I made a birthday chair! And the best part? It took about five minutes. Yes! I love quick ‘n easy projects. I found this idea on Mrs. Richardson’s Class blog … thank you Mrs. Richardson! We happened to have two folding black chairs collecting dust in the back of our garage. So once I cleaned up one of the chairs, it was … Read more
Inside: Reviews and activities for 10 birthday books After I wrote last week’s post about the ways I celebrate classroom birthdays, I thought it would be fun to put together a collection of birthday books. To be honest, I’ve never really given birthday books much thought. But it occurred to me that it might be nice to have a small … Read more
Do you like to celebrate your students’ birthdays? I LOVE to and I’ve been doing it every year for the last 26. Here’s how we celebrated this year: Every student receives a birthday wristband that you can purchase from Amazon or Scholastic. The kids LOVE these and can’t wait to receive one. They also receive one of the birthday cards … Read more
I’m a little late with my birthday graph this year (it’s a LONG story) but here are the cupcakes I’ll be using. I’m going to let the kids choose their favourite to colour and put up beside their birthday month. Click here to grab the sheet of 4 cupcakes My friend Jean Roberts, who lives north of me in Nanaimo, … Read more