Sunday, January 5, 2020

Entire Store is 20% Off January 6th and January 7th 2020!

Ring in the new year with some brand new lessons! All items will be 20% off on January 6th and 7th! 

I've recently created some new products that will really ring their "educational" bells.

Check them out below:

Preschool and Pre-k U.S. Coin Pack: Look at some samples of what you'll get in the unit below!

Part of Money Grows on Trees Coin Sort Found in this Pack! 
 
How Much Is It? Trace 

January Toddler and Preschool Activity Pages: From Martin Luther King Jr. Day to National Soup Month, this pack has you covered. It can also be made into a booklet. Just color the cover page provided. 

Trace the Words That Describe Martin Luther King Jr. Sheet 


January Is National Soup Month! Circle the Season We are In Sheet 

Winter and Snowflakes Toddler and Preschool Pack: Invite your students to investigate the beauty of winter! Click on the cover to see what snow-tastic items abound in this pack! 

Winter and Snowflakes Toddler and Preschool Pack 


Angels Toddler and Preschool Unit: Children will be amazed by the unearthly wonders of these heavenly beings. See sample pages below. 

The Angels Are Bowling! Color Matching Cards (On stormy nights, my mom would tell me the angels were bowling because I was afraid of the loud noises.) 


Angel Shape Puzzles 




Other units and packs recently added are:

Polar Bear Toddler and Preschool Pack

New Years Toddler and Preschool Printables Pack 


Please stop on by for this New Year/New Lessons Sale! Remember, you receive 20% off all products on January 6th and 7th! 

I hope you all are having a happy and healthy 2020!









Saturday, November 24, 2018

TpT Cyber Sale on November 26th and 27th!


Happy TpT Cyber Sale Greetings! 

Many of my products are on sale on Monday, November 26th and Tuesday, November 27th! I have  new toddler and preschool-themed winter packs that will engage and entice the youngest of learners to investigate Elves, Snowmen, Santa's North Pole, Winter Fun Activities and more!

I am offering 83 of my products at 20% off! Remember to stop on by my store for lots of great deals next week! 


Here's a sneak preview of some of my newest packs below! Click on the link below each cover to view! 


Elf Unit 

Holiday Toddler Pack 

Santa's North Pole Pack 

Winter Fun Pack 


Happy Holidays! 

Jennifer 

Sunday, November 11, 2018

A Salute to Our Armed Forces: Ways to Celebrate Veterans the Whole Year Through


Veterans' Day is an important holiday that celebrates the bravery, respect and sacrifice our veterans have shared with our country. They selflessly gave their time and energy to keep America strong and protect what our country stands for.

Each November 11th, we make sure to take time to remember our servicemen and women through events such as those at Arlington National Cemetery. The president places a wreath on the tomb of the unknown soldier, the prophetic and beautiful Taps is played, and the traditional Color Guard of the four branches of the military proudly stand tall.

As a way to salute these individuals, we can easily show our respect by letting our students and ourselves show how thankful we are for their efforts through the years. See the ways we can support the troops below.


Write thank you letters to a local VA hospital to cheer up those who are in the care of the doctors and nurses.

Donate items or host a collection drive for care packages to Operation Gratitude for soldiers who desperately need these items.

Say thank you to those in uniform whenever and wherever you see them.

See if you can send a "thank you" book created by your students to a local VFW Hall.

Why not buy or use a Veteran-owned business for your next project? Check out Buy Veteran for listings of veteran-owned businesses in your area.


On a final note, make sure that you practice these tips each and every day of the year for those in uniform, not just on  "national holidays". These brave men and women need our support all year long. 



Happy Veterans' Day! 

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Getting Spooky With It: Halloween Crafts and Lesson Plans for Your Little Pumpkins!


Halloween is just around the corner. There is a chill in the air and the thoughts of Halloween candy make grown adults giddy with happiness. How can you not love a good Snickers Bar or Kit Kat? But enough about delicious, high-calorie, amazing sweets. Do you have your Halloween lesson plans complete?

If not, here are some craft ideas of things you can do with your students from around the web! They are spook-tacular, fun, and slightly batty too! These crafts are easy enough for toddlers to try too.

They improve eye-hand coordination, dexterity/fine motor skills, and enhance creativity. Another plus, they feature process art techniques.

Make a Spider Handprint Craft! from Happyhooligans.ca.



Paper Plate Frankensteins will add monstrous appeal to your classroom from Parents Magazine

Candy Corn Craft Using Pom Poms To Paint from Crafty Morning are super sweet! 


Now that we have our crafts cover, do you have any new and exciting ideas for Halloween centers, printable, and homework? 

Why not check out the following items I have made recently that will add a touch of cutesy creepiness to your lessons? 

Click on links below units to view.



Bat Color Match! This is perfect for math centers and features colorful bats and moons. A math mat allows students to place the bats and moons on the math mat to create a  silly and spooky scene. 

Bat Color Match 

The Halloween Toddler Pack is just right for the littlest pumpkins in the patch! This pack includes a Skull Color Match, counting the ghosts in the haunted house ghosts and math mat, big and small frog/lily pad sort, Jack O' Lantern Emotions, and more! This will surely amp up the just right spooky factor.
Halloween Toddler Pack

Here's a boo-tiful idea! Have some very friendly ghosts visit your classroom with my Halloween Ghost Activities! pack, children will match ABC ghosts to their matching haunted house, write the numbers on a ghost counting sheet, and draw a ghost and answer simple questions pertaining to their drawing.
Halloween Ghost Activities
Add a creepy crawly vibe with a Halloween Spiders Pack that invites students to sort spiders by size, match opposites using Spiderweb Opposites Cards, build spider words, and complete a Spider Facts Answer Graphic Organizer and more

Halloween Spiders Unit


Are you ready to get a little spooky with it now. Best wishes to Happy Halloween teaching! 

