
Gingerbread Man Activities for First Grade
Craziness that it’s already December! It’s definitely time to take out the Gingerbread Man! These fun gingerbread man activities will help your first graders improve their math and language arts skills. Are you running around your classroom trying to fit in some fun activities before the Winter break? To add

Easy Fall Art for 1st Grade
Novembers get pretty crazy in the classroom – Veteran’s Day, report cards, conferences, and Thanksgiving! However, “Boot Season” does excite me! As the calendar changed, so too does the art in my classroom! Like it? Head over to the Lucky Store to snag this freebie! We also made these

1st Grade Halloween Crafts & Art Ideas
All teachers can agree that Halloween is CRAZY! Rather than fight the sugar highs, I embraced the crazy with my first graders! We channeled all of that excitement into fun Halloween crafts and art projects! While the whole “knock on a stranger’s door and get some candy” is a little strange

Smart Cookies Math App
As you read this next sentence, please imagine I am standing on the rooftop of a building and shouting… IT’S FINALLY HERE! I’ve been teasing you for weeks that the app to complement the Smart Cookie Math program for the classroom would be coming soon. Well, I’m “app”y to announce The Smart

Gotta Go for 6! Addition Math Game
Hello hello! I’m popping in quick today with a first grade math game freebie! I’m always looking for games to reinforce what we’re working on during math time. So, I whipped up Gotta Go for 6! over the weekend. Basically, kids roll dice, add and cover the sum. Same concept we’re

Smart Cookie Math Multiplication
Have your students mastered their addition and subtraction facts using Smart Cookie Math? It’s may be time to move on to Smart Cookie Math for Multiplication! This sequential program takes the students through 30-problem basic math fact tests, one fact family at time. By the end of the program, they will


