Springtime 3D Flowers

Hey everyone! It's Alexis from Laugh Eat Learn. In the mist of all our test prep, I decided my kids need an afternoon of art. I'm a huge fan of watercolor in the classroom. It's easy to set up, beautiful and best of all, EASY to clean! All you need for this project is 3 sheets of white paper per student, watercolor, crayons, scissors and glue.

HEAD OVER TO SEE THE COMPLETED PROJECT AND DIRECTIONS! 

Birthday Celebration ~ FREEBIE and a GIVEAWAY!

Spring has Sprung!

Hooray!

It is officially Spring and it’s my Birthday!

After the winter we have had up in Buffalo, NY...

We are very happy that SPRING is finally here. 

Springtime means different things to 

different people.  Personally for me Spring means birthday celebrations, sunshine, exercising outside, grilling, outdoor sports, and the countdown to the last day of school!  I have already started planning the last two months of school.  Have you?   

We want to help you plan ahead and fill the last few months with student created activities!  There is so much going on, so be sure grab what you need during our Spring SALE!! 

Easter and Passover (you might see something you like for next year) 

Earth Day

Mother's Day

Memorial Day

National Poetry Month

Autism Awareness Month

Father's Day

End of the Year Activities

We are hosting a Spring LINK UP Party with our friends at the Primary Pack. You can also link up your favorite Spring product with the inlinz button below. 

To celebrate we are putting our favorite Spring Products on SALE!

Since we are also celebrating my birthday ~ We have a cute FREEBIE for you to use in your classroom.  Your students will love when it is their turn to fill out their very own Birthday Book and share it with the class.  You can get your FREE copy HERE.  

It is in color and black and white.  

We are also having a GIVEAWAY over at Kennedy's Korner to continue the celebration!  

You have a chance to win over $100 

in prizes!!  

2 - $25 Gift Cards to TPT 

1 - $15 Gift Card to Starbucks

2 - $25 Gift Cards to Target

We hope you stop by our blog to enter!! Our Birthday Giveaway will end on 
April 18th! Happy Spring!

Remember to link up your favorite 

Spring products below!!!

An InLinkz Link-up

Let's Make Learning 'Egg'-citing!

Hi Everyone!

It's Jenn from Crayons & Cuties In Kindergarten!

Grab those plastic eggs and...

Head over to my blog to find
  10 ways to use plastic eggs 
for ELA, Math and Science!

I always do an Oviparous Animals unit in my kindergarten classroom each spring.

Because I am a 'theme nerd' and have a need (sickness maybe?!) to make everything connect, I have my ELA and Math centers include eggs, as well!

On my blog you will find 10 simple, relatively no-(major) prep ways to incorporate plastic eggs into your centers!

They range in grade level from PreK-2 depending on how you offer support and/or enrichment!

You will find detailed pictures and FREEBIES on the post like this fun free editable pack...

and how I have used eggs to help with composing and decomposing...

Decomposing is a difficult skill for many kinders to understand, but I found using the double sided counters really helped them!

You can read more about how I had my kinders use eggs and counters on THIS POST.

(You can even find free recording sheets to download!)

as well as making groups of 10...

Recruit parents and fellow teachers to save egg cartons for you (and maybe even donate some plastic eggs since this activity requires quite a few)!

The idea of making an egg carton into a 'ten frame' came from a post back in January 2014 by Laura at Differentiation Station Creations!  

And it works PERFECT for this activity of using eggs to make groups of 10!

You can read all about how I used it in my kindergarten class, and download the free spinner and recording sheets on THIS POST!

The post will also talk all about how I introduce oviparous animals to my kids and has links to oviparous resources and a free lifecycle download!

I hope you and your students have an 'egg'-citing time learning math, words, letters and more using plastic eggs!

Until next post,

The Spring Break Blues and a GIVEAWAY!

Hey everyone! It's Elyse from A is for Apples and I've been feeling a little down since this was me last week...

And now this is how I'm feeling...

The first week back is always exhausting! Well, this week started back up with the usual craziness and then some added madness was thrown in! Field Day, Testing Pep Rally, long meetings... We all have busy teacher lives and home lives, so I won't continue bore you with all the details. I'll just let this last ecard speak for me!

Earlier this year I wrote a post on my own blog about feeling overwhelmed. {Read it HERE!} I refuse to feel that way, so thank goodness it's the weekend and I can relax and kick back. No school work for this girl over the weekend! (Seriously, read my old post to see why!)

If you're going on spring break soon, ENJOY IT! If you've already had yours, make sure you RELAX this weekend and take time for yourself!

One last thing before I go...

A GIVEAWAY!!!

I'd love to help make your spring a bit easier by giving away winner's choice of ONE of the spring packs shown below! I'll pick THREE winners!!! Enter below!

{Click on the image to go to my TpT store!}

a Rafflecopter giveaway

'Spring Into Learning' Freebie Packet & Product Link-Up

We can't believe it's almost spring and YES we are very happy about it!
Spring means more sunshine, warmer weather, and YES SPRING BREAK!

This month we want to give something to our readers to have for your students during Spring Break. We hope this will help you keep your students learning, while they are off on break and give them something to avoid the boredom that may come. 

We are very excited to be back again to share this March edition freebie booklet... it's our 'Spring Into Learning' Freebie Packet from The Primary Pack

This exclusive, freebie pack is full of printable activities for you to give your students while they are off on break or use in your classrooms for spring. They are no-prep, print-and-go style activities! There are activities for K through 3rd grade, so that you can make a custom Spring Break booklet for your students. 

Simply click the cover below to download.

We would also love it if you shared your own Spring freebies and products with our readers by linking up below! Please follow the guidelines and join us!

Remember you can link up with any Spring Themed Freebies or Products!

An InLinkz Link-up

We hope you enjoy our freebie booklet and that you grab and discover many great spring freebies and products from the link-up. Please check out our full products and stores, included within the booklet.

We'd also love to hear from you! Leave us a comment and share with us your favorite Spring Break activity.