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. ...

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Hi! I'm Ayn and I am a Ga. Pre-K teacher, serving 4 and 5 year olds in an inclusive setting. I share my classroom adventures on my blog, little illuminations. The holiday season has arrived. Parents and teachers everywhere are frantically searching the internet (especially Pinterest!) for fun and easy gift ideas that kids can make for little ...

Making BOO! Fun     Miss Carole here – with another fun song from Macaroni Soup!   This is the season of Boo! and Aaaahhhh! and Gotcha! But it’s not nice to scare little children, right?  RIGHT!  So let’s have fun songs that deal with the elements of October’s holiday, without the fearfulness that some children experience with ghosts lurking ...

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You thought I was done writing about what I did at Tree Elementary? HAHAHA! I still have one more unit to write about! Well, this one was just a mini-unit. Earth Day fell right in the middle of our egg unit, so I did a short, one day unit on it. We learned about the importance of recycling and taking care of our Earth.  I read the book ...

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I have several favorite holiday crafts that I have used for many years. Hop on over to check them out!

Our Kindergarten class made these wonderful “Cookies for Santa” cookbook to give their parents as a Christmas gift. We happened to have a bunch of brown hot pads in a box that was supposed to be used for another project last year but never did. So our kindergarten teacher, Mrs. R., decided they would make [...]