The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! “Here is the “real” story of the three little pigs whose houses are huffed and puffed to smithereens… from the wolf’s perspective. This poor, much maligned wolf has gotten a bad rap. He just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, with a […]
Week of Reads – Caps For Sale # 4
Caps for Sale:A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey BusinessClick to learn more or to order this book! How about some monkey math? You could give each child a monkey (clip art) to cut out and then have a bunch of hats (construction paper ovals) available. They could make patterns on top […]
Week of Reads – Click, Clack Mooooooo #3
All week I will feature a favorite book with some activities to match. Third Up is Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type Before Reading:-Discuss ways we (humans) communicate with each other: Email, Telephone, Talk, Write, Type… -Now Discuss ways in which animals communicate: bark, jump, yelp, -Ask your students if they have pets? How do […]
Week of Reads – The Kissing Hand #2
All week I will feature a favorite book with some activities to match.Second Up is The Kissing Hand – Click Here to Purchase or to Learn more! In the story Chester the raccoon talks about his fear of going to school. Most of the fears will be very familiar to primary aged children who are […]
Week of Reads – Lillys’ Purple Plastic Purse #1
All week I will feature a favorite book with some activities to match. This may give you an idea for a summer read. First up is Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Fold purple paper and cut to fit inside baggieInsert in baggie with fold at the bottomTwist thin strips of paper to make handles-attach with glue […]
12 Years down… 90 to go?
Today I celebrate 12 years, (o, my!) of marriage!!! Happy Anniversary to The Greatest Hubby even if he is making me sleep in a killer bed. Us at the Naval Academy (where we met) Ring Dance 15 years ago!!! Hoping God will continue to bless us with more happy years!
Star Marshmallow Math Fun!!!
Happy Fourth of July all!!! I hope this little posts finds you dressed in red, white, and blue! I love July 4th. As a child we spent most of those 4th of July’s in Florida with my Grampy. My brother would light off the fire crackers we would buy in South Carolina and I would […]
Organizing Your Summer Junk, I mean Stuff!
I love organization… not everything in my house is organized, but when I make something organized that was once a mess, I smile inside and out! I love little plastic organizers too much… I actually think I may have a problem, I can’t leave a Target without getting some sort of plastic organizer (that may […]
Summer Challenge: 3 things every little kid should do this summer!
Teaching My Little Bookworm posted a challenge called Summer Challenge: 3 things every little kid should do this summer! I thought I would add three to her list… so far she has 1: take a walk in the rain! The cold front finally came goodbye 90’s hello low 80’s (daytime) and 50’s (nighttime) but it […]
Going Back After 15 Years!
We are taking the kids to York, Maine for vacation this year. My hubby vacationed there as a kid growing up… his family still goes there year after year and stays in the same cabin year after year too… unfortunately the beds haven’t been replaced since the 70’s too… so ouch, I am not looking […]