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Deedee Wills!
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GREAT TEACHERS 111 - I’m sharing more good news and good ideas with you today!Sharing Good News (Jessica Williams)Write children’s names on craft sticks and place in a jar that...
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Stop Reinventing the Wheel... Free School Librarian Resources are Here! - My Linktree free trial ended, so I built my own free resource library! I am so excited to share it with you! Introducing: *Lil' Country Librarian Resource...
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Plant Science - If you are looking for a simple and engaging way to teach young learners, this plant science unit is a great choice. It blends science, reading, and hand...1 month ago
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Buzzing Into Learning: Bees & Ladybug Week in the Classroom - 🐝🐞 Buzzing Into Learning: Bees & Ladybug Week in the Classroom Spring is the perfect time to bring a little *buzz* into your classroom! 🐝✨ One of my f...1 month ago
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Shop With Me:Target - We're just going to use our hot wheel tracks :) These are wind-up toys. slighty transparent hash tag blocks for the light table
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Addition Activities for Kindergarten That Build Number Sense - Addition Activities for Kindergarten That Actually Build Number Sense If you’ve ever sat down to teach addition and thought, *“Why aren’t they getting th...
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St. Patrick’s Day Bingo for Kids: A Fun Shamrock Bingo Game for the Classroom - St Patrick’s Day bingo for kids is a simple classroom game that makes a fun activity for March celebrations. This printable Shamrock Bingo game is perfect ...3 months ago
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How to Catch Santa Claus Book Activities and Craft - [image: How to Catch Santa Claus book activities unit with read aloud book companion printables, reading comprehension worksheets, literacy lesson ideas,...
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5 Free Vowel Variants Activities to Support Phonics and Build Stronger Readers - Hello, passionate educators and literacy leaders! As you know, phonics instruction is a journey filled with building blocks that help students become flu...1 year ago
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13 Valentine’s Day Videos for Kindergarten: Read, Move and Learn! - Want to find kindergarten-friendly videos that hit the mark in time for learning about Valentine’s Day? Here is a list of teacher-recommended videos for te...2 years ago
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First Day of School Activities with 5 Favorite Read Alouds - Finding great books for the first days of school, especially new ones, is always on my list! These are some of my favorite books that lend themselves to ...3 years ago
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Back to School Centers for Kindergarten - Teachers often enjoy summer sitting by the pool or catching up on their reading list. However, they also spend time reflecting on the previous year and p...3 years ago
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10 Simple Memory Tricks to Help Kids Learn the Alphabet - *Have you heard the news? We've Moved to HeidiSongs.tv!*Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at Heidisongs.bl...
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Groundhog Freebie and other goodies - In case you are in need of some last-minute Groundhog Day ideas... Here is a FREEBIE! These digital activities are a fun way to practice skills. Are...4 years ago
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HOW TO CREATE A NUMERACY-RICH ENVIRONMENT - Creating a classroom environment that equips students with the tools and resources they need to be successful is one of the most important jobs we have as ...
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Using Skip-Bo Cards to learn Math Skills - One of my favorite games to play with the kids right now is my modified version of Skip-Bo. I wrote about this a couple of years ago on my blog. Thi...
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December Pocket Chart Activities - The Pocket Chart...we all have one,right? But do our kids really choose that center? IF they do choose it, do they know what to do? I developed 6 differe...
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What is Science? - In kindergarten our first science unit is all about learning how scientists study the world around them. We are learning to ask questions about science, m...
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Cubby Names Tip - Getting your classroom ready takes a lot of patience and preparation. Tip: Use a index card or post-it note to make sure each label is in the same spo...
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Easy and Fast Writing Center Addition - My kiddos (and I) start getting tired at the end of the year--so I like to start adding some new additions and new choices to our center rotations to kee...
7 years ago -
Doodle Bugs Paper: Cyber Monday - [image: Slide1] www.doodlebugspaper.com [image: IMG_9573][image: IMG_9604] [image: IMG_4348] [image: IMG_4849] [image: IMG_5562] Free shipping today ...7 years ago
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Polka Dot Classroom Tour! - I'm so excited to share my newest project with you all! Even though it's summer break, I can't seem to get out of teacher mode! I've been busy setting up a...
7 years ago -
Meet the Teacher Freebies - 12 years later, and I still get butterflies on Meet the Teacher night. I love meeting a new group, but its such a busy night trying to meet all my new ...
7 years ago -
When in Arizona, visit Bearizona - The last couple of years, my husband and I have made an effort to travel more, see more, and hike wherever we can. A lot of our "travelling" is really j...
7 years ago -
Sensory Chair DIY: Monday Made It - We all know that our students need more sensory experiences. That’s why we incorporate lighting, music and sensory bins into the classroom. Why not inc...7 years ago
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Changes - Lots has changed since I sat down to write here. While I still love this, my teacher voice has wavered a bit. You see, I began the school year without a ...
