The Kindergarten Pod

Dilemma!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Fri, 18 Nov 2016 23:44:00 +0000

Hi Everyone!

I know......WHERE the heck have you been?!?!?

Well lets just say LIFE has taken over my life! I must admit, I've fallen off the blogging wagon. As if it wasn't obvious. But the first step is admitting you have a problem, right?

I have a big dilemma that I feel is holding me back. When I originally started on this adventure, I was a Kindergarten teacher. I loved making resources for my kiddos to use in the classroom. Weeelllll, now I'm not a Kindergarten teacher. I teach 5th grade special education.

BIG difference! So, at first I thought no big deal right? I'll just open up another store to fill with the resources I make in special ed. I'll keep this store because I have a blog and a following and a bazillion Pinterest links.

And of course, since I opened another store, I had to blog about it. I mean, I just had to.

Well, now I have TWO blogs......without any blogging. And I have TWO stores.

I really just want to focus on ONE blog and ONE store. Now here is the problem.

My Kindergarten Pod blog and store have a lot more followers than my new blog and store (ABC's & IEP's.) So what in the world do I do?

Well, I haven't done anything because I don't know what the right thing to do is. I still maintain both stores, but I tend to put new products in the Kindergarten Pod store because I'll reach more people. I've also thought about re-doing all of my products and uploading them to the new store but I have over 100 products. That would take FOREVER!!!

So help! Do you have any suggestions for me?

March Already?!?!?!

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 23:09:00 +0000

I don't know about you but this year is F.L.Y.I.N.G. by! I literally cannot believe it is March already. The downside of it being March is the next two months are the hardest of my school year.

I made a new product to help keep the mornings active for your Kinder's. I always felt like the hardest part of the day was when the students came into the classroom. They would stagger in and needed lots of attention. Morning Work was my saving grace. I always found it hard to find skills for them to work on independently that were also meaningful. I can't stand "busy work." There is just no time to waste!

I started developing a line of Morning Work products and it seems as though I wasn't the only one with that problem. They've been very successful products and I've had lots of great feedback from educator's all over. Here is the latest addition:

There are TONS of practice skills in this product, with lots of activities to keep your kiddies engaged. Some of the skills covered are:

    Math:   Number Bonds (0-10)                       ELA: Word Family matching
                Simple Addition                                           Initial Consonants
                Simple Subtraction                                       Identifying 1, 2, and 3 syllable words
                Skip Counting by 5s and 10s                        Letter Sequencing
                Graphing                                                       Beginning Digraphs (ch, ph, sh, th, wh)
                Teen Numbers (10 + ?)                                 Short Vowels (a, e, i, o, u)

.......and much, much more!

I've even included 2 bonus pages - St. Patrick's Day-themed Color-by-Teen Numbers. This product is available on my TpT Store. Just click HERE or on any picture above to download. Thanks for checking it out!

Five for Friday!

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Sat, 20 Feb 2016 02:19:00 +0000

I'm hooking up with the amazing Doodle Bugs Teaching for her weekly Five for Friday! Geeze, I've missed doing these!!!!

This is my first week back at blogging! YIPEE!!! I posted all about my medical issues that have kept me away but I am gone no longer.

I had some time to think about the direction I really want to go with my new products. It is highly advised by everyone that once you've established a "name" you should never change it. Here's the problem with that. I teach Special Education now. I would love for my name to reflect that. I'm also making products for both Kindergarten AND higher grade levels. Not sure yet what to do about that but I'll let you know.

I feel like I've been making products like a crazy lady. You know when you sit for a long time thinking about something? Then you finally have the opportunity to get it done. It's like this.....

So every night when I finish work, I race home to start working....again. You all know what that is like, I'm sure. I'm hoping to eventually find that balance again but for now, no rest for the weary.

Here are some of those products I've been working on. The first is my Sight Word Booklets. I've made them for all 4 of the FRY lists. Each product contains booklets for 100 words. Students will have a word list, a fluency phrase for each word, a visual discrimination page and a spelling list page.

