Birthday Rocks help build relationships in the early days of kindergarten.
Ten Day Countdown Activities for the End of the Year
When the school year ends, you must go out with a bang! End of the year activities must be memorable and make your students want to get up and come to school EVERY SINGLE DAY! It’s the end and we want all laughs and no tears! This is my 10 Day Countdown list of end …
Hurry! Start Getting Your Child Ready for Kindergarten!
It’s summer and time to start getting your child ready for kindergarten. Hopefully parents have had important end of year conference conversations with their child’s pre-school teachers, some children may be facing schooling for the very first time. Hopefully, this will help guide you in knowing how to support your child during the remainder of …
Books to Help Talk About Diversity & Racism
There is a lot going on in our world today. It started with Covid 19 and mass quarantine. Our communities spiraled into protests. Now big conversations about diversity and racism have begun that many families have not had before. Empower Children to Handle Bias and Racism Children as young as three years old have even …
End of the Year Activities for Your Virtual Classroom
I never imagined ending the school year without seeing my sweet little class again and celebrating with all of my end of the year activities. We have built such a fun classroom community and love to celebrate wonderful milestones together. So ending without a party is tearing me up! This list of end of the …
Basic List of Reading Strategies
Here is a basic list of reading strategies that parents or teachers can remind their child of while they are reading together at home or in the classroom. New word strategies give readers tools that help them figure out those tricky words using the visual clues the printed page is giving them. Teachers give them …
Remote Teaching from the Ground Up
Where to begin when trying to connect to students & families Getting ready for remote teaching can be overwhelming. From what we are hearing on the news, we may need to be prepared for an interruption in our school year again this fall. Here are some pointers for how to connect parents and families for …