A list of favorite back to school read alouds for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade! Sharing books is one of my favorite ways to ease back-to-school nerves and build classroom community. These tried-and-true read alouds are perfect for the first few weeks of school—and they help spark a love of reading from day one!
Young students get soooo excited about the holidays so I like to harness some of that energy for learning activities. If an activity has a
Make November less hectic with these no-prep Thanksgiving-themed digital literacy and math centers! Perfect for kindergarten and first grade, these engaging Google Slides and Boom Cards focus on rhyming, letter sounds, alphabet matching, number sense, addition, and shapes. Simply assign to your students for independent or group center time—no printing or laminating required. With easy differentiation, audio support, and interactive elements, these centers make learning festive, fun, and manageable!
Apple season and Johnny Appleseed’s birthday (Sept. 26th) are the perfect time to bring engaging, differentiated learning into your classroom! These hands-on apple-themed math and literacy centers are easy to prep, fun for little learners, and designed to meet your students right where they are—no matter their level.
Looking for winter digital activities your students can complete independently? These winter-themed literacy and math centers are perfect for small groups, center time, or extra practice. Includes Google Slides and Boom Cards for skills like letter sounds, 2D and 3D shapes, word families, and more—plus a free sample to try with your class.
Young learners need to move—but that doesn’t mean losing instructional time! In this post, I’m sharing how I combine brain breaks with purposeful, standards-based learning activities to build focus, boost retention, and make lessons more fun.
These are unprecedented and scary times for all of us. With things rapidly changing every day, it is hard to “carry on” as usual because
Digraphs are two letters that make a third letter sound when combined, for example sh and th. The digraph sound is different than the individual
Discover fun and engaging candy corn math and literacy activities perfect for fall, Halloween, or Thanksgiving! Practice patterns, counting, number sense, comparing numbers, and alphabet skills with hands-on games and interactive Boom Cards. Ideal for centers, small groups, party stations, and more, these activities make learning fun and rewarding—plus, who doesn’t love eating candy corn as a treat?
Young students have a natural desire to create order and make sense of the world around them. They naturally notice similarities and differences. For example,
Since sight words are so critical to reading success because they are used so often and can not easily be sounded out by young readers,
December is a super busy month! In addition to teaching our regular curriculum, we have to plan & practice for our big Christmas program, finish