(Download Preview HERE)

The product shown above is a BUNDLE product which also includes Emergent Reader books to go along with each booklet. Students will gain exposure to the sight words in context. Each page of the Reader includes the sight word in a simple sentence made up of other sight words or simple, decodable words.

I have the original booklets available for each Hundred list. The bundle is only available for the First Hundred now. I'm working on the Second Hundred. I will post when that is up and available.

Download preview HERE.

This product is a GREAT way for students to get that important practice with teen numbers. They can be so tricky for the little ones and it is my belief that the more practice they get, the better their understanding will be.

(Sample page)

My babies!!!!! Looks like they had a rough night staying up late while mama worked :)

Definitely make sure to check out the other great blogs over at Doodle Bugs. Thanks for stopping by!

Back in Action!!!

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 01:44:00 +0000

Whew, where to begin. Hopefully, some of you noticed I've been away from the blogging world for a while. I've had some pretty serious medical issues that completely derailed me. I found out a year ago I had 2 brain aneurysms. Talk about a shocker! Long story short, four brain surgery's later and I'm starting to come up for air.

I've been working on getting some new products up on TpT before I jump back into blogging. I feel like a novice again. Everything changes so quickly, there are new people I don't even know out there blogging. It's been a slow and steady climb to get myself back, and hopefully I haven't been gone too long.

I hope to start linking up again, and bringing you great ideas. But here is where I need YOUR help. Please message me below to let me know WHAT you want to see on here.......FREEBIES? Great resources? Math Lessons? Just let me know and I'll do my best to make sure to feature those things.

In the meantime, please check out the series of products I've recently uploaded. I've been doing a lot of work with Sight Words because extra practice is always needed! Here are a few of the products:

This product is a BUNDLED product including all of Fry's First Hundred Sight Word. There are 10 booklets, each containing 10 sight words (in order.) Each sight word has activities to help students master the word and the spelling. Students will read a simple fluency phrase containing the sight word, visually discriminate the word from other words / spellings, and spell the word. Each page in the booklet has a data-tracker chart so you can record the last date you assessed the student on those words. In addition, there is a whole-class recording sheet so you know exactly which booklet each student is working on. Once your student has mastered those 10 words, they move on to the next booklet.

Let me tell you, this has made grouping my students a BREEZZEE! I just look at my whole-class recording sheet, and I know exactly which students need help with which words. I design activities for those specific words (Play-Doh words, Stamping the words, etc.) This product has increased my students mastery of sight words ten-fold!

In addition to the booklets, this product contains Emergent Reading booklets that correspond to each Sight Word booklet. The readers are made up of other sight words and simple, decodable words that the students can easily read. There is also a clipart image on each page to help the student with decoding. I use these mainly with my GR groups to provide extra practice but this could easily be put in the Literacy Center or sent home as daily reading homework.

All of the pages in this product are 1/2 page and black-and-white. Who has all that extra ink and paper lying around......not me!!!

if you have any questions about this product, please feel free to leave a comment below. Thanks so much! It's great to be back!!!!

BTS Blowout Sale!!!

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 16:05:00 +0000

Well, you've waited all summer and it's finally here!!!!!

TpT's Back-to-School BLOWOUT Sale!

This is your chance to save B.I.G.! All of my products are 20% off plus TpT gives another 8% off. I'll do the math for you.....20% off + 8% off = HOLY MOLY SAVINGS!!!!!

Here are some great products to start the year off with.......

~~$9.00~~ . . . . $6.48!!!

The Ultimate Teacher's Binder is a must-have to stay organized this year. This binder has over 230 pages of lesson plan templates, planning pages, 2014-15 calendar, reminder notes, intervention templates, etc........all 100% EDITABLE! That's right! Every page can be customized to fit your needs!

~~$10.00~~ . . . . $7.20!!!

This is an Interactive Journal to help kids master their sight words. I have this product available for Pre-Primer (Dolch), and Primer (Dolch). I also have Sight Word Mini-Books available for Dolch & Fry.

~~$18.00~~ . . . . $12.96!!!!