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Spring Fling 2018 with ESGI & Friends 🐰🐣🌻🐝 - GUYS! I'm so excited to partner with ESGI and share this amazing offer! If you sign up for a trial with ESGI using my promo code: *B2195* *(before May ...
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Math Manipulatives Labels 2.0! - I was going through some old posts and noticed that a popular favorite was my Math Manipulatives labels. I also noticed that a lot of people were having ...
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We Love the 100th Day of School! - Isn’t there just something magical about celebrating the 100th day? The children are so very excited, and it is so fun to reflect on all of the learning t...8 years ago
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Using Painted Jenga Blocks for A Fun Vocabulary Game - Amazon is my go-to app for just about everything online shopping! I mean, I’ve even ordered groceries using Amazon Pantry and it’s amazing, speedy and su...
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Working with Kindergartners and Green Screens - I am so excited to share this awesome app from DoInk.com It is so easy to use and I can't wait to have my kindergartners use it for our Weather Units ...
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Alphapalooza 2 Phonemic Awareness & Phonics Fun! - “The two best predictors of early reading success are alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness.” -Marilyn Jager Adams We spend a lot of time working ...
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Hey Teachers....It's OKAY. - *Yes YOU.* The one whose weary body hits snooze 5 times before hurriedly rushing out the door to get to school on time. I'm talking to you. The perm...
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Mother's Day: Breakfast in Bed - Hi friends. With Mother's Day right around the corner...it's time to start thinking about what cute things you're going to help your students create. Mothe...
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Introducing Little Readers! - Hello Friends! Spring Break is here! It is a much needed break for my little mister and I. Although the weather hasn't been the best, we have filled our da...
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No more silly mistakes! - Hi, I'm Kristin. And I'm recovering perfectionist who has fallen off the wagon. I can not even admit to you how long I have been working on these packets...
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FREE Groundhog Pokey Pin Kit - Yeahhh! It's a snow day (or an ice day, I'd say), so I have a chance to share this freebie with you. I don't know who's been watching, but I've made TONS ...
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Happy New Year - Wow! That's about all I can say! I haven't blogged since May! Where does time go? In all honesty, I haven't read many blog posts in a long time. I'm on fac...9 years ago
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The NICE & NAUGHTY list!! - You know, every year when December hits, it's like the rules go out the window...sound familiar? So, I came up with this little activity to help my lit...
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A Little Fall Fun! - Hey Kinder Friends, Fall is in the air and we are beginning to feel it. So, naturally we were excited to get busy with a little bit of fall fun. As the le...
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Keeping Centers Super Simple - Hi there. I have not blogged in a long time but I am begging for forgiveness. I am trying to wrap my head around a new classroom structure known as stagg...
9 years ago -
A Day in the Life of Full Day Kindergarten - Part 3 - Photo Credit: www.canstockphotos.com I hope you are enjoying my hour by hour look at a Full Day of Kindergarten. I have talked about Arrival, Morning Wor...
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Create Your Own Alphabet Line - A while back I blogged about how I create my own alphabet line in my classroom. I wanted to easily explain the process to some new teachers at my school, ...
9 years ago -
Read & Reveal *exclusive freebie* - Have you tried Read and Reveal in your classroom? My students are absolutely rocking their reading with these cards! I stuck all the cards in a basket an...
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Celebrate The Last Day of School and Happy Teacher Appreciation Week - Happy end of the year to you, phenomenal teacher! Hats off to you and the hard work behind all you do. Finish out the school year strong - and treat yourse...
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Ocean Week Lesson Plans - Do you love ocean week as much as me? Here is a little ocean week flashback! This might be my favorite theme to teach all YEAR! I can't get enough! Perh...
10 years ago -
Technical Difficulties! - I'm in the process of switching from Wordpress to Blogger and post images are not showing up. I am trying hard to have this fixed ASAP, so please hang tig...
10 years ago -
Old Valentine Activity - Newly Updated!!! - Hey! I have a lot of people request access to one of my Valentine activities and I'm not sure why Google Drive is not letting people download it, sooooooo...
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100 Days Smarter - *100 Down! 80 more to go....* We kept our 100th Day celebrations fairly simple as my Kindergartners need high structure, and a change in routine can throw...
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Prepping For February! - Y'all! What in the world is going on with January? I feel like it was just 2015 yesterday. Ha! No really, this year just started and it's already flying...
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Warm Up - A new display is up in the hallway and I think it turned out super cute! I talked with my little friends about how they were going to be recommending a...
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Print-N-Go Math Staions and FREEBIE - Happy New Year!! These last 2 weeks have gone by so fast, but have been AWESOME! I will be honest, I sort of ready to get back into a routine. Staying up u...
