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    • beginning sounds
    • phonics
    • phonological awareness
    • read-aloud learning
    • rhyming
    • sight words
  • reading
    • books
    • comprehension
      • activating schema
      • connecting
      • inferring
      • predicting
      • questioning
      • retelling / summarizing
      • visualizing
    • concepts of print
    • environmental print
    • fluency
    • non-fiction
    • spelling
    • word building
    • word consciousness
    • vocabulary
  • writing
    • creative writing
    • grammar
    • informative writing
    • tripod grip
  • math
    • computation
    • counting
    • numbers
  • science
    • animals
    • plants
    • science experiments for kids
  • Activities
    • birthdays
    • cooking
      • new for us foods
    • crafts
    • foundations
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      • critical thinking
      • fine arts
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      • speaking
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      • president’s day
      • st. patrick’s day
      • april fool’s day
      • easter
      • mother’s day
      • teacher appreciation
      • father’s day
      • july 4th
      • halloween
      • thanksgiving
      • christmas
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let’s help teachers clear their lists!

Table Of Contents Classroom organization and set-up can be incredibly stressful for teachers.Enter: The Teacher Wish …
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FREE super bowl bingo & party games for all fans

Football fans everywhere are prepping for the big game this weekend by gathering food and friends to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday. While it's …
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help kids focus and relax with the buddha board

If you have not yet met the Buddha Board, today is your lucky day. The Buddha Board is the ideal way to help kids find focus and to relax, and …
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Storyworth review: best gift for parents, grandparents, loved ones

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Last year, we gifted my parents and my in-laws Storyworth, and it has been something they've talked about …
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learn about daylight savings time: turn and tell clock

If ONLY our littlest ones knew and understood Daylight Savings Time. We love that the Turn and Tell Clock makes learning to tell time a LOT easier …
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how to shop on zulily (and save big money)

I have recently discovered the AWESOMENESS that is Zulily. That's not to say I am new to Zulily. I am not. I've been a Zulily shopper for years …
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get organized with 1Thrive

It's always a good time to get your family organized. We, as humans, thrive with habits, systems, and predictable processes. We do better when we …
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super-duper deals on learning resources

Any time of the year is a good time to get kids' brains moving and growing. So when I find really awesome deals on learning resources, I must …
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how every family can start the school year off right

Several years ago, I wrote about how to make the school year a smashing success, or. . . actually how to make the school year as successful as humanly …
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fun at-home activities for bored tweens and teens

Who isn't looking for fun, at-home activities for their kids? And who doesn't want cool things to do for their bored tweens and teens? Aren't …
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how to do a family raclette dinner: make it fun, special, memorable

Estimated reading time: 9 minutes Because we are huge fans of family fondue nights, when I heard about Raclette, I knew I had to give it a …
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how to talk to kids about politically-charged violence in dc

Today, January 6, 2021, has been a devastating, embarrassing, confusing day in our nation's history. How do we wrap our heads around what happened …
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the learning match: connecting families with educators

The Learning Match simply connects families with educators. That's it. In this crazy, uncertain time we are all in, we all need help. So …
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get siblings outside, thinking, and working together

This free Get Out & Move in the 'Hood activity will get kids--siblings, even!--outside, thinking, and working together. Promise. Sometimes it's …
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YouTube dances for kids: fun indoor moving and grooving to get the wiggles out

YouTube dances for kids: fun indoor moving and grooving to get the wiggles out

We just got another boatload of snow, so on Sunday morning, when we were snowed in and couldn't even get out of our house to make it to mass, we got …
Read moreYouTube dances for kids: fun indoor moving and grooving to get the wiggles out

neighborhood spirit month: let’s be together, but apart in April

How about we join forces with the people in our neighborhood for a Spirit Month? Let's get everyone together--but apart--this month for some …
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how our first week of homeschooling REALLY went

Week One of School at Home is officially in the books. Kids have been here, all up in my "office", every day this week. They saw friends up until …
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get kids to cook: weekly meal plan sheet

Kids are all home from school for who knows how long, so let's get kids to cook this week, friends. It's a perfect time to get kids in the kitchen, …
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homeschooling schedule during coronavirus school closings

Here is our official homeschooling schedule during the current Coronavirus school closings. School at home. Here we go! Since we are in an official …
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free hand washing posters: coronavirus 2020

We may have three 'big kids' in our house, but we all still need reminders to wash our hands, especially during the 2020 Coronavirus …
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UMD Women’s Basketball ROCKS!! ❤️💛🖤🏀

We absolutely love watching you play, @terpswbb !

We love watching you perform, @marylandcheer !

And @mightysoundofmd we love your music and your hilarious signs! 😬😳

See you in Greenville! 

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Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day!

Are you ready? 

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This is how we use the St. Patrick’s Day Brain Teaser Scavenger Hunt! 🍀

Super easy—and makes kids work a little for their golden chocolates! 😉

Grab them here: https://shop.teachmama.com/product/st-patricks-day-scavenger-hunt-4-pack/

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and then there were six
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thank you @thewoobles for giving my mind, heart, and hands something fun to do during a really challenging few months. 

#crochet #thewoobles #brainbreak #teachersanitysaver #shescrafty
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With great sadness, I'm writing to share that my brother-in-law, Jeff Mascott passed away from pancreatic cancer earlier this week--at home, surrounded by family and friends. 

The family is very grateful for the community's immeasurable help, encouragement, and prayers over the past several months since Jeff's diagnosis. 

Jeff's obituary will run this weekend in the Post: 
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Flowers and a basket of @traderjoes faves are salve for a tired and weepy soul. 🌷

Thankful for great, longtime friends 💚💛💚💛

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Almost 30 years of friendship!! I love these smart, beautiful, strong and creative women who walked with me through my early days of teaching. 

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Thank you, Wilde Lake High School, for bringing us together way back when. 

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Missed you, jigofjoy 💛💚

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Today marks the 4th time in 3 weeks that I have had to hang new Kindness Reminders Tear-off Sheets! 

Makes my heart 🥰!! 

Some kids come by every day and give one to a new person. Others take a bunch for the week. One 2nd grade girl comes by evey morning to tell me who she gave hers to the day before. 

Every little bit helps, friend. And every interaction matters!

#kindnessrocks #adoormadeforme #teachersofinstagram #makeadifference
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Best crew for one of the best @terpswbb games we’ve seen all season! 

And of course super job by @marylandcheer and @mightysoundofmd too! 

#terpswbb #terpsbasketball #familyfun #marylandcheer

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