My Interactive Math Journal is quickly growing to be a fan favorite! It has over 230 pages of Common Core-aligned activities to help your little ones develop number sense and those important foundational skills that will lead them to a successful academic year!

~~$14.50~~ . . . . $10.44!!!

The Kindergarten Morning Work BUNDLE is a combination of Part I and Part II, and is one of my best selling products! These morning work activities will keep your little ones engaged in true learning during the morning hussle-and-bussle. These activities include both Language Arts & Math.

~~$15.00~~ . . . . $10.80!!!!

My Common Core Math Assessments address all Kindergarten standards in the Common Core. There are over 100 assessments in this product, most just print-and-go! I also included CC Posters for each standard.

Well I hope you have plenty to fill up your cart with. HAPPY SHOPPING!

Movin' On Up!

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 04:37:00 +0000

Hi All!

Well, there's good news and good news! First the good news...... Starting this fall I'll be teaching 5th Grade Special Ed. which I am SUPER excited about! The other good news......I'll still be keeping my TpT Store, blog, Pinterest page, etc. up and running.

I do have a new blog, store, Facebook page, etc. called ABC's & IEP's if you'd like to check them out. I don't have much going on there yet. I had to set up everything first now I can get busy making all kinds of products.....picture ideas FLYING around my head daily! Here are the links:

           Blog: http://www.abcsandieps.blogspot.com
   Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/abcsandieps
   TpT Store: http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Abcs-And-Ieps

As you can imagine, it will take me quite some time to gain a following so it would be nice to see some friendly faces. If you have a minute, check them out and let me know how you like them. Thanks so much!

3M Follower Sale!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 22:00:00 +0000

Well howdy there! I can NOT believe February is just about over. We've had the c.r.a.z.i.e.s.t. February here EVER! We've had soooo many snow days or 2-hour delays I've lost count! I hardly got to do any of my adorable Feb. projects because there simply was no time! We had assessments due, DIBELS to give and tons of snow to shovel.

I had a pretty major leak in my classroom which displaced us for a week. Can you say nightmare!

I don't know about you but I am sooooo ready for February to be over. Bah-bye!

What a way to end it by having a HUGEMONGOUS sale over at TpT! Yeppers. TpT now has over 3 million members. Ummmmm, hello! When I get 3 million followers I'm giving all my stuff away for free! Why not, right?

So, beginning Thursday and ending Friday my entire store will be 20% off! You heard that right.....20.percent.off! As in .20 baby! And wait, there's more! TpT will offer an additional 8% off so for you mathematicians out there, that is 28% off EVERYTHING! Just enter product code TPT3 when checking out to receive your discount.

Stock up on those goodies now people! Here are a few of my newest products:

Sight Word Mini-Books: Available for Dolch Pre-Primer/Primer and The Fry 100 list.

Sight Word Bracelets: Dolch Pre-Primer/Primer list

Can't even tell you how much
my kiddies L.O.V.E. these!

Common Core Checklist:

This is a huge timesaver for me. I can immediately
tell at a glance which skills I've covered & when,
and which skills need more teaching. My administrator
loves this too. Major brownie points!

Just click on any picture to preview the item in my TpT Store. I'm off to go wishlist all the goodies! Enjoy the sale! Don't forget to enter the code TPT3 to receive your discount!

SUPER Exciting Giveaway!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 04:31:00 +0000

I am sooooooo thrilled to be part of a HUGE giveaway going on today through February 23rd over at Mrs. D's Corner!

Mrs. D accomplished a great milestone of reaching 500 followers on TpT! To celebrate, a bunch of bloggers donated products (including your's truly) for the giveaway. There is a K-5 category and a 6-12 giveaway. Plus, a lot of us have donated money towards a gift certificate for one lucky winner!

Don't wait to join in on this fabulous giveaway! There are TONS of great prizes to win. Just click on the image or HERE to jump on over and enter. Good luck!!!!

Sight Word Mini-Books

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Fri, 14 Feb 2014 03:05:00 +0000

Hi All!

