First Grade and Inferring! Yikes!!
Is it just me, or is inferring a REALLY difficult skill for littles to grasp? I am always looking for fun ways to teach this skill. I started following Jessica Travis on IG (Wild About Firsties) and I saw her…
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May the Fourth Be With You
Star Wars Day is TOMORROW! My kiddos and I are so excited. We even get to have it as a school spirit day so we all get to dress up too!! Woo-Hoo! I was feeling especially optimistic a couple of…
Shark Week Vocabulary Fun
We completed Shark Week last week. I have been dying to try Rooted in Reading and wasn’t sure how it would work with first graders and I do have a basal to work around. Last week we had an “off…
Lego Ziplines
The kids go bananas for Lego ziplines. It has taken Mr. Husband and I quite a bit of tweeking to get a system that is “just right” for littles. Our afterschool lego club is for first through third grade and…
American Girl Glam Party Success!
Today was the big day for Little Miss S’ American Girl Glam Party. We held the party at the community center in a teeny tiny town, not far from our house. We were lucky enough to be able to…
Star Wars Day is Coming!
I’m so excited for Star Wars Day!! For those of you that don’t know, May the 4th is Star Wars Day! I plan to do it up BIG this year. Our spirit day coordinator even made the day a school…
American Girl Glam Party
I realize this is a blog to talk about teacher stuff but sometimes the teacher leaves the classroom. I know, shocking. When I leave my classroom I get to be mom and this mom is gearing up for Little Miss…
Lego Boat Bonanza
One of the highlights of our after school Lego club is getting the boats and motors out. The kids go bananas and rightly so. Water + Motors = AWESOME!!! We demonstrate how the motors work and then turn the kiddo…
Adjectives are Awesome
We made these little cuties as one of our adjective activities. I had planned to do them prior to the Rainbow Namebows but things don’t always go according to plan. I think it worked out better to do them after….
Rainbow Namebows
I saw this adorable project on IG and I new it would be perfect for my firsties. We had been studying adjectives and I needed some stuffy puffy art to hang up after sending home our stuffy puffy shamrocks. These…
