Enlightening Young Engineers
My most frequently asked question in emails and blog posts is how to start, schedule, and manage an elementary Makerspace. I’ve had a Maker area for K-2nd Grade in my classroom for the past five years, and for almost two years, my room has served as a full blown Makerspace for two days per week, serving close to 300 early… Read More
I am SO excited to share my new classroom space and Makerspace with you! I’ve recently moved classrooms after being in the same room for three years. and it’s the perfect excuse to reorganize and redecorate! I am still at my same wonderful school in my fifth year as the Gifted Resource Coordinator for K-2nd grade (fifteenth year altogether). I… Read More
Throughout my years of teaching, I have been blessed with four amazing student teachers and many other pre-internship education students. I teach in the same town as a large university, so the next passionate generation of educators is always right around the corner. In fact, we have more than a dozen student teachers and pre-internship teachers in my building this semester… Read More
It’s FINALLY finished and it feels fabulous! Tons of black + brights = one HAPPY classroom! It’s been three long years since I’ve redecorated my classroom or even changed my theme, and I’d truly forgotten how fun (and exhausting) it can be. I moved classrooms, so it was the perfect time to clean out, purge, reorganize and start fresh, and I’m… Read More
***This post contains affiliate links for Amazon. By purchasing an item on Amazon site using these links, I will receive a small commission on your purchase.*** You guys. I may have discovered a classroom organizational game changer! And it only took 11 years of frustration, messy files, and bulky binders! Before I share this new tool, let me give you… Read More
Love this! 😍😍😍
The Creative Classroom
I’m a pretty big deal to 2nd graders! 😂💗😂 Spring Break is just about over and as much as I loved sleeping in, binge watching 90210 and using the restroom whenever I felt like it, I’m excited to see my kiddos this week! #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #iteachtoo #iteachsecond #teachers
So not ready for Spring Break to be over, but excited to squeeze this STEM challenge with my sweet Kinders this week before I help the big kids with testing! This is always one of our very faves! 💗🐣(found in Easter STEM)