I've been SUPER busy these days (seriously, who hasn't!) I only 4 grad classes left for my Master's so I decided to buckle down and double up, taking 2 now and 2 in the Summer. Well, I think I have two instructors who LOVE giving out papers!

Really!

LOVE!

I'm a paper-writing machine these days! Journal articles, research papers, observation reports, research binders.

I

AM

DYING!

On top of that, it has been something like Snowmagedon here in my neck of the woods! We have been getting hammered lately! Today was a foot of snow then 4-8 more inches tonight. The snow days have been helping me to catch up a little though but I'm going to be in school until July at this point!

One of the good things to come out of these "free" days is I got to finish my Sight Word Mini-Books. I'm SUPER excited to finally put these out there. I've been working on them for some time now. These mini-books really help my little ones master their sight words!

Front cover for each book.

Interior: Trace the sight word, circle the sight word,

write the sight word, read the sight word in a sentence, and

Rainbow Write the sight word.

Back cover: Circle the sight word by discriminating from other

words, and write the sight word to complete the sentence.

This product includes ALL of the sight words from Dolch's Pre-Primer and Primer list. These would make a great addition to any Literacy Center, small group work or Guided Reading!

Click on any of the pictures to download this product from my TpT Store. I am working on a Grade 1 version so stay tuned!

AMAZING Giveaway!

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 17:51:00 +0000

I am sooooo thrilled to be hooking up with Kelly from An Apple for the Teacher to celebrate her 300 blog follower giveaway!

Over 60 TpT Sellers have donated products, including myself. The giveaway also includes the chance to win a TpT Gift Certificate! Since there were so many donations, the giveaway is divided into two groups....K-2 and 3-6.

Don't miss out on your chance to win some amazing prizes!!!! Hurry over to An Apple for the Teacher and enter!

Good luck!!!!

Lori

SUPER Sunday Sale!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 15:52:00 +0000

Hey there!

Are report cards kickin' your butt? Well thankfully, I just finished mine this weekend and all I can say is W.H.E.W! We've had so many snow days here that it was a mad-dash to finish all of the assessments we're required to give. And 3 more storms are predicted for this week! I feel like I just finished a marathon!

I decided since I can finally focus a little on YOU that I would throw a big sale! Today is a big day for some people.....ya know, the "game" we aren't allowed to mention. Well sadly, I'm not really a football gal........ but I do like the commercials!

I am having a HUGE sale to kick off the.......commercials! My entire store is now 20% off.

YUP.

EVERYTHING!

TODAY!

So hurry on over and get those items you've wishlisted. Or thought about wishlisting. Or you didn't even know I had!

Here are some great seasonal products to check out:
(sorry for just the links....my blogger is acting up again!)

February Print-and-Go Activities

Common Core Checklist for Kindergarten (A MUST have that really impresses your principal!)

Valentine's Color-by-Teen Numbers

Olympic Color-by-Teen Numbers

Interactive Sight Word Journal ~ Primer

There are LOTS of other great activities, products and resources in my store. Hurry up and get on over there so you don't miss any of the commercials.

Have a great Sunday!!!!

Winter Buddies

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 16:09:00 +0000

Over the holiday break, I found an adorable activity posted by one of my fav's.....Miss Kindergarten. It's a craft called "Winter Buddies."

I knew right away it would be great to hold my kids writing papers....and I could use it over ALL of the winter months! I love having an activity that can last a while. I will just change out the writing paper and voila, a whole new display!

We just did a writing piece about New Year's Resolutions and here are the results. Next, we will be working on our Arctic Animals so I'll change out the paper for a whole new display. I think they turned out adorable!

January Math and Literacy Centers

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Sat, 04 Jan 2014 23:25:00 +0000

Woooooo Hooooo! Having that snow day yesterday has been an incredible thing for me. I finished up LOTS of products, got LOTS of work done, took down all the Christmas stuff, and rearranged the furniture in the living room!

My hubs and I are on a mission to rid our home of clutter. It's amazing how much you keep in a house that you don't even notice. Well I just love throwing things out and de-cluttering so I've been feeling really accomplished!

