Inside: Two fun and simple Halloween spelling games Hello! It’s getting closer to Halloween which means it’s time to pull out a few fun Halloween inspired activities. I have two very simple Halloween spelling games for you today. The first one involves sidewalk chalk! Everyone likes learning outside, right? And the weather has been so amazing in my neck of … Read more
Inside: Free Halloween Colouring Page Boo! I have a free Halloween coloring page for you today. Just click the picture and you can grab it from Google drive. Please remember that all freebies are for PERSONAL and CLASSROOM USE only. Thanks! If you like these Halloween cuties, you can buy them (in color and BW) in my Teachers Pay Teachers … Read more
Inside: My favourite teacher podcasts. Hello! This week I thought I’d share what I think are the best podcasts! I’ve been an avid podcast listener for a couple of years now and I definitely have my favourites: some teaching related and some not (’cause it’s important to shake it up a bit, right?). My first pick is Angela Watson’s Truth … Read more
Inside: Book review of Yoga Bunny and 5 wonderful book-related activities How did I managed to miss Yoga Bunny when it first came out? I noticed it yesterday when I was subbing in a friend’s library and it jumped right out at me. All I could think was “Darn, I wish I’d used this book with my last Grade 1 … Read more
Inside: 3 beautiful zentangle Christmas coloring pages Hello! I’ve been busy making some zentangle Christmas coloring pages. Eventually I’ll be making a set of 12, which I’ll sell, but for now you can grab 3 of the pages for free! This set contains the three images you see above. Each picture is on its own separate page (8.5 x 11 … Read more
Inside: Some free printables. 10-frame spinners and a board game. Hi Friends! I have an awesome freebie for you today! I made some 10-frame spinners and the sweetest little panda game board. This is the PERFECT game for your kindies or first graders. 10-frames are fabulous for number sense, for learning to “see” a number (or subitize), and for learning … Read more
Inside: Some Halloween ideas for your classroom This week’s inspiration is all about Halloween, my favourite time of the year! I’m not a costume girl, but I love all the fun activities you can do in the classroom with a pumpkin/Halloween flavour. So here goes … 3 very cute Halloween picks. Number 1 is a fabulous math freebie from Smiling … Read more
Inside: Book review of Climbing Rosa I was wandering through our local library a couple of days ago and found this lovely Hungarian folktale. It’s a new one for me, so I thought I’d share! Climbing Rosa by Shelley Fowles Lincoln Limited, 2006 Fiction, Folktale 4-8 Opening Lines Long ago in a far-off kingdom there stood an enormous tree. It … Read more
Inside: 6 amazing ideas to use in your primary classroom. Hello! I subscribe to this lovely blog called A Quilting Life. Every Saturday Sherri posts a Saturday Seven Inspiration for Quilters. It just occurred to me this morning that this would be a fun weekly post to do for teachers, too! Except mine’s going to be Saturday Six … because … Read more