Color Day Activities {Pin it to Win It}

May 31, 2015 by ·

At the beginning of the year, one thing my Kindergarten team likes to do as a group is “color days”. We ask the kids to wear either a shirt or something for the color of the day. We sing songs, learn poems, read books, and do various other activities to help them learn their color […]

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Five for Friday {Sweet Summertime}

May 29, 2015 by ·

1. Sweet summertime! I have thoroughly enjoyed my first week off from school. I have been (sort of) working on my Vegas presentations and just enjoying a bit of recovery. My husband and I went to the beach last weekend and it was kind of the perfect way to start off the summer! 2. While […]

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B and D Confusion! {Freebie}

May 26, 2015 by ·

Now that I have some time this week, I am working on my presentations for Vegas and trying to get everything in order. While I was working on my getting ready for the year presentation, I ran in to a poster  that I use often, but it’s just not cute. I just couldn’t continue the […]

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Five for Friday {School’s Out!}

May 22, 2015 by ·

I feel like I need to take a moment of silence for myself for getting to the end of this week. Oh my word. The last week of school is on a whole different level. 1. This was our last week of school and we had theme days. The kids loved Bubble Day. We did […]

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May BUILD Math Activities

May 10, 2015 by ·

I don’t know about you, but summer fever has hit hard. We started our May BUILD tubs not that long ago and I feel like it’s already time to clean everything up and put it all away until August. I’ve been (ahem) meaning to do a May BUILD post for awhile now and my preggo […]

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Peek at My Week: Oliver Jeffers

May 4, 2015 by ·

There is not a bookshelf that I love more than one filled from top to bottom with Oliver Jeffers books. I also have a few Mother’s Day books thrown in the mix, but this week really is all about Oliver Jeffers. His books are hands down my favorite children’s books. Here are my plans for […]

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Teacher Anchor Giveaway!

May 1, 2015 by ·

If you know anything about C. Jayne Teach then you have probably already started stocking up. The new Teacher Anchor launches today and it is gorgeous! I have had the pleasure of getting to spend time with Chandra and look through the Teacher Anchor myself. There is something to be said about planners being made […]

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Book Study: Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites: Chapter 17

April 25, 2015 by ·

We are back to Mrs. Wills blog for Chapter 17 which is about visualization…which I do. Sometimes. There are two books that come to mind when I think of using visualization in my room. The language and the illustrations in both books are so vivid and really jump off the page. The Storm Book is […]

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