I love fall!  Apples, pumpkins, Halloween, Thanksgiving, sweaters, random warm days, bonfires, cider, hayrides, corn mazes...I love it all. ...

Hopefully you're familiar with using Thinking Maps as graphic organizers.  I know I've mentioned them before because they're gre...

A little fun on a Friday. Our current ImagineIt {literacy} unit is on, you guessed it, patterns!  Or, as every year old I've ever ...

Who's not always looking for a quick and easy activity?  Here's two you can use in small groups or the kids can work independently i...

This may be a little much for my kinders if I try to explain every new word as vocabulary {anamorphosis?!}, but if they just want to sit and...

I. love. the. farm.  So much so that we're extending our Social Studies curriculum to teach "On the Farm" for 2 weeks {who can...

I'm not sure if it's Common Core or Essential Standards {is anyone else confused switching back and forth?!} or just the fact that w...