Now that we've got our chit chattery under a bit more control, we're moving onto Behavior Breaking 2...The Hands on Others Syndrome. We were told they were "handsy" by their Kindergarten teachers...not as in helping hands. As in, hands all over each other all the time a slight difficulty keeping their hands to themselves from time to time. It didn't happen at first. We were proud. It was the Honeymoon. A fake out... A facade? Come mid day last Friday, the lyrics to Cyndi Lauper's ... VIEW POST
Keep Your Hands to YO-self!! Song Poster *Freebies*
Favorite Pins Friday Linky!
We missed Throwback Thursday this week, but we're making it up by joining in We LOVE Pinterest. Who doesn't? So, this one is easy. First things first... If you're not following us on Pinterest, {HERE} we are. You can also follow Tammy {HERE} and Christy {HERE}. Okay, onto our favorite pins... For Our Class... Do your firsties arrive tying their own shoes? If you said yes, then we're drooling... If you said no, then we're rowing the same boat. So, we found this... This fantastic shoe ... VIEW POST
Word Wall Spin! **FREEBIE**
Tick Tock goes the Word Wall clock. Time's almost up Folks and we need to get these words off the wall and into their brains ASAP! To help our class master the Word Wall without even knowing it, we created Word Wall Spin! We print, cut and laminate enough spinners for each student to use in one of our center groups. They sit in front of our Word Wall or at their desks with a smaller word list and start spinning! We use the below worksheets to differentiate the learning. With each ... VIEW POST
Blogger Meet Up Hangover…
We are so hungover... And, it's not from alcohol...We assure you. These amazing Southern California Bloggers have that effect on us. For one whole day, we were drunk with Bloggy Bliss at our Southern California Blogger Meet Up yesterday. Do you believe in love at first sight? We do. In fact, the whole drive home we were chanting Kate, Katie, Christy and Tammy Sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. Just like typical adult ... VIEW POST
FACT POWER Giveaway!!!
Look! Up in the Sky! ~ It's a Bird . . . It's a Plane . . . No- It's FACTMAN !!! Fact-Who? Huh? Friday happened to be "Superhero Spirit Day" at school. It was also the day our math lesson was titled, "Fact Power"...Sometimes we just cannot plan things better ourselves! We have given ample warning about needing to memorize our addition facts in first grade. Yes, it is developmental. And, no not every child is ready for the abstract world of numbers and symbols. ... VIEW POST
January Currently…Fashionably Late
One New Year's Resolution that has not stuck quite yet is to be on time! When we first saw Farley's January Currently posted we could've been number 5...Today we are fashionably late to the party at good 'ol number 400 something (depends when this post actually goes out...)! But, that's okay, right? Better late, than never! If you haven't visited the Fabulous Farley's blog, you mustache...just go there, you'll get it... Here's what we've currently been up to... Listening: One of my ... VIEW POST