Teaching Ideas & Activities

  • Kindergarten Flash Cards

    Kindergarten Flash Cards – Letters, Numbers, Shapes

    Are you on the hunt for Kindergarten Flash Cards for alphabet letters, numbers, and shapes?  You’ve come to the right place.  In this post, I’ll show you what is included in my Flash Cards Bundle.  This resource includes flash card sets students can use at home and in the classroom all year long.  Let’s take […]

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  • Apple activities for kindergarten

    Apple Activities for Kindergarten

    Every September, we dedicate one week as “Apple Week.”  We start the week by reading apple books and learning about apple production.  Then, the apple festivities begin!  In this post, I’ll share some of my favorite apple activities for kindergarten.  These activities can all be found in my Apple Activities Bundle.  They are also sold […]

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  • Number Line

    How to Make a Life-Size Floor Number Line

      Try this teacher hack to take math class to the next level!  In this blog post, I’ll share tips for how to create a life-size floor number line for your classroom… 1. Begin with a Beam or Piece of Wood For this DIY classroom project, I repurposed my daughter’s old balance beam.  See what […]

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  • Color Words Bulletin Board

    How to Create a Color Words Bulletin Board

    My Color Word Wall is a purposeful part of my classroom décor.  Students use this color words display often when they want to spell or write a color word.  I teach the kids early on in the year how to use the environmental print in the classroom in their daily writing.  In this post, I […]

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  • School Scavenger Hunt

    First Day of Kindergarten Lesson Plans & Freebies

    Ready or not – the beginning of the school year is fast approaching.  You’re probably busy getting all the things ready, checking off one item at a time on the never-ending to-do list.  I wanted to help by sharing a few new freebies and lesson plan ideas that can be used for the first day […]

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  • Teaching with Novel Effect

    4 Teacher Tips for Using the Novel Effect App

    ~This is a sponsored post.  However, the opinions presented are all my own. Last school year, my librarian told me about an app called Novel Effect that she had tried with my kindergarten students.  She said that she had never seen the kids so excited and engaged during a read-aloud before.  I had to test […]

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