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Pumpkin play meets strategy fun! 🎃✨ Today’s math warm-up: Slide-a-Shape! Place 12 pattern blocks — 6 of each shape — on a 4x4 grid, leaving some spaces. Students take turns sliding one shape at a time (up, down, left, or right &m
Spring is here, and we have so many beautiful things growing around us! 🌸 Early spring always reminds me that just like nature, you can grow too — sometimes, you just need to pause, listen, and soak up the beautiful signs all around you. 🌼
Happy final weekend of the silly September drawing challenge. 🎨✨ It’s been such a joy — full of creativity, laughter, and just the right amount of chaos. 🐙🐑🐬 The last few days bring some fun prompts: squid, sheep, dolphins, and more
Happy Friday, friends! 🌟 I hope you know how much you’re appreciated — by your students, your school community, and honestly, by me too. 💛 You deserve to head into this weekend with a full heart and maybe a cozy cup of something war
Math made FUN! Roll one die to pick how many shapes to use and the other to see how many times to repeat your design. Today I rolled a 3 and a 5 — 3 shapes, repeated 5 times for a growing pattern! 🌱 Watch as your designs grow and talk abou
✨ New Bonus Alert! ✨ Friends with the Cute Classroom Clipart Set 4 — surprise! 🎁 I’ve added a special bonus just for you: the Animal Book Little Reader! 🐾📖 Perfect for your little learners who love stories about animals. Kids often s
✨ Day 21: Seahorse ✨ This little seahorse is rocking some stripes and spots, with colors inspired by a mallard I spotted on a peaceful walk — shaking its feathers against the aquamarine ocean 🌊💚. It was such a lovely reminder that inspirati

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