If you are like me you love breaking out your classroom elf each year. My kiddos are going to be so excited tomorrow! Our classroom shelf elf is packaged up and ready to be delivered...before placing it in the freezer that is to assure it arrives nice and cold from the North Pole! Last year my class voted on the name Jingle Bell Rock..I can't wait to see the names my class comes up with this year- Kids are so darn creative! I created this unit to go along with our classroom elf. There is a journal that is to be used daily until your elf makes his/her way back to the North Pole in t ..read more

I made this Veterans Day Craftivity unit to use with my kindergarteners. So far..they have loved every page we have done and they absolutely LOVED making their veteran/soldier. Click on the picture to check it out ..read more

I read the cutest Halloween book to my kiddos last week. They LOVED this book. This book is great to teach a wide variety of skills; Compare and contrast, main character, setting, problem, solution, and much more! I created this craftivity to go along with this book. The activities include labeling pages, math journal prompts, graphic organizers and more! Check it out by clicking on any of the pictures below. Happy Halloween Everyone ..read more

Do your students love WORD FAMILY activities? My class looks forward to the word family of the week. They love completing various word family activities and learn so much while doing so! Before we left for spring break, we were working with the "ing" word family. We go back to school this week. This King of "ing" activity will be a great review after a nice long break! Look interesting? Check this fun and engaging activity out here ..read more

If you teach Lucy Calkins Units of Study writing for Kindergarten feel free to download these FREE Teacher binder covers.   I also made these covers that can be used to store the anchor chart notes/cards. I printed the anchor chart cards from the online resources. I printed them two per page and they fit perfectly in these photo cases. Check out the photo case overs below.   You can find these resources by clicking HERE ..read more

Grinch Day is taking place in my Kindergarten class tomorrow. We have some exciting activities planned! If you are looking for "GRINCHY" activities to do with your class, check out this Grinch FREEBIE! ~Happy Holidays ..read more

My Kindergarteners are obsessed with sorting. I created this fun Needs & Wants Holiday sorting freebie. I will be using these activities this upcoming week. I included a set of needs and wants sorting cards that can be used in whole group teaching or used for center activities. I also included two independent student activities. Download it here.       ..read more

Hello everyone! I am super excited to share my library organization with all of you. This will be my eighth year teaching, all of which have been in K. I feel very lucky to be able to teach at the same school as my mom. She teachers second grade. Although I barely get to see her at school (we teach in a very large and still growing elementary school in northern Florida) I am still excited to be able to share our teaching experiences together. I absolutely love teaching Kindergarten and could not see myself teaching any other grade-level. My heart definitely belongs to K! I love watching m ..read more

I am halfway through my summer vacation. It's that time again to start preparing for back to school. My living room is officially packed with books, paper, binders, bins and tons of other back to school things. The first week of school I send home this change of clothing letter attached with a zipper bag. I purchase the zipper bags for $1 at the Dollar Tree. Also included are mini sheets to send home with a student when an accident occurs. I print these on bright colored paper and check off the items the student needs to bring back to school the following day. Feel free to download this back ..read more

If your kids love headbands as much as mine they will enjoy these headband freebies. There are four Thanksgiving headbands to choose from. Enjoy and Happy Thanksgiving!  Click HERE ..read more