20 end of the school year medals! We all know many students who are overachievers and will receive [...]
We spent weeks creating these memory book packs… so you don’t have to! Imagine your students’ faces when these books are bound and waiting for them on the last day. Priceless. 1st Grade Memory Book 2nd Grade Memory Book 3rd Grade Memory Book 4th Grade Memory Book Owl miss you treats printable from Lisa Storms [...]
Hello, everyone! Every Friday we are linking up with Doodle Bugs for the Five for Friday. This past week has been a whirlwind. 1.) I’ve had my second IEP for my youngest son. It wasn’t apparent he was having any “issues” until this year. My oldest son has autism, so as all mamas do, you [...]
The end of the year is upon us! Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working tirelessly on end of the year class memory books for you all! I created variations of these books for my classrooms in the past. Now, powered with the goodness that is Photoshop, these class memory books look much more [...]
1,2,3, you can count on me, said the bulletin board! Check out these counting bulletin board ideas we’ve rounded up. There’s a little adding, subtracting, identifying and skip counting that surely, any mathematician would love! Write and identify numbers from School Girl Style This would make a great interactive bulletin board from B-Inspired Mama Train [...]
