Summer is right around the corner, and parents everywhere are starting to ask teachers can you PLEASE keep them longer?! what they can have their students do over the summer to keep their school skills solid? We're so glad they ask! One of easiest answers we give is, have them read. One of the easiest things we give them to encourage reading is a Summer Reading Log. There's just something about copying and folding activities into booklets that bait our students time and again...Case in point - ... VIEW POST
Summer Reading Logs
Public Speaking Skills Practice for the Primary Classroom ~ The Power of Sharing Pages
We believe public speaking skills should be taught early on in the primary classroom. Giving students multiple opportunities to speak in front of their peers sets the foundation for lifelong literacy learning. Plus, it hopefully helps them steer clear of the, "Just pretend everyone is naked!" public speaking technique. :D We have never done the traditional “sharing” in our class. Instead, we use our sharing time each week to practice and develop beginning public speaking skills with ... VIEW POST
Shoe Tying Take Home Freebie
The BEST gift you can give a primary teacher is giving them a class full of students who know how to tie their own shoes. Seriously...The End. It may not seem like that big of deal. But, make this movie in your mind... A student has their laces undone... The teacher just bends down and ties them quickly and moves on with their delightful day. Only they don't...move on...because for every one untied shoelace, there is another. It's what some ... VIEW POST
Shoe Tying Take Home Freebie
The BEST gift you can give a primary teacher is giving them a class full of students who know how to tie their own shoes. Seriously...The End. It may not seem like that big of deal. But, make this movie in your mind... A student has their laces undone... The teacher just bends down and ties them quickly and moves on with their delightful day. Only they don't...move on...because for every one untied shoelace, there is another. It's what some ... VIEW POST
Homework Passes for Responsible Classes
When we think of homework, only one thing really comes to our Mommy minds some nights... Homework, oh homework, We hate you, You stink. We'd rather eat worms or wash our kitchen sink. Or, something like that... If Homework Helping was an Olympic event, we'd probably earn a Gold medal...just saying. But, truth be told...we do not wish to become Homework Olympians. Sometimes it takes away from our family time. It causes fights. It causes stress. Sometimes we don't get it. But, then we are ... VIEW POST
Homework Folder Giveaway!
Did you miss our Homework Folder Flash Sale? That's Ok! We're throwing an Early Bird Homework Folder Giveaway! Now's your chance to take your pick. We're giving 10 lucky winners their choice of any one Homework Folder or Homework Folder for Olders from our TpT Shop. Whether this is your first set or your itching to try a new theme this year, now's the time! Board the copter below... You've got one whole week to take your pick and cross your fingers that the Rafflecopter picks you! a ... VIEW POST
