Prek anchor charts classroom

Do you look on Pinterest for Anchor Chart ideas and give up at the thought that your Anchor Chart could never look that amazing? It actually doesn’t have to be that difficult to make an amazi…

Coloring Anchor Chart, Kindergarten

Four Seasons anchor chart

Patterns anchor chart kindergarten

Do you create anchor charts in your classroom? Anchor charts are the perfect way to get your students involved in their learning by helping ...

As I thought might happen, I have been a little M.I.A. from the blogging world lately. I have been crazy busy, but for plenty of good reasons. :) First of all, my husband and I were out of town to celebrate our best friends' wedding. Yep, you read that right my bestie married my hubby's bestie! We have known him for years and once they started dating, she and I became instant bestie's. I have to share just a couple of pictures. (If you follow me on instagram, you have already seen these…

Counting anchor chart for kindergarten

We are about finished with our shape study (introduction/review). Most of my kiddos come in knowing their colors and shapes, but it’s fun to do a bit of a review, just to be certain. One of my awesome Kindergarten colleagues uses the Roger Hargreaves books to review shapes. She even has the most AMAZING puppets that another colleague made for her. I wish I had a picture, but you have to trust me that they are adorable. They are on my summer to-do list! So each week, we read one of the Roger…

Teaching social skills with Interrupting Chicken Activities can be so much fun! How many times have we as teachers said: "Raise your hand....please" "Don't blurt out!" "Wait your turn!". Hey, some of us might be a millionaire if we got paid a dollar every time it happened. What I love about the story Interrupting Chi

The new school year feels well underway, even if for some of you it only started 15 days ago. It is amazing how quickly something new can become familiar, how quickly sparse classroom spaces can be…

Thursday afternoon was our annual Meet The Teacher. This is one of my favorite days. I love meeting all of my new firsties, and seeing their excitement about school starting makes me excited! The afternoon always goes by so fast and when it's over I always feel like I've been hit by a bus. A bus of 22 6 year olds. 😄 It was a great afternoon and my class is just the cutest! Friday morning all of the teachers had a work day. We got to work in our rooms, uninterrupted. 🙏 It was so nice…