Category: Teacher Resources and Support
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October Seasonal Products and Sale
I just love the Fall season, the changes in nature, and the holidays it brings with it! This is also a time I like bringing into the classroom the same love and appreciation for this season. I want to share with you the seasonal products that I have in…
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Young Learners Becoming Fluent Readers
Early Childhood Literacy There are so many different factors that influence a young child’s ability to learn to read. Educators want to build a firm foundation with these young children so that later they become fluent readers. The New England Primer was the first textbook that was used to…
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Why Use Boom Cards?
Boom Cards can be used on any digital device. What Are Boom Cards? Boom Cards are interactive, digital, academic games that can be found on Boom Learning. Teachers create the games and sell them on BoomLearning, Amped Up Learning, or Teachers Pay Teachers. A set of cards is called a…
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Phonological Awareness vs. Phonics
Are you new to working with young children? Maybe you are needing a refresher on phonological awareness. Read on . . . Phonemic Awareness What is Phonemic Awareness? Phonemic Awareness is a group of skills in identifying sounds and using sounds to blend or break the individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words. Early childhood…
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Froggy About Teaching Newsletter Signup
If you like to receive more teacher insights and freebies, click on this Mailchimp link. It will take you to the subscription page. After you have entered your name and email address, you will get a follow-up email that has the link for the Vocabulary Graphic Organizers Freebie. You may…
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Letter Recognition and Discrimination
PreK and Kindergarten Students Need A Strong Phonemic Awareness Instruction Is Letter Recognition Important? Is it really important? Letter names are difficult for our students to learn. It would just be easier to have them learn the letter sounds so then they could decode a word. I know this has crossed…
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Writing Prompts Can Build Writing Skills
Writing Prompts Build Writing Skills Using Writing Prompts is a strategy that can be used to entice your students to work on improving their writing skills. You will see what some of the benefits are from using daily writing prompts and ideas on how to use Seasonal Writing Prompts…
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Students Struggling to Learn the Numbers 1-5
Math? What? Do I have to learn the numbers? 3, 1, 0, I don’t know which of those is one! The Foundations of Mathematics Recognizing numbers, understanding that each number represents a quantity, and knowing that the value of numbers can change depending on the operation being used, are the…
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The History Behind Presidents Day
PRESIDENTS DAY Presidents Day became a U.S. holiday in 1870. Originally, it was set on George Washington’s birthday which is February 22nd. This day was created to honor the first United States president. In 1885, it became a federal holiday. This is when the holiday became known as Presidents Day.…
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Martin Luther King, Jr Day is January 18. This year, it is especially important to take into consideration how we approach this day with our students. There has been so much trauma and stress due to the pandemic. Most recently, the invasion of the U.S. capitol and the violence that…
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