Welcome Banner, Word Wall Headers, & More!

It's about time, teachers, to welcome your students to a new school year.  

Greet them with a lovely blue & green welcome banner.

You can find this welcome banner here and many more blue & green educational decor products here.

Best wishes for a wonderful year!

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First Day of School Jitters

It's about time, teachers, for the 1st day of school.  

Many of your students may have concerns. By sharing the following poem, you may assuage some of the anxiety.  At the very least, it may evoke some giggles.

Don't stop with sharing the poem!  Try one or more of the following possibilities:

If you would like more poems for starting the new school year and possibilities for using them in your classroom, check out:

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Round Up a Cowboy Classroom

It's about time, teachers, to round up a cowboy classroom!

Click on the picture below.

You'll shout,

when you check out these resources and LOTS more Wild West curricula here.

Happy trails to you!

When It Rains, Make Forest Animals!

It rained torrents for the entire 4th of July weekend and I had a house full of family and friends. We had planned to boat and ski and swim and float and grill out and...  

Mother Nature did not cooperate.  

So there I was with a house bursting at the seams, including 10 children ages 10 and under. We have very few toys at the lake house. It's best suited to outdoor play. So, being the teacher that I am, I grabbed the art supplies I had and organized the kiddos to make forest animals. I gave them 1 caveat: they had to use hearts to make the animals because I love forest friends.

Here's what they made:

• hedgehog

 

• bear

 

• dragonfly

• fox

• bee

• owl

• beaver

• ladybug

• butterfly

• raccoon

Not bad for a spur-of-the-moment activity. These and similar craftivities will definitely be undertaken in my classroom this fall.

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