Kindergarten students are complete turkeys during the holidays! That’s why it’s the perfect idea to teach your little all about turkeys during the month of November. If you’re anything like me and love a good Thanksgiving book, here’s some turkey book ideas along with an… [read more]

It’s finally fall and I love everything that October brings. With that in mind, my favorite thing to teach is pumpkins. I’m not sure why, but I love all of the exploring, the new learning, the investigations and everything that pumpkins bring to my classroom…. [read more]

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Walmart. Walmart is sometimes my guilty pleasure. School supply addict here.  I absolutely LOVE shopping for school supplies, smelling new crayons, taking new scissors out of the package and just everything about NEW supplies. For parents, I’m not too… [read more]

The beginning of school and especially the beginning of kindergarten is the perfect time to teach your students to LOVE listening and reading books. It’s simple. The more you read engaging, thoughtful, humorous books – the more your students will beg you to read. It’s… [read more]

Assessment is one of those dreaded words that makes you cringe when you think abut it. I don’t usually enjoy assessment time. Why can’t it be something that we, as teachers, enjoy doing? Well, let me tell you about one part of my assessment process… [read more]