Planning a fun gingerbread week or day in first grade? Find out about my favorite ways to bring gingerbread fun into math, literacy, and science within your classrooms!

Looking for some fun ways to bring Winter or Holiday-themed learning into your classroom this year?! I have so many engaging, low-prep activities and ideas for you to add into your plans to do with your littles this season! Read about each one here!

The classroom Winter Party right before the long holiday break is super fun but it can be so daunting. I want students to have fun but I also don’t want them getting wild, or bored. I came up with 7 low-prep stations for your students to rotate through at your class Winter party that are sure to keep them engaged!

Want to mix things up this November with some engaging, turkey-themed academic activities? Read to see a few of my all-time favorites!

Wondering what tools to keep in your literacy small group caddy? These are a few of the things that I am constantly reaching for during small group literacy instruction, so I keep them all handy in a little caddy that I can easily move around.

Find 12 Easy Halloween Activities for Kindergarten or First Grade! Use these activities during math, reading, writing, or science!

Have your own Election Day with your students in your classroom without any controversy! Students will get to vote on their favorite class treat, and then they’ll get to enjoy it! This election day activity kit covers several areas of learning (elections, making choices, persuasive writing, graphing, tallying).

Celebrate the 50th Day of School in 1950’s sock-hop style! There is so much fun learning that can be done on this day that revolves around the number 50! Read to find out more!

Stressing over how to plan and prep Parent/Teacher Conferences? Let me help you easily prep and plan yours from start to finish!

You've heard of the Desk Fairy, but what about the Fab Firstie Fairy? This fairy is the sweetest thing to enter into your classroom this year, and there's one for Kindergarten too!

Math and literacy centers used to give me a headache. I’d be trying to run a small group while the rest of the class looked like the local zoo! I realized very quickly that centers would be a huge waste of instructional time if centers weren’t explicitly taught, and clear, easy to understand expectations were given. With some trial and error, I finally came up with the BEST possible way to run my centers and I’ve been running them this way for YEARS! Read my 5 tips for center success!

Need help picking out classroom jobs that will ACTUALLY make life easier? Let me help you!

It's SUPER important to build students' reading stamina during independent reading time.

Want to know how I keep math centers running smoothly in my classroom?! I love maximizing my time with small groups by making sure that my centers are meaningful and low-prep! Click here to read more!

For K-1 students, centers are one of the most developmentally appropriate things that you can do for them.

Wanting to create a writing center station for your students to visit during ELA centers, but not sure how to make it functional and low-prep?! I’ve got you covered! There are 3 print and go resources that I use to create my writing center, and my students love coming back to this station each day because of these resources. Read here to find out more about our classroom writing center!

Organizing and managing a classroom library is actually a piece of cake! Let me show you!

At one point, I worked for a school district that told us “calendar time wasn’t really appropriate for First Graders anymore,” so they were removing it from our master schedule. My response to that was “on what planet?!”

Want to jump on the Sound Wall train but not sure where to start? Let me help you!

Celebrate the solar eclipse with these fun math activities, literacy activities, writing crafts and more! Plan your solar-bration!