Apple Themed Activities for Toddlers
By LAURIN BRAINARD Updated Oct. 17, 2023 I am so excited to share this amazing journey of toddler learning that I have embarked on with my son! This past week we started toddler school in our home. My son is 2 1/2 and is the perfect age for working on pre-academic skills that will help prepare him for kindergarten and beyond. For our first unit... Read more 07 Sep 2018 - 5 minute read
Learning Numbers to 120
Learning how to order numbers to 120 is often challenging for many of my students. To help my students learn to count to 120, I created number cards from 1-120 that students can use to create a life-sized 120 chart on the carpet. I love watching my students work together to create this 120 chart. It is the perfect math center since my students a... Read more 04 Sep 2018 - 1 minute read
Long Vowel Reading Activities
Teaching long vowels is one of my favorite concepts to teach in first grade! In all honesty, it can be exhausting and challenging to teach long vowels, but there are so many fun ways to teach these concepts. It is always so rewarding to see my students master their long vowels because I know how tricky this skill can be! Long vowels are easily c... Read more 24 Aug 2018 - 2 minute read
Teaching Honesty in the Classroom
Honesty is a character trait that is so often forgotten in today’s pop culture. Our children are immersed in a life of social media, television, and other outlets that do not teach our students the value of honesty. As a first grade teacher, it is SO IMPORTANT to me that we train up our littles to be honest students from an early age. Hopefully,... Read more 16 Aug 2018 - 2 minute read
CVC Word Work Freebie
Practicing CVC Words is always one of my favortie times of the day! I found these SUPER FUN alphabet erasers in the Target Dollar Spot and these Bananagram Letter Tiles on Amazon. During our literacy center rotations this week, I will be having two stations set up - one with mini alphabet erasers and the other with the letter tiles. Students wil... Read more 03 Aug 2018 - less than 1 minute read