February is here! And while the Valentine’s decor hit shelves in November, you may be struggling to come up with some fun V-Day activities. Fear not! Here are a few of my favorite activities that promote friendship and kindness (because Valentine’s day doesn’t just have to be about pink, hearts, and chocolate!) Okay, I take that back about the chocolate…. Read More
Basic Skills Task Boxes
If your classroom is anything like mine have been, you are working with a wiiiiiide range of abilities. I’ve had students reading fluently on a 5th grade level, while others are working to match color-to-color. Most of my current task box bundles are geared toward the Pre K- 1st grade skill set. I have a higher level set in the… Read More
Winter Sensory Science
As you may know, I am a huge fan of hands-on projects and experiments. In college, I worked as a “Mad Scientist” at a science summer camp for kids ages 5-12. We built robots, launched rockets, and, most importantly, perfected the art of slime-making. With the recent backlash caused by Borax laundry detergent, I decided to try some non-Borax recipes…. Read More
Bridesmaid Tags
This is not teaching related, but many of you know I have had wedding on the brain. With 2 and 1/2 weeks until the big day I’ve found myself swamped with all the last minute details. I’ve been searching Pinterest for bridesmaid gift box ideas, but had a hard time finding anything I really liked. I decided to create my… Read More
10 Secrets for Improving your Instagram Game
Disclaimer: I am not a social media expert, and I don’t claim to be. However, over the last year I have grown my Instagram following from 1000 followers to 50,000 with just my camera phone. Here are some easy tricks I have learned over the past year. 1.) Establish your brand My brand came easy to me, as I’ve been… Read More
FAQ: Task Boxes
How do the Original Task Box Bundle and the monthly set differ? After creating the original set of task boxes, it was requested that I make more task boxes. I figured the best way to continue the activities, but keep them different was to create a monthly series of task boxes. Both bundles contain activities that range between Pre K… Read More