Yearly Archives: 2014

I was making holiday goodies with my own kiddos when I discovered that this snack is great for the kiddos to make!  I had seen similar postings on Pinterest for these type of treats, but none of them from an educational standpoint of course!  Here’s what we made:   I call them pretzel kisses becauseContinue reading “Fun Fine Motor Snack!”

Run, run as fast as you can!  You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man! I’ll run and I’ll run, with a leap and a twirl.  You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Girl!   We had some gingerbread fun in our class last week.  Here’s what we did:   Here’s the bulletin board displayContinue reading “Gingerbread Fun!”

I’ve got a pretty cute (if I must say so myself!!!) snowman craft to show you today.  We made these adorable snowmen names with each child’s name.  They came out super cute!   To make them, I cut out white circles (about 3 inches in diameter, but you could use whatever size you want).  IContinue reading “Snowmen”

We focused on nutrition this week for letter Gg, with a G is for Groceries theme.  Take a peek at our week: Our crafts didn’t go with our theme, but they don’t always go together each week because I like to change it up.  So…here’s our adorable crafts this week!  G is for Giraffe andContinue reading “G is for Groceries”

Fire Safety is so important for the kiddos to learn about.  It was also so much fun to learn.  It’s been one of their favorite themes so far!  Here’s a look at our letter F and Fire Safety activities that we did in our class. This is our lowercase f craft.  f is for flamingo. Continue reading “F is for Fire Safety”

I’m behind on posts…SORRY!!  I have letters e, f and g to post for you!!  Looks like I’ll be busy the next few days!  Here are some of the activities we did for the letter Ee.  I hope you can find them useful in your classroom or homeschool!  There are links in the post forContinue reading “Letter of the Week – E”

This was another fun week in paradise!  Seriously…I LOVE MY JOB!  Getting to plan all of these fun and exciting activities really makes me happy!  We learned all about the letter D this week.  We also learned about pets as an extension of “d is for dog”.  The best part was of course our PawsContinue reading “Letter of the Week – D”

Well, it’s official!  I’ve been “The Teaching Zoo” for 1 year!  I’d like to have a celebration for all of you to show how much I appreciate your continued support!  There will be fun stuff on each of my sites.  I will be having giveaways, freebies, sales and new products…with giveaways of those too!  PleaseContinue reading “1 Year Anniversary of Becoming The Teaching Zoo CELEBRATION!!”

I’m a little late…but a few weeks ago, my school had Open House at for Pre-K, Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd Grade.  I just want to share some pictures and FREEBIES of what I did in my classroom.  Click the images of the water bottles and the bookmarks to get the freebies! Enjoy! When the parents cameContinue reading “Open House”

I am constantly providing new ways for my students to practice writing their letters in our writing center.  Here are a few of the ideas that I have done so far this year. I use these ABC Trace & Write cards with a dry erase marker.  My kiddos love this because they get to useContinue reading “Writing Centers for Kindergarten and Pre-K”