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Elephant Themed Toddler School Activities

Elephant Themed Toddler School Activities

Do your kiddos love taking a trip to the zoo?! We sure do! My kids cannot wait to go to the zoo to see the elephants! I created this elephant themed toddler unit to bring a little piece of the zoo to you and your littles at home!! If you want to learn more about how to get started planning activities for your little ones, download my FREE guide... Read more

Writing Strategies to Build Strong Writers

Writing Strategies to Build Strong Writers

Do your students need some extra help writing sentences? Let’s spend some time brushing up on the writing strategies your students NEED! For my first graders to be successful at writing paragraphs by the end of the year, they need to be able to expand, combine, and proofread their sentences. Expanding Sentences At the beginning of the school ye... Read more

Dinosaur Theme Toddler Activities

Dinosaur Theme Toddler Activities

By LAURIN BRAINARD Updated June 26, 2024 When I think back on our childhood favorites, dinosaurs are always top of the list! This theme is one of our absolute favorites and I can’t wait to share all about it with you!! Included Activities in this Dinosaur Toddlers Theme In this post, I’m sharing 5 of my favorite types of dinosaur toddler acti... Read more

Letter A Boom Cards Freebie!

Letter A Boom Cards Freebie!

This year, my students will be starting the school year virtually so I have been thinking a lot this summer about how I will best deliver my phonics instruction. I will be having daily Zoom meetings with my class where we will work on phonetic awareness, segmentation, blending, decoding, and other phonics skill practice. In addition to live teac... Read more

Under the Sea Boom Cards™ FREEBIE!

Under the Sea Boom Cards™ FREEBIE!

Now that I finished our first year of distance learning, I just can’t stop creating Boom Cards™ and other digital resources for students to use this coming school year. I am sure that my students will love learning through Boom Cards and I hope your students or children do as well! I just finished working on a full year of First Grade Math CCSS... Read more