Colorful & Spooky

Kids love to color! Well, okay, so do adults at times! Sometimes, pulling out a coloring sheet is one of the easiest arts and crafts activities to do when kids are getting restless. 

Around the holidays, it's always fun to have kids help decorate in their own special way. Having them color a simple page of scenes for the season, is always fun! 

I am including links below to both printable and interactive Halloween coloring pages! Have fun! 

Printables: 

Halloween Coloring Pages

Coloring Book: Halloween

Coloring Pages for Kids

Free Printable Halloween Coloring Pages

Printable/Interactive: 

Hello Kids Halloween

Interactive: 

Primary Games Halloween Coloring

The Color: Halloween

The Kidz Page

Fun, Free, and a bit Fancy!

There are so many creative people in this world! I am amazed everyday by the works of art that I see all around us. 

I am especially amazed at the wonderful clip art and digital art that are created and offered on Teachers Pay Teachers. These resources definitely help to brighten many classrooms and products for our students. 

Below I am sharing some of the fabulous FREE Clip Art resources from Teachers Pay Teachers. I tried to find ones that I felt might be more easily integrated into Back to School activities, etc. I hope they are helpful! 

If you create your own clip art, please tell all of us what programs you use the most to help you with your creations? Thanks. 

Happy Back to School time everyone! 

Free Crayon Clip Art

Polka Dot Classroom Labels

Borders/Frames: Big Dots

Spotted Apples

Fat Mini Pencils

Puzzle Piece Templates

Back to School & Social Media Milestone Celebration!

Well, I have hit quite a few milestones recently on many of my online sites. 

On Twitter, I have officially hit 1,000+ followers! Thank you! 

On Facebook, my page now has close to 400 followers! Thank you! 

This blog has officially hit 100 followers! Thank you! 

I have also sold over 700 products (transactions) in my TpT Store...Thank you so much! 

I am very grateful to all of you and am excited for what the future may bring. 

To celebrate, and to help with back to school, I am holding a giveaway from August 8-14! You can win the following: 

Angry Birds in the Computer Lab

Dr. Seuss Integrated Activities for the Elementary Computer Lab

Plus...any 2 products from my TpT Store! 

Good luck to you all and THANK YOU again! 

Please enter here: 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Marching in with Leprechauns

I cannot believe it is almost March already! Where does the time go?

It's time to start thinking ahead about St. Patrick's Day. Many of us have Spring Breaks coming up, too, so it's important to plan ahead if we want to incorporate any St. Patrick's Day activities into the classroom.

Below I am including links to many free activities that I have found recently, regarding either March or St. Patrick's Day. I hope they are useful to many!

 

Be on the lookout soon, too, for a freebie or giveaway of some kind to celebrate my blog hitting 25,000 views!

 

Have a great day!

 

March Sentence Jumble

Shamrock Patterning

St. Patrick's Day Freebies

St. Patrick's Day Printables

Leprechaun Behavior Modification

Clover Garden

Calendar Cards for March

Calendar Set for March

March Shamrock Graphing

March Math & Literacy Centers

Rainbow Treasure Hunt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sweet, Sweet Candy Corn

I love Candy Corn! I always have. Yes, it's Very sweet, but it is an annual Fall tradition for me to have some of the yumminess that is candy corn.

With that in mind, I started to think of ways to "celebrate" candy corn. While I may not be personally able to use these resources in my own classroom (a.k.a. computer lab), I might be able to use some of the ideas with my own kids.

I hope these ideas will help some of you out as we are now on the "home stretch" to Halloween.

Thank you also to those of you who entered my recent giveaway. It is much appreciated! Thank you also for being patient between blog posts. Work has been keeping me pretty busy.

Enjoy and have a "Sweet" Day!

• Grab the Candy Corn Game
• Candy Corn Games for Kids
• Candy Corns are the Greatest!
• Candy Corn Contractions
• Candy Corn History 

Time for a Raffle!

I truly apologize for the lack of posts lately! Work has been nuts! I hope to get back on track here soon with blogging.

I am giving away a few prizes in this giveaway.

I was sent two free books from Scholastic, so I am giving away one of the copies of the book below:

 

I also am giving away 2 free copies of my new Halloween Display entitled "Going Batty over the Web". Here are some pics of my display (I lacked bulletin board space):

 

The contest runs through Midnight Eastern time on October 24th. Good luck!! (please enter below)

(If you only want to be entered to win the book or the Halloween display, please state so by commenting on this post. Thanks.)

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

Ready for the Year!

After many hours of hard work this week, I am officially ready to welcome students into my computer lab tomorrow! I am teaching K-4 this year, due to a huge student population increase (last year I was K-5). I am excited about this, even though I have to travel next door to our other building, the "middle" school, in order to teach my 4th graders. 

Below, I am posting a few pics of my classroom. I used Angry Birds and Social Media as my major theme this year. I hope you enjoy! 

Best of luck to everyone as you begin your new school year!

My Angry Birds "Volume Reminder Sign"  and more

Facebook Page bulletin board

Facebook Page bulletin board

New Computer Numbers

Word Wall

Sign to help the kiddos

Mini "Words with Friends" display

This year's schedule

Safe seat with some awesome signs that I found online

Rules

Twitter "Feed" a.k.a. My Objectives

Back to School: Part 4

Well, my brain is surely in back to school mode now. I can't deny it: I go back to work on Monday. ((sigh))

However, I just keep finding so many AMAZING ideas for the classroom, that I just had to do another post and share my findings. 

Today, I am focusing mostly on the classroom setup and organization. 

I hope these ideas and tips are useful or can be passed on to others who are looking for "somewhere to get started" for the new year. 

Enjoy!

31 Books to Read About School

Great Ideas from Kindergarten Kindergarten

Classroom Photos

Let's Give Them Something to Talk About

Around the Class

How to Decorate without Upsetting the Fire Marshall

Introducing...Me!

Classroom Scavenger Hunt

Back to School: Part 3

Who doesn't love Freebies?? I know I do!! Below are some great Back to School Freebies from Teachers Pay Teachers. 

Owl Folder Cover

Teacher Tips

Number Posters 1-20

Classroom Jobs Chart

Meet the Teacher Printables

Teacher Survival Kit for New Staff Members

Black and White Name Tags

First Week of School Time Capsule

Birthday Items

In LOVE with this Idea!!!

This would be Awesome for my computer lab this Fall!

I also plan to incorporate Angry Birds, Words with Friends, and possibly Twitter.

What other ideas would also work?

Enjoy your weekend everyone! :-)

Picture Link

Back to School: Part 2

There are so many great ideas out there for getting a new school year started off on the right foot!! If you have any ideas to share, please feel free to post them in the comments or share them on my Facebook or Twitter pages. 

Teachers are each other's best resources!! Enjoy more links! 

• Back to School Party
• Classroom Expectations
• Back to School Bag
• Creative Things to Do For Back to School
• Cute Decor and Ideas
• Creative Back to School Ideas

Back to School: Part 1

Well, I don't know about the rest of you, but vacations always go by way too fast! I only have 2 full weeks left of Summer after this week, before I have to report back to work on August 6th. 

With that said, that means my mind is slowly working its way back into school  mode. So, below are many links with ideas of all kinds for back to school. Enjoy! 

• Creative Back to School Ideas
• Catch the Wave Welcome Board
• Sailing Back to School
• Back to School Bulletin Boards
• Back to School Printables
• Back to School Preparations

Cute Giveaway!!

Head on over to Rowdy in Room 300's page. She is giving away some very creative classroom decor! 

Click Here to see her post and to enter the drawing: CLICK

Have a great evening!