Colorful Resources & Ideas for Teachers with a Teaching Heart
Here are two activities for grades K-2. The first is a SPIN THE WORD Halloween Game. Students take turns spinning the spinner. First person to spell Halloween wins. Here is a Spider Web tally mark math center. You can place all the pieces in a zip loc baggie or the students can do the activity at […]
Halloween is only a few days away? Have you had some Halloween fun yet? Today I had six of my daughters friends and nine adults over for some fun. While the kids colored, did a craft, and played; the moms enjoyed good conversation and some treats! It was a fun way to start a busy […]
I updated the fall theme/unit at Teaching Heart. Got rid of the dead links and added a few treats too. You can view it here! Some of my favorite goodies on the page include. Why Do Leaves Change Color? In this book, your class will learn about different leaves and why they change color. As […]
I am a snoop… I love shows like House Hunter (on TLC). Similarly, I like to look on house listing sights. No, I am not looking for a new house, I just like looking to see how other people decorate… I will admit that when I walk my dog at night I like to look […]
Yesterday we were trimming trees and we found some red leaves… o, my! Fall is coming. I love Fall, it is my favorite season. I just wish winter did not follow fall. If we could skip winter all together, that would be fabulous in my book. Back to fall; I love all the fun activities […]
Talk to Me Tuesday at Tip Junkie was all about how you decorate for the fall It was so fun looking through other homes. I got some ideas for next year. My favorite were: http://3beekmanplaceapartment.blogspot.com/2008/10/dear-martha-stewart.htmlShe shows you how to make a larger than life shadow witch… Note to self: try next year! http://mattandkatiebrendel.blogspot.com/2008/10/politically-correct.html This is […]
I had a funny thought today while in Target & walking through the kids craft area, my daughter (2 1/2) has never finger painted!!! Bad mommy… but I was a good mommy to my son/ first born. In fact, he was painting since he was six months old (patting myself on the back). Not sure […]
My son came home from school today so excited to tell me that summer was over and today was the first day of Fall. I looked at the calendar and confirmed that it was the first day of Fall. Fall is my favorite season. When I taught, summer was my favorite season simply because teachers […]
My school district in PA closed all schools for at least two weeks. Many of the parents of my students asked for resources of online activities and books that would be good for their students to use during this break. I came up with a list of ideas and resources that I thought would be […]
I created this to use in my third grade classroom to help students write their own addition and subtraction story problems. I combined it with Envisions Math Topic 3. Page 4 of the PDF has three digit addition with regrouping. However all the other pages could be used to write easier story problems or more […]
