In this post I’m sharing 4 helpful tips for organizing literacy centers and activities in the kindergarten, first and second grade classroom. I love literacy centers….but it hasn’t always been that way. Yep, during my first years in the classroom literacy centers weren’t the best part of my day. I made a lot of no-so-great choices and learned from… Read More
Why I Tore Down My Word Wall & What I’ve Done Instead
In this post I explain why I tore down my traditional word wall and replaced it with a phoneme sound wall. I share the benefits of a sound wall and finally, the Phoneme Sound Wall with Mouth Articulation Photos resource to help teachers create a sound wall in the classroom. Word walls. You know, the big bulletin boards that contain… Read More
Classroom Management (non verbal)
Hey Friend! It’s the weekend, time to recharge those batteries and get ready for the next week of craziness in the classroom. So today I want to share some ideas to help make the classroom less CrAzY! Non verbal signs and hand signals…do you use them? If you don’t, you should read on to see why they help make me… Read More
A Quick Tip!
Hey There! Tomorrow is FriYay!!! A weekend of luxury awaits us my friends!!! Today I wanted to share a printing tip that made me so happy when I discovered it about a year ago. 🙂 If you are like me you wish a part of a digital file could be put in a Shrinky Dink oven to better use the… Read More
Back to School Must Haves!
Hey There! The back to school season is upon us! I have actually been “back to school” now for 5 weeks. I teach at a year round school and we “track in” for 9 weeks and “track out” for 3 weeks! If you ever have the opportunity to teach in a year round school, go for it!! You will LOVE… Read More
Back to School Organization!
Happy Monday! (That isn’t so bad when we are on summer vacation, right?!) I actually am getting ready to go back to school, meet a new bunch of first graders, and start a new school. Wait, WHAT?? You see, I teach in a year round school. I posted this on Instagram the other day and a few teachers were confused… Read More