Colorful Resources & Ideas for Teachers with a Teaching Heart
Are you in the Christmas Spirit yet? It’s getting close! One of our favorite traditions as a family is pulling out all the Christmas books and reading them during Advent. This year we added a new book to the collection that I have to share with you. Luckily I have five copies of the book […]
Just finished a fun Advent lesson with my Third Grade Faith Formation Class and wanted to share some of the printables I made. We discussed the Advent Wreath to go along with Advent. The free packet contains a word search and a KWL chart we filled out. They worked on the word search while everyone […]
Found these at Target the other day. They are cute Christmas themed fruit snacks in the shapes of Santa, trees, stars, and candy canes. So of course I had to make a sorting and graphing sheet!!! Above is a simple sorting sheet. Great for Pre K and Kindergarten classes. Below is a sorting and graphing […]
Ok, I saw a Target Christmas Commercial tonight and it isn’t even Halloween yet!!! I admit, it got me excited about Christmas! In December I will be having loads of fun with the Polar Express in Pre-k! I just made a fun dice game!!! It’s a create a Polar Express Scene Dice Game! It is […]
Here are a few holiday recipes I gave a try and thought you might want to try too. First one is super easy. All you need are donut holes, candy canes, and chocolate. Dip the donut holes in chocolate and stick a candy cane inside and you have a festive little North Pole treat. See… […]
It’s snowing free printables thanks to all the teachers that participated in the Amazon Teaching Heart Holiday Printables Giveaway 2011. Each person who sent in a printable was entered in a drawing and two names were drawn to win both an Amazon $25.00 Gift Card and a Instant Packet from here of their choice. I […]
In this post I will share a recipe and gift idea for the favorite adults in your life! I just had a Gingerbread House Making Girls Night Out at my house… It was everything I dreamed it would be… some of my favorite friends, some cocktails, good food, and Gingerbread House decorating without little hands trying […]
I love me some Gingerbread. I think I first fell in love with the little guys and girls back when Jan Brett introduced us to the Gingerbread Baby and then she kindly shared Gingerbread Friends with us. My teacher wheels started a spinning the first time I read her books… Plus added bonus, her website […]
Now that some heavy playing has happened at your homes, which toys were hits and which ones were misses? I would love to hear your faves and the ones you wish you would have left on the shelf. Legos and a few Wii games were on my eight year old boys list. He loves his […]
Here are a few quick Christmas treats!! **Remember the Gingerbread House Party here? We had a neighbor that could not come so I packed up the house with a package of icing and some candy for decorating. My neighbor and her kids were thrilled to work on the house together. I thought this would make a […]
