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valentine’s day hearts & big, pig, FIG!
Snow! Snow! Snow! Today was our first official Snow Day of the year, so our house was abuzz with energy! Mom was home! Woo-hoo! (But what’s new?) Dad was home!! Hooray! On a Tuesday! When he was...
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S.T.A.M.P. D.A.Y.
At a garage sale years ago, I paid a woman $5 for what seemed like every single stamp that had ever been made; she was moving, was tired of stamping, and wanted them out of her house. So I lugged them...
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white board writing
For some reason, all of the students I have ever worked with have always loved using dry erase markers and white boards, and the same has proven true with my own little students, right here under my...
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building words with letter lids
We have been rockin’ it out with our alphabet letter lids since we made them a few weeks back, and occasionally I’ll throw in some word building when the kids are in the mood. I had a bunch of bigger...
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word building, name building (and crossing the line)
I try really hard to mix things up for Owen and Cora during homework time; some days they just color. Some days they paint. But at least 2-3 times each week I sneak in some specific literacy or...
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back-to-school shopping with three crazy-cool kids
After our crazy-successful Smart Summer Challenge, I needed a little week-long offline vay-cay to say the least! Our Smart Summer Challenge was a smashing success (woo-hoo!), but blogging daily for six...
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learning to spell contractions: sneaky games and play
We were so thankful for the gorgeous three-day weekend to slowly get us back on track and to allow us to (kind of) regain control over the mess that had become of our home. After being away last week,...
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