summer
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It’s not procrastinating… It’s learning something new
I was supposed to be at school all day today, and I ended up finishing an hour early, so I essentially had an extra hour in my day today. The entire way home (a whole 10 minute drive) I made a list of all of the things that I wanted to accomplish with my extra time – blog posts to write, new bundles to start, and a project that has been on my list for a while, I was going to get it all done! Ha! When I turned on my computer I remembered that I had downloaded Inkscape over the weekend, and I hadn’t really had a chance to…
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When I was a kid…
I found this article on facebook last week about giving your children a 1970’s summer. You have to take a minute to read it, it’s hilarious, and so true. Of course it got me thinking about what summers were like when I was a kid. It wasn’t all that long ago to be honest, I grew up in the 90’s, but I still had a good number of summers before we had the internet (gasp!) or instant messenger (remember that?!), and I feel like those were some pretty innocent, carefree days, at least in my house they were. I put together a list of the things that I spent my…
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Freebie Friday!
Happy Friday! I hope that you have something fun planned for the weekend, I’m trying on bridesmaid dresses with my sister today and helping host a bridal shower for my soon to be sister-in-law tomorrow, so I’m looking forward to a wedding-festivity-filled weekend! For this week’s Friday freebie I found a super cute ice cream themed activity that would go perfectly with the ice cream activities I shared yesterday. My students would absolutely love “We Scream for Ice Cream… Rhymes” by Jennifer Drake. Not only are her ice cream cones really cute, but I haven’t met a preschooler who didn’t like to rhyme, seriously, they will make up silly nonsense…
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Summer fun in my store
I’ve worked with children in the summer since I was 15 years old, so I know how helpful it is to have fun, summer themed activities. One of my favorite units to do during the summer is related to ice cream – who doesn’t love ice cream?! my kids will do any activity that has to do with ice cream – even math and language activities that they otherwise wouldn’t be interested in. Over the years I’ve found a couple of activities that my students love, and will do willingly – without even realizing that they are learning. These are the kind of activities that all teachers want to implement,…
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Friday freebie – Summer fun
Yay for Friday! Do I say that every week? I hope I change it up sometimes! I can’t exactly say why, but I feel like this is my first real summer weekend, maybe because it is the first weekend in June. This week’s freebie goes along perfectly with the summer activity ideas that I posted Wednesday and Thursday, it’s like Brigid Ann was reading my mind! This Summer Fun Activity Calendar set comes with three calendars that are filled in with easy ideas for summer activities. Seriously. Every day has a super easy, very little prep, activity that your children can do. It also includes a blank calendar so that…
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Summer fun – at home
Quick day trips are what make summer months memorable, but it’s impossible to take one every day. What can you do to spice up those other summer days? Here are ten ideas for days when you have to stay home. Whether its raining, too hot to go out, or you just need a lazy day, these ideas will keep the little ones busy so you don’t have to hear the infamous “I’m bored!” These will also work great for special activities at daycare! 1. Build a fortThis is something that every child needs the opportunity to do, don’t you remember building forts? It couldn’t be easier, find some large blankets…
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Summer fun – around town
The beginning of summer is great – warm weather, playing outside, and being just a little lazy is fun for a while, but it gets old quick! I’ve put together a list of things that you can easily do with your children or students to keep the summer fun – not boring. Today’s ideas are from “around town” which means you get to go explore! Depending on your area, some of these may be in walking distance, while others may be a farther trek. If you aren’t sure about any of these resources, a quick internet search can tell you if there is something similar locally. 1. Explore a community…
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June Currently
I love linking up with Oh Boy 4th Grade for Currently every month, and this month I am proud to say that I was on top of it, and remembered right away! Listening: Laura Santos has created an amazing resource called Teacher Creator’s Toolbox. Oh. My. Goodness. This site is ah-mazing! She has tutorials for everything you could possibly need to know about designing and selling classroom resources (including all that legal stuff that you usually don’t learn until it’s too late…). I’m spending my first official week as a semi-self-employed person watching all of her tutorials so that I can implement everything that I learn right now, while I…
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Friday Freebies
Yay for Friday! This is a big yay because it’s a three day weekend! If your students are anything like mine, the weather and promise of summer are making them a little antsy (again, yay for a three day weekend). Many of my teacher friends get through this chaos by reminding themselves that there are only a couple of weeks left until summer break, they can make it through a couple more weeks. That doesn’t work for me, I work at a year round child care center, I have my kiddos all summer long. I try to make sure that the summer is packed full of fun stuff and special…
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My Summer Bucket List
Since the unofficial start of summer is this weekend, I figured it was time to sit down and share my absolute must-do’s for the summer, along with a few things that I want to try for the first time. 1. Spend the day at the lake. We live about an hour from Lake Erie, so this goes on my list every year. I would love to be there more often, I’m a total beach girl! 2. Fairs and festivals. I grew up in 4H, and my husband and I are 4H advisors, so if there’s a fair you can usually find us there. I love the atmosphere, and getting…
