Hello darlings!  There are only five days of school left!  Ahhh!  While I am usually ecstatic and jumping for joy, this year I am sad.  I think it has to do with losing my mom 2 months ago and the fact that these kids show me unconditional love everyday!  I will miss all of their sweetness and whining!    I just hope I can keep myself busy this ...

By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now   Last year, I had a post here with Montessori-Inspired April Showers Activities. Today, I decided to add some Montessori-inspired May flower activities. I used some great free printables I found online to create the activities. The hands-on activities in this post are for preschoolers through first ...

Hello darlings!  I am going to keep this short and sweet!  It is getting to be the end of the year and I am in a sharing mood.  Here are a bunch of random math resources I have used this year.  I am only going to post one picture from each resources, but there are more pages in the downloads!!!!! Math Vocabulary Posters Addition Problem ...

As many of you know, there's something about being in the kitchen that makes me giddy.  I don't know if it's the smells of the good food, the family time that I enjoy while being in there, or if it's the small taste I get (remember I'm dieting now ;) )---but there's something about it.  I love having my kiddos in there with me.  Sometimes, ...

I loved math when I went to school and always had great math teachers. I have spent most of my time creating ELA materials although I do have one 1st Grade math packet filled with 10 math centers to help your students become fluent with their addition and subtraction math facts from 1-20. There is one game to review all their facts for addition ...

Last week, we were focusing on adding and subtracting integers.  If you remember, I wrote a post about how I got the students to understand the process here, but they really seemed to need a bit more this year.  So after scouring the internet, I found this really fun game that cemented the idea for them.  If you click here, you can get ...

It's so hard to find good, engaging centers to keep the kids moving and working!  So I wanted to share with you some fun centers I created that involve developmentally appropriate practice and the academic rigor your administrators require! Snap Cube Centers These are fun centers using those snap cubes that sit in a bin in the corner of your ...

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.  ...

Wow!  What a blog post title, huh? I feel like I've been neglecting this little blog of mine again.  How does everyone keep up with everything?  I truly don't see how to be a mommy, a wife, a teacher, create things to help my kiddos, do laundry, cook, clean,---EGADS!  There's so much stuff to do all the time.  I'm frazzled.Do you know what I do ...

Okay, first of all – I’m so sorry about the typo in the title of my last post! Ugh…made my stomach turn when I saw it. I know that my typing (and my spelling skills) need work sometimes but a mistake in the title? So sorry! Good thing I never claimed to be perfect, huh? [...]