Lakeshore Learning Haul – Part 2! 🛍️✨ We’re back with more Lakeshore favorites! This round includes even more preschool must-haves for play, learning, and organization. It’s been a hard week, but this makes it exciting again. 💛 Stay tuned — there’s still more to come in Part

Lakeshore Learning Haul – Part 1! 🛍️✨ This will definitely end up being a 3- or 4-part series because we got so much! Lakeshore is my absolute favorite place for playful, hands-on preschool classroom materials — the quality and creativity are unmatched. Can’t wait to show you

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I’m loving these new shape puzzles I found on Amazon! 🧩✨ I mixed all the pieces together, and Cash had to sort them by size and shape to put them back correctly—such a fun way to build problem-solving and visual discrimination skills. You can find these puzzles on my Amazon

We made a trip to Lakeshore Learning today and, well… spent all our money 😅🛍️ We stocked up on building toys, science and art materials, literacy activities for the letter table, and even placed an order for new furniture! Ready to start setting up our new preschool

My husband deserves so much credit 💛 He’s been working nonstop for five days—clearing out our basement, laying carpet, installing lights, setting up shelving, buying bins, and even moving me out of my classroom—while we plan for whatever’s next. Today we made some big

This is how I get ready for parent-teacher conferences 🗂️✨ From organizing notes to preparing student goals , these tools help everything run smoothly and stay positive. You can find all of the materials I use on my website: https://t.co/Je9z3koYVh#onthisday

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I just want to say thank you 💛 The amount of love, encouragement, and support I’ve received has been overwhelming in the best way. I’ve spent hours reading through your messages and comments—each one has meant so much. I wish I could respond to everyone, but please know how

After 17 years of teaching, I’ve made the incredibly difficult announcement that I’ve had to resign from my position. 💔 Teaching has been my life’s work, and my students have always been at the heart of everything I do. This was not how I ever imagined my career ending. The

When students enter and exit our classroom, we always do a High-Five! 🖐️✨ The entrance high-five is the letter of the week, and the exit high-five connects to one of our current standards. This routine follows the Orton-Gillingham approach—a multisensory way to link movement,

We’re learning about the sense of touch—but this time, we’re using our feet! 👣✨ It’s also a great self-help lesson. Students take off their own shoes and socks, tuck their socks inside, and place their shoes together. Then they walk through bins filled with different

It’s Rainbow Day! 🌈✨ I recorded a cute clip of me and my son in our rainbow outfits… and then apparently only filmed our snack 🤭 Our plan was to string Froot Loops onto pretzels, but the pretzels I bought were way too big—so we improvised! Sometimes that’s just real-life

Here’s how I explicitly teach our letter of the week 🔤✨ First, I introduce the capital and lowercase letters—what they look like, how to write them, and their sound. We go over words and names that begin with that sound, and then move into a hands-on, multi-sensory activity.

Today in preschool was Pizza Day and birthday celebrations all in one! 🍕🎈 Domino’s came to visit and showed us how pizza is made, then each student got to play with their own little piece of dough. Afterward, they brought us fully baked pizzas for snack time—such a fun treat!

In our preschool listening center this week 🎧✨ we’re using the Toniebox to listen to The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I paired it with two books and a plush caterpillar to make it extra engaging. With a splitter, two friends can listen together, and if they want to restart the

Here’s how I explicitly teach our letter of the week 🔤✨ First, I introduce the capital and lowercase letters—what they look like, how to write them, and their sound. We go over words and names that begin with that sound, and then move into a hands-on, multi-sensory activity.

Check out our preschool science center 🔬✨ We’re in our Five Senses theme, and I set it up with hands-on materials for exploring touch, sight, and sound. Students can reach into our “touch and find” sensory bag to feel for matching items, listen and compare with sound jars from