Saturday, October 6, 2018

Toddling Around: Teaching Toddlers, Creating Infant and Toddler Circle times, and Toddler Learning Packs


During my years as an early childhood educator, I have taught kindergartners to infants. While all of these age groups differ greatly, one fact remains the same: they all have an insatiable appetite to learn!

Learning and growing is pivotal for even the youngest of children. They are learning how to engage with other children, demonstrating basic self-reliance (picking up toys, throwing out a paper cup with help), increasing their fine motor skills such as holding a crayon or turning the pages of a book, improving gross motor skills such as jumping or hopping and so much more!

For this reason, I have created several toddler packs that help develop children's natural wonder and burgeoning abilities. Just because one is little, they can do quite a lot! Most of the packs relate to basic skills around a theme such as Fall or Thanksgiving.

I feel that themes work best for all children. They are a way that the youngest children process and organize, straightforward, and methodical information. Most educators feel that any topic at any time of the year is perfectly fine, but themes are just my personal preference, and are definitely not a requirement.

I would often do a simple circle with the toddlers, as well as drum roll please, infants. Yes, I said infants. They were some of the most amazing and engaged children I have ever worked with. I know what you're thing, but they're not mobile and really don't have an attention span. Why are you even doing a circle time with infants? It's developmentally-inappropriate, right? It depends. If you keep it short, colorful, and fun, no way. Long, dragged out, and boring, you will have lost them before you even started.

Here is my version of a typical Infant/Toddler Circle time (Performed Daily) 


  • Opening Song: "Hi, Hello, and How Are You?" with a rattle to mimic the song's beat. 
  • Attendance Song: "Who Is Here Today?" with a scarf. Gently tickle each child's head with the scarf as you say their name. This promotes name recognition. 
  • Weather Song: Since my room had windows, I would point out the window as I sang a song called "What Is the Weather Like Today?" with a weather puppet created from paper cutouts and glued to a Popsicle stick. 
  • Color of the Month Basket: I would sing a color song and then show children a new item of that color each day of the week . All the items were placed in a small basket. We would wear the color during the month too. 
  • Animal of the Month: I would find a song about the Animal of the Month and as I sang the song, would hold up a stuffed animal or puppet of the animal. 
  • Read a short story based on the weekly theme or do a thematic activity matching game, flannel board etc. 
  • Tell children about art projects and anything happening that day. 
  • Do art projects or Free Play 

It's your turn, do you do an infant/toddler circle time? If so, please add your comments below!

As I stated previously in this post, I have begun creating toddler packs because of a wonderful suggestion from one of my former toddler teacher parents, who was interested in learning packs for her child. This is where the story began and I have created several packs since. Some of the themes include cats, dogs, fall and Thanksgiving.

Please click on the following links below the covers to see these packs. Each pack provides simple matching games, color identification and recognition activities, sometimes crafts, patterning and other activities to build on toddlers' skills.

Thanksgiving Toddler Pack
Halloween Toddler Pack 

Toddler Fall Unit

In closing, remember that infants and toddlers are just small people with big imaginations, lots of personality, and a never-ending supply of untapped knowledge!






Saturday, September 22, 2018

What a Hoot!: Owl Unit for Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Kindergartners! Plus Some Owl Facts Too!


Do you give a hoot about owls? I certainly do! Owls are amazing birds whose nocturnal nature has intrigued people since the beginning of time. From their large, luminous eyes to their sharp, curved beaks, their aura of mystery and beauty have made them a whimsical and special creature to many. 

I myself have a Pinterest board dedicated to owls and collect anything owl related. From stuffed animals to an owl purse (I have it). One of my favorite items is this Lucite, owl pen holder that I keep on my computer desk. Isn't he adorable? 




That's enough about my owl obsession, let's get to some fun fact about these fantastic flyers. 😀

  • Owls eyes cannot move. They have binocular-like vision. 
  • An owl's ears are unevenly placed on both sides of their heads. This allows them to hear sounds from many directions. 
  • Some owls dine on other owls (such as the Great Horned Owl). 
  • A parliament is what you call a bunch of owls. 
  • An owl can turn it's head 270 degrees. 


If you would like your little ones to learn more about owls, why not take a look at my owl unit for toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners?

The Owl Unit for Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Kindergartners includes cute and simple learning activities that can be performed by these ages.

Included in this unit: 

This unit includes:
8 Rhyming Owl Pairs Cards
Owl Symmetry Puzzles
Part of an Owl
How Many Owls Are There? Counting Worksheet
Is It a Sentence? Worksheet
Owl Word Search
Small, Medium and Large Owls Sorting Owls
Tree Owls Sizing Sorting Mats
All Answer Keys Included!


Click on the link below the cover to view the unit! 


Owls Unit


I promise your students and children will have a hoot! 

Monday, September 17, 2018

How One Educator Helped Her School Through TpT for Schools!

TpT for schools offers a limitless number of educational resources. It brings quality teaching materials to educators, administrators, and students alike.

Just see how the following educator gave the gift the learning to her school through TpT for Schools!

It all starts with a conversation! Third grade teacher Michelle Burrus helped her administrator see how TpT for Schools offered a real solution to their school’s challenges. Read her whole story and learn more here about how to start the conversation with your own administrator: bit.ly/tpt-for-schools