Since I have a plan for next year, my mind simply won’t shut off. Normally during the summer, I travel to somewhere tropical and spend a lot of time at the beach. Maldives Tahiti Thailand Thailand This summer, I’ve decided to create pretty things. I’ve put away my passport and transformed into a Spray […]
Monday Made It: New blog, a Cutie-Patootie Clip Chart, and Memory Book {the easy way}
I’m linking up with Tara again this week. I guess I’m 2/3 this summer. I’m not getting super into being crafty and spending my time with a glue gun when the weather in California has been this sunny and amazing. This is the first year we haven’t had June gloom…or a winter! So I’m taking […]
Simple way to make a magnetic place-value board for your calendar!
I couldn’t find a place-value pocket chart at the teaching store this weekend so I created something similar. After several years of experience, I found that my students weren’t correlating bundling straws for place value {like a lot of place-value pocket charts use} so I switched one year to using place-value manipulatives, since this is […]
How to get whiteboards for a bargain!
What student do you know who doesn’t love to use a white board. We know how spendy they can be, so…I bought a huge piece of white/gloss hardboard at Lowe’s and the kind workers there cut it into 24 pieces for me. It only cost 12.00 for 24 of them, what a deal!!!
Monday Made It Linky Party: How to dye clothespins
How to make clothespins prettier! I’ve seen so many bloggers prettying up their clothes pins with dye or washi tape. I use clothespins for everything from classroom management to organizing copies. So why not make them cute? I bought these at Kmart for about 4 bucks {they’re also 99 cents at my local 99 cent […]