We Can Do Hard Things -- Living Through a Pandemic and Other Lessons From History
My Dad was born in 1912. His Dad was a government trapper and was in the mountains when he was born, but had arranged for his youngest sister Mamie, to be with his wife during his absence. My Dad and his twin brother came early, he weighing a mere 1.5 lbs and his brother at 2 lbs. The birth was difficult and his mother died within the week. Aunt Mamie was left with the responsibility of trying to keep two tiny premature twins alive as well as care for three older siblings until my Grandpa came back from the mountains.
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Distance Learning Packets For Kindergarten, Preschool, and 1st Grade
During this time of school closures, many wonderful companies are making their online resources available to elementary students, but for many families who are sharing computers in order to complete work, or have limited access to the Internet — completing school through online means may not be the best or most accessible course.
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Is My Preschooler Ready for Kindergarten
When your child turns 5, one of the first questions that comes to mind is, “Is my child ready for kindergarten?” When answering this question, it is important to look into all components of a child’s development. Ask yourself these questions:
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Outer Space Project Approach Thematic Unit
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Valentine Play Dough
There are many great sensory activities that you can use in your classroom during the month of February. One of my favorites is Valentine Play dough! This dough will last the entire month if stored in an airtight container.
Mix Together
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Post Office Dramatic Play Center
Probably one of my favorite Dramatic Play opportunities during the school year, is The Valentine Post Office. I purchased the postman costumes years
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Football Math and Reading Games
America is obsessed with football, I myself love to find some Friday Night Lights, or enjoy a great game featuring one of my favorite teams on TV.
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ESGI Student Screen Share
When logging into your ESGI, and this message appears, be sure to click HERE! You will be glad you did! Students can now hold their own iPad while you are assessing — and that is so empowering for students, and so much easier for the assessor.
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Handwriting Intervention Activities
Do you have reluctant writers? There are various reasons that students don’t want to write, but the main reason is that handwriting is a difficult task for them to preform. There is a burning story inside them, but putting that story to paper is, at best, a painful and difficult task.
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A Teacher's Advent
This is my great-grandmother, Nikoline, an immigrant from Norway in the late 1800’s. Because of her, I am smitten with everything Norway, and the Norwegian Advent is no exception. The advent celebrates the days prior to Christmas and in Norway, this Christmas calendar is called julekalenderen.
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Christmas Around The World Theme Unit and Scrapbook
I love exposing my students to the various cultures and beliefs around the world. I have found that December is just the month for this cultural exploration!
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Thanksgiving
The month of November is such a gift! There are so many beautiful things to weave into your teaching this month that will enrich and excite your students. In fact, I usually don’t have time for all the things I wish I could teach in this bounteous month!
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50s Day at School
This year is flying by! My class just reached the 50th day of school, and we celebrated with some 50s fun to mark the half-way point to the 100th day. My students loved the opportunity to roll up pant-legs, throw on poodle skirts, slick back the hair, and pop some bubble gum!
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Turkey Theme Teaching
November is a great month to talk turkey in the classroom. I love connecting turkeys to student learning because it brings back childhood memories of growing up on a farm, which included thousands of turkeys.
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Stem Guided Readers
This fascinating new series takes young readers through the worlds of natural science and man-made inventions. Good quality STEM readers are hard to find, you will love this series. To get you started, I would like to offer you a Promo Code: STEMOCT419 to save you 15% off your purchase of $50.
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Spider Book Study
Book studies are a great way to allow students the opportunity to authentically experience Core Standards using both informational and literature texts.
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Witch Halloween Song
Are you looking for a great Halloween song that your kids will love?
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Spider Activities Literacy and STEAM
My favorite season is here! It’s Fall again! Time for pumpkin spice, sweaters, hot apple cider, scarecrows, and spooky spiders! My students always love learning about fascinating creepy crawlies, and learning about academic skills through fun spider themed games.
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Scarecrow Theme Unit
Want to have some scarecrow fun in your classroom? Celebrating scarecrows is a great holiday-free fall theme. In the fall time of the year, scarecrows are everywhere, and face it — everyone loves scarecrows!
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Learning Through Play
It is through play that young children make sense of the world in which they live — a time to learn, discover, and to be — spontaneous; a time to be active participants in their own learning.
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