April Showers Bring May Flowers

May is the perfect month to teach kids about PLANTS!




plant diagram


Make a fun flower diagram with the kids, then go outside with some fun flower/plant field guides or some pictures from books or the internet and find and identify different flowers and plant parts.

Click on the picture above to get directions for making the plant diagram.

Enjoy the great weather and all the lovely plants! :)

 

Fun with 3D Shapes - Ideas, Activities, and Resources

Are you looking for a few more ideas, activities, or resources for a unit on 3D Shapes?

I have LOTS of blog posts from September and October of 2011 on geometry but to make the 3D Shapes posts easier for you to find, here's a sampling of some of the posts listed below.

Check the list below! Click on any of the links below to go to the specific blog post.

~ Making 3D Shapes with Manipulatives
~ 3D Shapes Videos and Songs
~ 3D Shapes Word Search Puzzle
~ 3D Shapes Crossword Puzzle
~ What is a Cube?
~ What is a Cylinder?
~ What is a Cone?
~ What is a Sphere?
~ What is a Prism?
~ What is a Pyramid?
~ Make an Icosahedron
~ 3D Shape Attributes
~ 3D and 2D Shapes Venn Diagram
~ Nets of 3D Shapes

Have fun with 3D Shapes! :)

 

W!N Great Teaching Resources at The Learning Lab

Stacey at The Learning Lab is hosting a great GIVEAWAY of wonderful teaching resources for you to win from May 5-12. These teaching resources would be great to use in a classroom or in a homeschool setting.



The Learning Lab

 

Stacey has 3 different giveaway packages.... K-3, 2-5, and 3-7.

Bundle for Grades K-3

My donation, 2D Shape Bingo Game, is in the 1st package with the other resources for Kindergarten to Grade 3. To learn more about Shape Bingo, click on the picture below.



Shape Bingo

To learn more about the GIVEAWAY and to enter the GIVEAWAY, just click on the top picture.

Best of luck, I hope you win LOTS of fabulous teaching resources!  :)

 

Teacher Appreciation 2 Day Sale at TpT

Teachers pay Teachers is having a HUGE SALE on May 7- 8th to celebrate Teacher Appreciation Day.




TpT Sals

 

Use the PROMO CODE: TAD13   at check out to get an extra 10% off!

Plus I've put everything in my TpT store on sale also!  I'm giving 20% off everything. Click here.

LOTS of other sellers will have sales going on also!

HAPPY TEACHER APPRECIATION DAYS  EVERYONE!

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