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I am Blessed - As I sit here in the quiet morning before my family gets up, I think about how blessed I am. Sure, I still worry about how I will get everything done...bu...10 years ago
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Back to School Kinder Math and GIVEAWAY - Hey, friends! To kick off Kindergarten math, our first unit is Geometry! We spent two weeks learning about 2D shapes, three weeks learning about 3D shapes...
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Word Study Workshop...Units 3, 4, and 5 Visited! - So, being 40 weeks pregnant I've slacked with posting highlights from these units! They have been posted though, and are available in my TpT store! I'll gi...
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Colorful - So the 2015/16 school year is now up and running, I am 3 weeks in and am firmly into my first two themes. My "littles", my first graders are studying appl...
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OHHH...MY!! There's alot of work ahead! - I'm tired just looking at this! It's 107 degrees today! Every year, our school floors are stripped and waxed. So, we stack EVERYTHING on the counters...
10 years ago -
Mega BTS Giveaway - Freebielicious would like to thank you for joining us for a week of linkies! We had so much fun and appreciate you taking a few moments to pop in and s...
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July 4th Sale!!!! - Hi everyone!! I'm having a July 4th Sale over at my TpT store this weekend!!! I've linked up with Buzzing with Mrs. McClain. So be sure to head on over t...
10 years ago -
Keeping the blog for now - I have debated about taking the blog down but so many have asked for it to stay active. I am still at a loss on where to go from here. My thoughts lead m...
11 years ago -
Epic Spring Teacher Blogger Meet up in Review! TONS of PICS!!! - A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to get to take a little time for myself and spend the weekend in Indiana with some of my most favorite people in...
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Teachers ARE Heroes! - Y'all...I'm SUPER EXCITED! Teachers Pay Teachers is celebrating teachers everywhere! It's a HUGE TPT SALE...and everything in my store is 28% off! Be sure ...
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Currently: January 2015 - Goodbye 2014 and Hello 2015! I can't believe we are here already. I've neglected this here blog the past two years but I have tried my best to post wheneve...11 years ago
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Reindeer Preschool Learning Fun - *Here's A Previous Post Worth Checking Out!* *Preschool Fun* *Click here to view post.* *I hope to be back to blogging soon! *
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"Give Me Five" - The Sequel - My most popular post BY FAR is my post with the "Give Me Five" freebie. It's staggering to me that it has been downloaded on TPT over 80,000 times. Ho...
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Math Tool Kit Freebie - Hey my peeps! I hope your summer has been fantastic!! I have two more weeks, then it’s back to the grind for me. Hop on over to Blog Hoppin’ to grab a ...11 years ago
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Rhyme Time! - If you are working on rhyming words with your kids, this is a great print, cut and laminate game you can use! I even sent a copy home with each of my kids t...
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Elephants Aloft and Positional Words - This week we are learning about positional words in science. Today we read the book Elephants Aloft. After reading the book we drew elephants and acted out...
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Jumpstart Read for the Record-Otis - Last Thursday was Jumpstart's Read for the Record day where more than 2 million people around the world joined together to call for an end to America's earl...
12 years ago -
Pinteresting Find-- Noise Management - So I just saw this pinned from Deanna Jump and Mrs Carroll (The First Grade Parade) and I couldn't NOT share this IMMEDIATELY. Things like this excite me a...
12 years ago -
First Week Math Centers - My kinders are off to a great start with our math centers! We have mainly been working on number recognition, counting objects, and patterning so far. They...
12 years ago -
Number Stations Freebie - We were given some great ideas for number stations at a professional development this week. I needed them to be more open-ended, so I added lines to fill ...
12 years ago -
Auntie Claus Preview and our Polar Express Day! - I wanted to give a sneak peek at our Auntie Claus unit that my friends, Michele and Elana (Lana) and I are finishing up for teacherspayteachers. We are ...
13 years ago -
SO THANKFUL AND HERE COME THE HOLIDAYS! - Hello all! I am so sorry that I have been neglecting my blog, but happy to say I have been working and playing hard! This past summer was really tough fo...13 years ago
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I'm Following the Yellow Brick Road to Freebies and Fun! - Happy International Blog-Hopping Day! Teaching Blog Addict is hosting a fun linky party and of course I had to join the fun..... because there is no pl...
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How Are You Spending Your Summer? - First of all, thank you so much for all the requests for copies of my "Bloom's Taxonomy for Math" labels! I hope everyone that has a copy will find them u...
13 years ago -
I'm Back...at least for a little while! - WOW! Can I just say that changing grades at my age has truly kicked my b^** ( I was not allowed to say that word as a child so I feel a little funny typing...14 years ago
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