Are you looking for a fun way to jazz up your morning routine? Or perhaps you just need to get your kids moving more? Either way, Koo Koo Kanga Roo has you covered with their dance-along song, Pop See Ko! Last week I was observing one of my teacher candidates and she played the video below to start off the … Read more
Inside: Lots of tried and true ideas for classroom management. This post contains Amazon affiliate links. After almost 3 decades of elementary teaching I’m now one of the many practicum supervisors for our local university. I only started recently and while it has some challenges it’s also a lot of fun. I really enjoy the teacher candidates: Their enthusiasm for … Read more
Inside: An exploration of Show and Tell in the classroom. Confession time: I dislike Show ‘n Tell. A lot! I’ve been teaching primary for 27 years now and I’ve decided that this is the year I give it up completely! I’ve been messing around with different formats for the last few years but I’ve finally had enough and I’ll tell … Read more
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
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
Have you heard of Primary Success? It’s a great website run by a retired Grade 1 teacher by the name of Jean Roberts. She lives about 100 k north of me in a town called Nanaimo. Not only does Jean have lots of primary resources for sale, she’s also very generous with her freebies. One product she sells, which I’ve … Read more
We just started school on Tuesday and I only got my new class today (Thursday) for about 5 minutes. Hard to say, but at first glance they seem like a bunch of cutie pies. But hey, what six year olds aren’t? A few blogging friends have been “bugging” me to post pics. Good thing they did ’cause to be honest, … Read more
Grade 1 students LOVE to keep track of their loose and lost teeth. Like most primary teachers I have a tooth poster in my classroom for just that purpose. I also hand out a tooth sticker and we read and sing a couple of teeth poems. You can download them below: Do you have any beginning of the year or … Read more
I have the cutest poem/song for you today. It’s perfect for Kindergarten or Grade 1 (even Grade 2) as an opening “Good Morning” song. You sing it to the tune of “Shoo Fly”. Remember that one? Please say “yes”! I don’t want to feel old today:) Click on the image to grab. There’s a black and white version, too. The … Read more