Teaching the Pledge of Allegiance may be one of those tasks that a teacher overlooks until she realizes half her class doesn’t actually know the words to the pledge. Ask just about any adult raised in the United States what they remember from their early school years and more than likely, standing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance will be… Read More
Teaching American Symbols in Early Childhood
Teaching American Symbols in early childhood can be quite overwhelming. The American Symbols Mega Pack has been create to help students in a early childhood classroom learn about American symbols. he mega pack has a slideshow, which is great for whole group lessons. The slideshow has clip art and photography of the symbols. The photos show various monuments, buildings, and… Read More
Free Classroom Posters: Inspiration and Decor for your Classroom and Students
I love to decorate my classroom. Honestly, decorating a classroom may be my most favorite part about being a teacher. When I first started teaching I have a theme with palm tree, perhaps because I am from the Palmetto State. My palm tree theme create a color scheme of lots of greens and browns that I grew tired of pretty… Read More
Free School Newsletters for the Whole School Year
Keep Parents Informed When I started teaching in 2010 I immediately starting brainstorming a way to keep parents informed as to what was going on in the classroom. I knew that as a third grade teacher I would need their help each week preparing students for weekly assessments, and having students copy homework down in an agenda just wasn’t enough… Read More
Baby Talk: A Teacher’s Plea to Parents for Language Development
I’m not sure if it’s the mom in me or the teacher in me, but I absolutely cringe at the sound of baby talk. When I say “baby talk” I’m not referring to high-pitched sweet tones we use when talking to a baby or toddler. I’m talking about purposely using wrong sounds and pronouns because we think it is cute…. Read More