Opening Day First Day of School Shirt made with iron-on vinyl and the Cricut machine.

We had a lot of fun doing a height measurement chart with the kids today. The kids chose yarn and flower colors and we saw just how much they've sprouted! Inspiration for this chart came from Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers. They also link some other very interesting looking measurement activities! I was also inspired by their basket of measuring tapes, so I included the only one that I could find and added some strings, some taller and some shorter than their bodies. Let's just see…

Thanksgiving crafts

Looking for Thanksgiving things to do with kids? Make a paper pilgrim hat.

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Meet our Grinch! {Yes, I drew him myself!} My kiddo's are looking for random acts of kindness to fill the Grinch with love. Whe...

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Hi! I'm Teri! I am a first grade teacher and blogger at A Cupcake for the Teacher. On my blog I share classroom ideas, tips and tricks, and K-2 teaching resources. I enjoy writing and crafting, so I love to create activities that tie both together.

They brighten up the room! 🙂 I love it when we study plants. 1) The kids really enjoy it. 2)Spring is upon us! YAY! I’m excited to *Spring forward* and have the sun set much later. LOVE IT. Last week we did our Sunny Sunflower Plant Science mini-unit. It includes a writing activity: a little …

I made this cute end of the year Owl Unit for grades k-5! See the post {HERE}. It comes with a cute owl craft and 11 memory journal entries. First we made our owl craft. I used the corner bulletin board to make a tree out of construction paper for the owls to sit in! I displayed their journal entries close to the bulletin board. I layered their writing so the parents can flip through their owl journal reflections and see all of them at once. Small binder clips are great for clipping the…

Desk Area: Here is a picture of my desk, where I store my materials. I place all of my materials and papers in these bins. Some of the bins include curriculum pacing guides, work that needs to be...

I happen to think paper plate animals are incredibly cute! You may remember that we made some sheep earlier ... You can find the link here. We also made a pig and cow to go with our sheep. I didn't use any templates I just drew the shapes need by hand. Note: When I first planned to do this activity I had some snack sized paper plates ready to use with regular sized ones but they were actually too big. I ended up finding some small paper plates just the right size in a Riot Art & Craft Store.

These Fall Sight Word trees will soon be hanging up in my room! I will cut around them too which looks even better!

I do a class promise every year, but I LOVE the way this is set up!