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Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ So what’s it like to go from “teacher kid” to teacher?  And then wind up teaching the very same grade as your mother??  And THEN give your super creative mom a run for her money in the artistic zone of classroom setup, classroom management, and more?  Well here is a little peek into my youngest daughter’s TK classroom!  This will be her fourth year teaching, and no surprise- she already seems to be a pro!  As my only ...

Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ Today we are sharing some great ways to utilize the  CVC workbook and flashcards . This idea comes from  Mrs. Parker  and includes a really great way of adding movement into the classroom as well as other ideas about how to turn flashcards into a game. We hope you are enjoying seeing the wonderful submissions to our Idea Contest as much as we are enjoying sharing them! (FYI, I do get commissions for the SitSpot links...

Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ The end of the year is upon us, and most teachers are pulling every trick they have out of their hats to help them maintain class control (and their sanity!) as the school year comes to a close. In honor of this unique time of year, here is a collection of my favorite classroom management games that kids LOVE! Enjoy! "The Don’t Say a WORD Game” (A Game for Transitions) This is a game that I made up one year when I had a particularly ...

Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ In case you have never heard of them, SitSpots are pieces of extremely strong, bright colored velcro cut into lots of fun shapes and forms, designed by a super nice, hard working Kindergarten teacher, just like you and me!  Once you stick them down on the carpet and they "set" for about three days, they are VERY hard to remove.  So they can be used for TONS of different things.  The activities are only limited by your imagina...

Have you heard the news? We've Moved to  HeidiSongs.tv ! Our new website features an online video streaming service, updated blog posts at  Heidisongs.blog , and a wealth of fresh resources designed to make learning even more fun and engaging. You can also continue shopping for our educational products there and at our  Teachers Pay Teachers store ! Head over to  HeidiSongs.tv  now and explore all the exciting new features.  See you there! __________________________________________________________________________ This year, I decided to try out flexible seating in my second grade classroom, and I am super excited!  So in this post, I am going to tell you how I have gotten started with it so far, and give you a free download of the Flexible Seating Rule Chart that I made for myself. To start off with, let me explain that although last year I taught a first/second grade combination class (also known as a split grade class,) this year I am t...