My two kiddos love watching videos on YouTube. Their favorites are Minecraft videos and funny animal videos, especially cats. Who knew so many cats flushed toilets?! Since kids are all over YouTube these days, why not bring it into our classroom? Short videos are a great way to introduce a unit or topic and for […]
How to Write a Friendly Letter FREE Printables
With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, students are getting ready to write or make cards for their friends and family. This is a great time to introduce or practice the skill of how to write a friendly letter. I’ve put together a Valentine-themed writing center activity that walks students through the process of […]
Frozen: A Save the Snow Princess Experiment
We took our kids to see Frozen over the holidays and they have been smitten ever since! They talk about it often and my daughter, Lillie Kate, has her eye on some Frozen Valentines at Target that she’s really wanting. The other day one of them mentioned the movie again and I starting thinking about […]
Nonfiction Children’s Books About Snow
Children are sponges. They love soaking up new information, especially about things that already interest them and what kid doesn’t like snow?! They will love learning as they read through these nonfiction children’s books about snow: Amazon.com Widgets A favorite of many? Snowflake Bentley. It a beautiful biography of Wilson Bentley whose love of […]
Winter Graphing Game for First Grade
How many snowballs can your students stack in 1 minute? Find out in this fun winter graphing game for first grade! Materials: large marshmallows Speed Stackers graphing pages timer Directions: Using large marshmallows as snowballs, students first predict how many snowballs they can stack in one minute. Then they race to see how many they […]
Winter Math Activity
Would your kids love to have an indoor snowball fight? They can with this fun winter math activity! Materials: Snowball Fight game boards mini marshmallows Directions: Kids take turns throwing snowballs (marshmallows) at each other. They play this “Battleship” inspired game by calling out places on their game board grid. When a player correctly guesses […]