I have a quick and easy spring craft for you today! Carter absolutely loves “co co” time when he gets to color. We have a craft bin full of crayons, stickers, watercolors, chalk, playdough, etc. that he will often get it from the closet himself. Most of the time I just let him free play,…
Carter and I hosted a rainbow themed play date for St. Patrick’s Day and it was so much fun that we just had to share! In addition to playing with rainbow colored balloons and dancing around like crazy, we had a few structured activities for early learning fun.
Hi, friends! As I posted before in “Where Am I When I’m Not Here” I am in full-blown mom life. My son Carter will turn TWO next month, and I pretty much can’t believe how quickly the time has gone by. My days are full of toddler antics and I find myself drawn more and…
Field trips… love ’em or hate ’em, there usually isn’t a way around them. In spite of all the paperwork and planning, I really do enjoy giving our students real world experiences through field trips. Sometimes a field trip will be the child’s only chance to visit a museum, see a live performance, or become…
I hope your winter break has been relaxing so far! I always made plans to to drink hot chocolate by the fire while basking in the glow of our Christmas tree. Who am I kidding? I didn’t even put up a Christmas tree this year! I don’t know about you, but the first half of mine…
There really isn’t anything like the holiday season in the classroom. Attention spans get shorter while activity levels get higher. Kids are pumped full of holiday treats and cheer while routines go out the window. It’s sort of like a game of Whac-A-Mole; as soon as you handle one issue, another pops up. Isn’t it…
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Hey, friends! Last year I blogged about all of my turkey ideas after Thanksgiving so I promised myself that wouldn’t happen again this year. I’ve been staring at my to do list for 11 whole days now with “Turkey post” right at the top. The control freak in me just can’t take it anymore. ha!…
Boo! Did I scare you? 😉 Halloween can be a tricky time in the classroom. And no, I’m not talking about the extreme increase of “sugar” as the main ingredient during snack time… although that CAN be a problem of its own. But today I’m talking about how we celebrate the holidays in our classrooms…