Colorful Resources & Ideas for Teachers with a Teaching Heart
Grab a bag of Goldfish and you can have lots of learning fun!!!! Wait make sure they are the edible ones and not the ones that live in the water. 😉 Now you are ready to sort and graph… Then you can collect data and read the data… Finally you can play a dice game […]
Yes, Spring is here! Let’s spring clean our teaching ideas and put a fresh spin on our Spring themes and units! Below you will find many Spring theme pages. Each page may contain; lessons, ideas, thematic book suggestions, printables and more. Easter and Bunnies Jelly Bean Fun Rainbows Weather Teach the Beach End of Year […]
Friday is April Fools Day… Here is my 2010 post with some ideas + one I added for a new spin… Have you fooled your kiddos today? It’s pretty hard for a four year old to understand the concept of April Fools… But my seven year old gets it and I had a good time […]
I have never been a fan of the boxed Valentine’s Day cards. I love all the ideas shared on blogs and websites about creative Valentine’s Day Cards. In 2009, I shared some here. Here are our 2010 cards for the Princess and Batman fan. You can print them for your child by clicking here. They […]
St. Patrick’s Day has always been one of my favorite holidays. It’s fun being green for a day! Plus I am 80% Irish… actually more Irish than my husband who gave me the Irish last name to go along with my Irish first name! This year I was feeling extra festive and dyed my hair […]
Graphing the Green What color comes to mind when you think of St. Patrick’s Day? Green of course! So celebrate the holiday and the color by completing the activity below. YOU WILL NEED -Large sheet of bulleting board paper -A 1/2 sheet of shamrock stickers for each student PREPARE THE LARGE SHEET OF B-BOARD: -draw […]
I have never been a fan of the boxed Valentine’s Day cards. I love all the ideas shared on blogs and websites about creative Valentine’s Day Cards. In 2009, I shared some here. Here are our 2010 cards for the Princess and Batman fan. You can print them for your child here. They print four per […]
I am getting ready to present to a group of preschool parents where one of my “bestest” gal pals teaches preschool. 🙂 I will be discussing Kindergarten Readiness and Learning Activities Parents can create at home. One of the things I love to share with PreK through second grade parents is using food to make […]
The internet is a full of fun and educational things you can do with your children to encourage kindergarten readiness! Below are some free sites that I use with my kiddos. FREE Worksheets and Extra Practice: 1.) http://www.handwritingforkids.com/handwrite/manuscript/javascripts/_my8linestext.htm – Handwriting for Kids site. This free site is great for practicing printing your child’s name. Just […]
