My students celebrated their moms by making this flower pot recipe holder craft.They attached a ''Recipe for Mom'' card.The craft came from Oriental Trading, but the exact craft is no longer available on their site.I had leftovers from years ago when I purchased it. I hope they'll bring it back because I've done this same project every year. ...

Get your kids thinking about trash and being responsible with how they throw it away.My annual Earth Day unit would not be complete without using the cute and creative Wartville Wizard story. The characters in the story literally get trash ''stick ons'' for being slobs, until the town wizard teaches them the valuable lesson of caring for our ...

We have had lots of fun this month. We had a very happy Valentine's Day...we made a Valentine Zoo...  wrote about things we love...and did some valentine math...Hope everyone had a Happy Valentine's Day!Thank you to all our parents that helped with our celebration!

I topped off today by combining Valentine's Day with Lincoln history. I read this book that gives background on how Lincoln used to keep important notes inside is top hat. We then made our Valentine holders Lincoln top hat style I also wanted to give a shout out to a wonderful resource I won in The Science Penguin's recent giveaway.  I can't ...

I know, I know, some folks don’t love Valentine’s Day.  For me, in kindergarten anyway, Valentine’s isn’t about romantic love, but all about being a kind and caring friend.  That’s how I present it and they really do love each other and want to show it. We had a hectic, but fun filled day.  I [...]

Well, it really doesn’t get much better than the 100th day in kindergarten. It’s kind of like Christmas, Valentine’s Day (coming Thursday!), and the Fourth of July wrapped into one.  Well, it is in my class anyway.   I used an entire bottle of glitter to make this for the doorway: We sang our hearts [...]

Hello again and Gung Hay Fat Choy, or Happy Chinese New Year! It's Ayn from little illuminations!  If you know me or read my blog, little illuminations, you know that we celebrate diversity in my pre-k classroom. I try to include a variety of cultural celebrations throughout the year, especially those celebrated by my students. Sometimes it ...

I'm using this virtual tour of the Lincoln Memorial to bring history to life. For Washington this interactive timeline is a treasure. And combine both presidents in this catchy song On another note, I shared a neat resource for a thesaurus study over at All Things Upper Grade.

With February fast approaching, that means Valentine's Day is just around the corner.  I know that many people are gearing up for parties and celebrations but, eh, that just isn't me.  I shared with you last year that I really don't make too big a deal out of this day of love, but I do like to do two little things that the kids really enjoy.  ...

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