Spring is the perfect time to strengthen place value for teen numbers 10–20. In this post, I’m sharing hands-on, differentiated math activities that help kindergarten students truly understand tens and ones — through movement, concrete models, and meaningful practice. These spring place value centers make learning stick without feeling repetitive.
Looking for meaningful teacher appreciation gift ideas? Find thoughtful gift suggestions for teachers, staff, and volunteers—plus creative, printable gift tags to that can be easily personalized to save time and add a personal touch.
Make Easter math fun with these engaging jelly bean math activities! Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, these hands-on Easter math craftivity activities help students practice counting, comparing numbers, addition, and graphing in a playful way. Students decorate Easter eggs with jelly beans and complete fun math activities!
Looking for easy and fun April Fool’s Day pranks for your elementary classroom? These harmless, low-prep jokes will have your young students laughing all day! Try the hilarious Loof Lirpa bird hunt, the classic Brown E’s trick, or a silent lesson prank. Perfect for kindergarten and elementary teachers!
Engage young learners with fun March lion and lamb crafts, bulletin board ideas, and weather activities! Track lion and lamb days, sort weather types, sing a catchy weather song, and create adorable writing crafts to explore the classic saying, “March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb.” Perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and first grade!
Keep young learners engaged this spring with fun, hands-on rainbow math activities! From counting with colorful cereal to addition craftivities and interactive math games, these engaging ideas are perfect for kindergarten and first-grade classrooms. Explore creative ways to reinforce number sense, sorting, and addition while bringing vibrant spring energy to your math centers!
Free March In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb Calendar & Weather Activity My students always enjoy this calendar activity! I hope yours will
Need a simple Mother’s Day craft for your Muffins with Mom event? This easy, meaningful Mother’s Day craft and writing activity is the perfect student-created gift for moms, grandmas, aunts, and more—low-prep, cute, and stress-free!
Engage young learners in meaningful Earth Day activities with hands-on science experiments, crafts, and interactive lessons that teach the importance of caring for our planet. From water and air pollution experiments to solar oven s’mores and Earth Day crafts with writing prompts, this post is packed with engaging, easy-to-implement ideas. Create a stunning bulletin board, sing an Earth Day song, and inspire students to make a difference. Perfect for classrooms looking to celebrate Earth Day!
Teaching young children about life cycles helps them better understand nature and the world around them. They can start to see how things change and
Create memorable Mother’s Day cards with your students’ photos! Learn how to turn classroom snapshots into personalized, keepsake cards with printable and digital templates. Perfect for both tech-savvy and beginner learners, these easy-to-make cards can be customized in PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Seesaw for a sentimental gift moms will cherish for years.
This is a fun, sun-themed learning center that I like to use at the end of the year for review. It can be easily edited