It was great the way our "return" to school worked out. I was scheduled to return to work on Thursday so I spent the entire day Wednesday feel G.U.I.L.T.Y because I had done nothing on my to-do list. We returned to work Thursday as scheduled then had a good ole storm and had off Friday. I spent the last two days knocking out everything on my list so now I'm feeling good again!

I was able to finish up both my January Math Center Activities and January Literacy Center Activities. I got all of the activities printed and cut out this morning so they are ready to go. Here are the deets:

I did a post about this product yesterday. Either click here or on the picture to read that post and see the pictures.

This product has oodles of cool activities (....get it...."cool" activities?!?! I crack myself up!) Anywho, here are some pics of all the cute activities that are in there:

"Snowman Sliders"

Students practice decoding then blending CVC word family words to sound out the word.

"Snowflake Families"

Students practice identifying words within a word family. Covered are -at, -an, -ag, -ad, -et,

-en, -it, and -in.

"Mitten Matching"

Students identify the letter on the mitten then match it to the picture with the same beginning sound.

"Word Builders"

Students identify and match the beginning sound to complete the word. Pictures are provided for additional support.

"Real vs. Nonsense Words"

Time to get ready for DIBELS! This activity will provide fabulous practice!

"Beginning Sounds"

Students use a clothespin to identify the beginning sound for each picture.

A label comes with each activity so you can store your product in a sandwich or quart-sized bag.

I intend to use this product for my Early Finisher's Tub so I included a large label for that as well. I hope you enjoy this product! Click on any of the pictures, or here, to download this product.

P.S. Stay tuned......I'm working on some cute Olympic Activities that I'll be finishing up soon!

Winter FUN!

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 18:43:00 +0000

It's a SNOW DAY here! I don't care how old you get......these days are awesome!!!! It's a balmy 8 degrees here today with a wind chill well below 0. I'd say it's cold!

Yes, I will pay for it dearly in June. And yes, YOU will probably have to read alllll about it.

But for NOW, who cares! I got to sleep in today and work on my blog :)

It's rare.....VERY rare that we find out the night before that school is closed but this time we did. Which meant I stayed up very late finishing up a few products.

The first product I finished up was a revamp of my biggest Winter seller ~ Winter Color-by-Numbers.

I changed it up a little and added three more pictures. This product focuses solely on the teen numbers, which can be so tricky for Kinder's. This is a really fun way for them to identify the numbers, and gain a little extra practice with color words as a bonus! Here is a sample page......

All of the images are Winter images and would go great in your Math or Theme center! Click on either of the images to download.

The next product is my January Math Center Activities. I love, love, love Winter Math activities! I actually introduced these centers to my kiddies yesterday and they had a blast!

There are 7 different Math activities to get your little one adding, subtracting and gaining number sense!

(after 20 mins of trying to flip the picture, I give up! Please turn your head!)

There are addition and subtraction cards, all with a visual cue of the same child. There are two variations to this game. I introduce this activity with manipulatives (shown above) to provide support in completing the addition problem. Once students are fairly fluent in addition, I turn this into Addition / Subtraction Concentration. They love playing this!

This activity is Teen Ten Frames. Students identify the correct number and clip that number on the side. The cards cover all of the teen numbers.

This activity allows students to "Build the Snowman" by matching the addition problem with the snowman with the correct answer. The kids REALLY loved this activity!

This product includes an activity called "Gold Medal Tally Time" to introduce students to the upcoming Olympic Games. There is also an activity to practice number sequence through 20.

If you have any questions about this product, don't hesitate to contact me at thekindergartenpod@yahoo.com. Don't forget to rate the product after purchase by leaving feedback. You'll earn TpT credits to use towards future purchases......hello.....FREE products! Can't beat that!

What are you doing to stay warm today?

Christmas.....and break.....and just normal craziness!

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 17:30:00 +0000

I hope you all enjoyed my 12 Days of Christmas Freebies! I have to admit it was really fun on my end coming up with cute activities to give away.

