Subitizing with Young Students

January 28, 2019 by ·

What is subitizing and why do we want to start practicing it with students at such a young age? Subitizing is the ability to be able to recognize a number without having to count. Usually, a smaller number. It is part of number sense development. Being able to recognize groups quickly is a foundation that […]

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Five Ways to Prepare Your Toddler for School

July 12, 2018 by ·

Let me preface this with..I am not a toddler expert but I am a teacher at heart and have taught Kindergarten or TK for the past nine years. It is just in my blood to work with my babies (I have a 9 month old and a two year old). I know what they have […]

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Valentine’s Day TpT Sale!

February 14, 2018 by ·

Happy Valentine’s Day friends! I hope you are enjoying your day with your kiddos and your Valentines. Don’t forget that today and tomorrow, there is a TpT sale!  My goal for this year is to be better about uploading content on my blog so stay tuned…hope to be better at is as the year goes […]

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5 Hacks for the Beginning of the Year

August 18, 2017 by ·

It’s back to school! And you know what that means…not enough hours in the day! All of these five “hacks” are free ideas to help make the transition from summer mode to back to school mode a little bit easier. 1. I have learned the art of delegation and this is the first way you […]

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Egg Word Hunt

April 10, 2017 by ·

It’s Easter week! I know a lot of you are probably like me and grab the foam holiday shapes. Of course, I was in Michaels and grabbed the eggs because the possibilities are endless, right? I have the hearts for Valentines, pumpkins for Halloween, trees for Christmas…etc. I love it even more when I grab […]

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Phonemic Awareness Set 4 Intro and Freebie

March 20, 2017 by ·

Hey everyone! As you know, I am working to get Set 4 of the Phonemic Awareness set finished. However, this weekend has been a bit of a mess because of a trip to the emergency room with Francy and it’s taking her some time for both of us to recover. Nobody was here so it was […]

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Reindeer Fact Freebie

December 7, 2016 by ·

It’s that time of the year where we are all scrambling to find some meaningful activities while still trying to be festive! I love talking about reindeer this time of the year and doing a lot of various fiction and non-fiction books. Here are some of my favorites! This is so fun to have up […]

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December Curriculum Map

December 4, 2016 by ·

Sorry I’m a few days late but I’m still recovering from my trip to Minnesota! We already started our Gingerbread unit this week where we do a lot with comparing characters and stories. I also have the students start using character pictures to re-tell the story. As we all know, December is a crazy busy […]

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