One of my favorite holidays is Easter. I love everything about it. I love celebrating that Jesus rose from the grave. I love getting together with my church family. I love the egg hunts. I love the family meals. I love the outfits. I love the pictures. I love it all. Last night when I started thinking about how Easter would look this year I immediately got sad. I guess I kinda *naively* thought this would all be over by then. Jared and I started brainstorming different things we could do with our families, our church, and our neighborhoods. My attitude quickly changed when we came up with the idea of a … [Read more...]
Learning How to Count Coins
Our school district is on week 2 of At-Home Learning. Israel's class was working on counting coins before the break, so I wanted to continue that at home. As a former 2nd grade teacher, I know how important it is for students to understand how to identify and count coins. So, this past week I gathered up some of my first grade math activities, and we got to work! Daily Word Problems Each morning Israel started with a coin math problem. He glued these into a journal, read the question, and followed the directions. Most of the days he was identifying a particular coin and counting the collection. This helped get … [Read more...]
The Panda Problem with FREEBIES
Happy Friday, friends! Today I am sharing a FUN FRIDAY activity with you! Let's dig right in... The Panda Problem Have you ever read The Panda Problem? It's a book that is FULL of personality. The narrator wants their story to have a problem, but the panda doesn't have one! At least not until the panda decides to BE the problem and create all sorts of trouble for the narrator. Your kiddos will LOVE the story that the panda creates. Trust me. Panda Directed Drawing and Story Retell To go along with the book, I have a couple of activities just for you! Your kiddos can draw the panda (plus a … [Read more...]
5 Ways to Use Pipe Cleaners in the Classroom
As promised, I have another round of tips all about using Household items in your lesson plans. When I started this series, I didn’t mean it LITERALLY, yet here we are *insert upside down smiley face emoji.* Seriously, there are so many random items you have around the classroom or home that can be used to engage your little learners and I think they should be used to really amp up the lesson plans. I feel that kids always respond better when you use items that aren’t necessarily “teaching” tools! I wanted to share with you another favorite of mine, PIPE CLEANERS. That’s right, they can … [Read more...]
At-Home Learning: Spin and Add
Good morning! I wanted to drop in quickly and share a fun way to practice addition (either at-home or in the classroom!) There are two spin and add sheets to choose from. You can choose to add 2 or 3 addends. This morning we practiced addition with 3 addends. Students spin 3 numbers to create their addition equation. Easy peasy! You can grab that FREEBIE by clicking HERE! This would pair perfectly with the addition fact freebie that I posted HERE! We used transparent spinners that you can find HERE, but you can also use a paperclip. {Amazon Aff Link} … [Read more...]
At-Home Learning: Addition Facts
Assessing Addition Facts This past week I was digging through my archives and realized I had created some addition fact assessments YEARS ago. I don't know what my plan was for them. I can't remember if I ever used them. I have no clue if I ever posted them anywhere. But there they were. So, I decided to dig them out, freshen them up, and prep them for Israel to do at home. PLUS, I have them as a FREEBIE for you! Short Fact Assessments Here's the rundown. There are assessments for facts 0-9. Most problems are 1 digit plus 1 digit, but there are a couple of 10s thrown in there as well. I just printed … [Read more...]
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