Well, right after Christmas, I decided to get a new computer. My laptop was old and froze from time-to-time. I have a MAC laptop for work and everyone tells me MAC's are soooo much better. I ended up purchasing a desktop with a 21" screen. I'm having tons of neck problems from endless hours on the computer so I needed something with a bigger screen.

Did I mention it's big?

HUGE!

In fact, I find myself backing up more and more because it's so big! It comes with a wireless keyboard so I rearranged (and cleaned) my office, switched desks to one with a keyboard drawer, and voila, I am feeling less pain already.

Now, the downside. Even though I have a MAC for work, I really only use it for e-mail and word docs. I have NO idea how to use a MAC. Nada. Nilch!

All of my quick short cuts.....gone!

UGH!

So, I've spent the last week relearning how to use a computer. Not quite how I thought I'd be spending my winter break. But I'm learning. Slowwwlllyyy.

I finally figured out how to upload my pictures......and find them, so I could do a blog post about the activities we did leading up to the holiday.

One of the projects we completed were our Reindeer hands. I really enjoy this project each year and the kids LOVE getting their hands painted.

They didn't turn out as well as they did last year. I had new paint this year and it was very diluted. Here is a pic of last year's Reindeer.

Here is the breakdown of how to make these cuties!

Step 1: Paint their hand brown

Step 2: Stamp their hand on white paper

Step 3: Cut out their handprint and glue onto brown construction paper

Put the eyes and nose on, and attach the pipe cleaner and you're done! Although it's super easy, it is time-consuming. This would be a great activity to have a parent volunteer (or two.)

I posted earlier about another project we worked on but I never posted the finished project. We made stained glass Christmas Trees. They turned out soooo cute!

Although I usually make them bigger, we don't have much in the way of supplies this year (budget cuts) so I made them smaller this year. This also enabled me to put the tree inside the parent card to serve as a little present. They were very easy to make and the kids really enjoyed making them. You can read my original post on how to make them here.

I have two lovies who don't celebrate the holiday's so I made a heart template for them.

I might just make these with the whole class for Valentine's Day!

I LOVED Krista Wallden's "Unwrap Your Freebie" giveaway! One of the freebies were these adorable Christmas Gift Tags. I made these money practice cards. The kids match the coin value with the coin images and attach them with linking chains. LOVE linking chain activities.....a little extra fine motor practice doesn't hurt anyone!

P.S. I've been working on a lot of new products that I'll be posting soon!

Hope you can use these ideas in your classroom! What did you do over your holiday / winter break?

12 Days of Christmas Freebies.....Day 11

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 16:36:00 +0000

Only one more Freebie left after today!!!! I can't believe how fast this has gone. I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I did!!!!!

Today's freebie is something I hope you'll get a lot of use out of. It's something I'm always searching for in a pinch or when I'm having a sub come in for a short period of time.

Off to the mall now......no, I am STILL not done my shopping. UGH!!! Wish me luck!

12 Days of Christmas Freebies....Day 10

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 18:48:00 +0000

We're already to Day 10!!! I don't know about you, but I have a very hard time winding-down after such a stressful last few weeks! My mind is already racing towards January and the fun things I will be planning......a hint for today's FREEBIE!

I hope you enjoy this one! It is from one of my all-time favorite units to teach! Here are some photo's from teaching it last year.

Enjoy!

12 Days of Christmas Freebies.....Day 9

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 21:41:00 +0000

Can't believe we are at Day 9 already! I'm heading off to a holiday party but I wanted to get this up before I left. Hope you enjoy!!!!

12 Days of Christmas Freebies......Days 7 & 8

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 01:37:00 +0000

Hi! My sincere apologies for missing last nights post. I worked 14 hours and couldn't even formulate a complete thought!

I was one of the lead members of our Holiday Committee at school and boy am I glad it's OVER! It was more than overwhelming to say the least. I'm glad I was a part of it though. The faculty and staff at my school purchased gifts for more than 200 of our students in need! What an accomplishment!

So today I am posting Freebie #7 & #8. You may have to stuff #7 away for next year but they're too cute not to share! I hope you love them!

