When I started planning my Character Education units, I knew I wanted to start with Kindness. It’s typically pretty easy for students to understand and make real-life connections. Before students are ready to talk about things like self-control and mindfulness, they need to be comfortable talking about their feelings. Kindness is a great place to start your social-emotional curriculum and I’m… Read More
Must-Have Products to Make This the Best Year Yet
Now that August is here, I wanted to stop by and share a few resources you might not know about! These resources were created with YOU in mind and are sure to cut down on the time you spend creating materials for your class. The less time you spend creating and copying materials the more time you have for what… Read More
End of the Year Awards {Why and How}
So I don’t know about you, but I remember pretty much every single award ceremony I had as a child. A few times I even got the “Golden Eagle” award. It was an award given to a few students each semester for conduct, attitude, etc. My parents weren’t always able to attend, but they tried. I remember the pride I… Read More
Holidays Around the World
Hi friends! I hope you are stocking your carts over at the big Cyber Monday sale! I love, love, love that the promo code is “Smile” because there are so many precious pictures floating all over social media! I’m loving seeing all my friends as little ones! I wanted to show you my Holidays Around the World Unit since it’s… Read More
Quick and Easy Visualizing Lesson
This week I introduced visualizing to my little ones with a super easy and powerful lesson! Visualizing is such an important comprehension standard in primary grades! As our students delve into chapter books, and more challenging plot lines, they MUST visualize to able to understand the text. Though it happens naturally for us, we can’t forget our students need to… Read More
Thanksgiving Freebies
Hi friends! Tomorrow is Picture Day and I should have been in bed like 2 hours ago, hahah! But I just couldn’t wait to share these freebies and wanted to make sure you had enough time to use them! First, it’s not really a freebie…just an idea! A few weeks ago…I had my little ones make turkeys without a template… Read More