by Yvonne Crawford | Oct 4, 2016 | Language Arts, Resources for Parents, Resources for Teachers, Teaching Tips
My daughter is now in Sixth Grade and she loves interactive notebooks. She asked me to make a more grammar specific notebook for her grade. She said she really enjoys learning grammar, so she wanted to do more for English. Why not, I answered! So, after several weeks...
by Yvonne Crawford | Sep 28, 2016 | Halloween, Reading, Resources for Parents, Resources for Teachers, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
My daughter loves to read. She’ll read anything and everything. For some odd reason she ran out of books to read last night and the library had already closed, so I printed my Halloween Close Reading packet for her to read. She really enjoyed reading the stories...
by Yvonne Crawford | Sep 26, 2016 | Gifted and Talented, Resources for Parents, Resources for Teachers, STEM, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
This weekend my daughter and I had some good quality time decorating our front yard with Halloween decorations. She said she wanted to do more Halloween stuff during the weekend. I broke out my Halloween STEM Challenges printables and she started working on building...
by Yvonne Crawford | Sep 20, 2016 | Around the World, Crafts, Resources for Parents, Resources for Teachers, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
Another country that I made printables for is India! This country has given the world some of the most popular food – curry! I don’t know about you, but I love to eat curry! Like my other This Kids’ Life Series, this packet is filled with puzzles,...
by Yvonne Crawford | Sep 10, 2016 | Around the World, Crafts, Resources for Parents, Resources for Teachers, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips
My newest country unit is about Panama. I think Panama is a wonderful country full of flora and fauna and interesting facts! One interesting fact is that students go to school in shifts. There are two shifts each day, so you only have to go to school during one shift....
by Yvonne Crawford | Sep 6, 2016 | Common Core Math, First Grade, Fourth Grade, Resources for Parents, Resources for Teachers, Second Grade, Teaching Resources, Teaching Tips, Third Grade
I have to admit I’m a planner. I like to plan every aspect of my life. I’m completely aware that things might not turn out the way I want them to turn out, or that things might change. However, if I plan ahead then I don’t have to spend all of that...