Only 4 Freebies left!!! Let me know which was your favorite so far!

12 Days of Christmas FREEBIES......Day 6

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Thu, 19 Dec 2013 02:16:00 +0000

Today's freebie are near and dear to my heart........ORGANIZATION! I don't know why but planning and organizing my life is boring. That is until I do it on FUN, CUTE paper!

Seriously, I have issues!

Many!

Don't even get me started on pens. We could be here all night.

So I'll spare you the rant. Click on the picture below to download today's freebie. I hope it leads to better planning time for you!

Question: Which FREEBIE has been your favorite so far? Let me know because I am still creating the freebies for the end of my 12 Days!

12 Days of Christmas FREEBIE......Day 5

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 04:04:00 +0000

On the fifth day of Christmas, The Kindergarten Pod teamed up with Krista Wallden from Creative Clips to bring you this FUN holiday game! I just LOVE Krista's clipart!

I don't know about you but I love, Love, LOVE when my kiddies can learn while playing a game. I design a lot of my products and activities to squeeze that extra play time in wherever I can. This activity is definitely one of those ways!

I hope your kiddies enjoy!

12 Days of Christmas FREEBIES......Day 4!

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 02:46:00 +0000

On the fourth day of Christmas The Kindergarten Pod gave to me.........you'll have to click on the picture below to find out!

This is a GREAT resource for any busy teacher. I know I use it on a daily basis (hint, hint!)

Be sure to check back tomorrow for the next FREEBIE!!!! If you missed any of the previous days, just click the link above to go to my TpT Store. There are links to the three previous days.

Enjoy :)

12 Days of Christmas.......Day 2 and 3

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 17:56:00 +0000

I appreciate your support yesterday in remembering the victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy.

Today, I'm posting Day 2 AND Day 3 of my 12 Days of Christmas Freebies. If you missed Day 1, there is a link at the bottom of this post.

Make sure to check out my other great Holiday Resources:

My biggest Holiday sellers:

SUPER cute activities for Morning Work, Holiday Centers or Holiday parties! $3.00

Math and Literacy Activities with Gingerbread Men! $4.00

My Holiday Printables Bundle is a huge combination of my 25 Days of Literacy Printables and 25 Days of Math Printables........ALL Print-and-Go activities! $6.00

Thanks so much for stopping by! Make sure to "follow" my blog and my TpT Store so you don't miss out on any of the FREEBIES to come!

12 Days of Christmas FREEBIES.....Day 1

Thanks! See you tomorrow :)

Remembering......

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 16:58:00 +0000

It is with a saddened heart I post a request. I am hooking up with some amazing bloggers out there to ask you all to promote Random Acts of Kindness as we remember those who lost so dearly one year ago today.

As a teacher of Kindergarten students, I know their lives are in my hands each and every day. I love them as if they are my own. I teach them to be kind to others by example. Today, I ask all of you to do the same. This week, please practice RAK's in your own lives, and teach your students to do the same in honor of the victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy.

This week, promote RAK's on social media using the hashtag #love4SH.

Please note: In honor of the victims, I will not be posting my 12 Days of Christmas Freebie. I will post Day 2 & Day 3 tomorrow. Thank you for your understanding.

Thank you!

12 Days of Christmas FREEBIES.....Day 1

noreply@blogger.com (ABCs and IEPs) — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 02:32:00 +0000

YAY......it's finally here!!!!!

There are only 12 more days til Christmas!!!

I am so extremely appreciative of all of you that read my lil ole blog and to those who download my freebies and purchase my products!

Really.

Extremely!

I wanted to do something JUST FOR YOU! It's my way of giving back in a small way to all of you who have made the long nights and weekends worth it. This journey over the last year has been a truly remarkable one. I have met so many new, amazing people, that I am feeling humbled by the whole experience.

Okay, enough of the sappy! Onto the goodies........

Today is DAY 12.....FREEBIE #1! I hope you all enjoy it! Click on the picture below to download your first freebie!

Please make sure to follow my blog and my TpT Store so you don't miss out on any of the FREEBIES!!!!!