First Grade Hip Hip Hooray!

Red Ribbon Week is a wonderful opportunity to help young learners understand the importance of making healthy choices while incorporating meaningful literacy activities into the classroom. I’ve updated my Red…

Two days of cross-curricular learning for kindergarten, first, and second grade Fire safety is an important topic for young learners, but teaching it doesn’t have to mean setting aside your…

First Grade Hip Hip Hooray | Cross-Curricular Teaching Ideas for K–2 Teaching history to young learners is an opportunity to build reading skills, introduce geography, encourage questions, and help students…

Fall is the perfect time to bring a little laughter, creativity, and meaningful literacy learning into your classroom! There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves! by Lucille Colandro…

What if your favorite bear stories could become the foundation for three days of meaningful literacy and science lessons? Children love stories about bears! From sleepy bears preparing for winter…

There is something about fall leaves that instantly gets children curious! Why are leaves green in the summer? Why do they change color in autumn? What happens after they fall…

utumn is such a wonderful season for young learners. There are so many changes happening all around us—leaves change color, temperatures become cooler, days get shorter, animals prepare for winter,…

Fall is one of my favorite times of the year in the classroom! Apples, pumpkins, and turkeys give us so many natural opportunities to bring seasonal fun into reading, writing,…

Some read-alouds give us so much more than a great story. They give us an opportunity to talk with children about things that really matter—believing in yourself, being proud of…

There is something so special about memories. A favorite family vacation. Baking cookies with Grandma. A funny day at school. A birthday celebration. Playing with a best friend. Even an…