Disclosure: I am a blog ambassador for Lakeshore Learning and am compensated for my work. I received the product free of charge, but all thoughts and opinions are 100% mine. Whiteboards are an amazing tool to use with students! They are so versatile, save paper, and kids love them! Today I'm excited to share 5 ways to use whiteboards in the classroom. The whiteboard that I recommend using is the Wipe & Write Lapboard from Lakeshore Learning. This is a high-quality whiteboard that … [Read more...]
16 Ideas for School Organization
School is just about to start! Whether you're a homeschool mom or teacher, you may be looking for ideas for school organization. If that's you, you're in the right place! My advice is to keep things simple. Find what works for you and don't spend tons of time or money organizing. Also, find a system that will work for you. I know we aren't all type-A people who like to clean or organize 24/7. I know for me, I need to have things in place, otherwise, I can't focus and it's harder for me … [Read more...]
Free Toy Bin Labels
It's the start of a new year, which is the perfect time to organize your toy room! The day after Christmas, I got on a big purging and organization kick! I donated toys we don't play with, bought plastic bins to organize toys, and rearranged our toy room. I made some toy bin labels a few years ago, but I decided to update them with a new font and add more labels with pictures. I'm excited to share them with you today! Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. I printed these off … [Read more...]
Sight Word Reader for the Word “On”
Happy Friday! Can't believe it's already Friday! It was a short week because of Labor Day, but we had a good week! Today, I’m sharing another printable sight word reader for the word “on”. In this download, there are these 3 booklets: Apples on the Tree On Her Face The Stump Each of these sight word readers focus on the word “on”. They also use words that were learned in previous sight word readers. The child can also use the pictures to help them read the sentences. You may … [Read more...]
Sight Word Readers for the Word “And”
The word "and" is one of the most popular words used in English text. It's definitely an important sight word for beginning readers to know how to read. I created sight word readers to help with this! These cute little booklets are great to use at home or in the classroom. In this download, there are these 3 booklets: My Brother and I Fruits & Vegetables I Love Breakfast! Each of these sight word readers focus on the word “and”. They also mostly use words that were learned … [Read more...]
6 Easy Spider Web Crafts
Spiders totally creep me out. I know that I'm much bigger than them, but I just really dislike spiders. They always seem to pop up when I least expect it! My kids are the opposite...they love anything to do with creepy crawlies. Since spiders are popular this time of year, I wanted to do a spider web craft with them. I had some leftover spider cut-outs from the sensory bottle we made, so we decided to make an easy spider web craft with them. First, we made a spider web design on black paper … [Read more...]
Week in Review
It's also been a busy week at home. Let's just say I'm super glad it's Friday! The boys' favorite activity this week... We took their bikes to a small lake/pond and rode bikes, fed the ducks, threw rocks, played on the playground & got really, really sweaty! Gotta love those July days! Our favorite book this week... I think I seriously read this book over 20 times. Wes just giggled the whole time I was reading! Have you ready this book or any of the pigeon … [Read more...]
Snow Ice Cream
I have always wanted to make snow ice cream. For some people, this is a tradition, but for us this was a first! With the first snow storm of the season yesterday, we decided to try it out! Here's what you'll need: *8 cups of freshly fallen snow *1/2 cup sugar *1/2 Tablespoon of Vanilla *1 cup of milk (we used almond milk) To start, gather some fresh snow. It's pretty obvious that you would want fresh snow...none of that dirty snow! Add in the sugar and vanilla and … [Read more...]
Homemade Applesauce
Today we made homemade applesauce in the crockpot. It smelled SO delicious and tasted SO yummy! I will definitely be making this again. It's also a fun activity to do with your little one. Here are the ingredients: 4 apples (I used 3 Gala and 1 Honeycrisp) Juice from 1 lemon 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp vanilla 1 T brown sugar 1/4 cup water 1st step: Peel the apples. I peeled the apples and Troy cleaned up the scraps … [Read more...]
