Blossoms of Blue

When I was teaching, we started a program called Reading Horizons. This program helps students learn to decode words. As they do this, they prove that they are reading, spelling and pronouncing the word correctly.Ideally, you would start in kindergarten, but I taught my second graders these skills, and it really helped a lot of them become better readers. For younger students, the...

I participated in this March Blogger Matchup that my friend Ashlyn at The Creative Classroom put together. This is so much fun! Each teacher-blogger is assigned an NCAA team, and in each round, the blogger whose team wins gets to move on to the next round. The loser sends them a free item from their Tpt store and also has to post a...

My friend Ashlyn over at The Creative Classroom had a great idea to do build your own monster for her reading incentive. She will start with a body, and then will earn eyes when they read 100 minutes, mouth for 200 minutes, etc. So much fun!So I helped her out and created a Build A Monster clipart set. I think it turned out...

Have you heard of Adventure to Fitness? If not, you have got to check it out! It is an educational fitness program that is so much fun. When I was teaching, I would turn it on during indoor recess. In the videos, the guide, Mr. Marc, takes the kids on expeditions to different places. The kids run, walk, jump, duck, etc, in place...