Morgan's Blog

LUCKILY Saint Patrick's Day was on a Friday because this teacher could not have handled another holiday falling in the middle of the week lol. The kids were pumped because on the calendar I put a little icon for the holidays and they were counting down. We called it everything from 'the leprechaun day' to 'the clover day'. I am not huge on Saint Patrick's Day. I'm not Irish at all and I just never really was fascinated it by it, even as a kid. However, when you teach kindergarten babes you have to be into every holiday. So we had a somewhat normal Friday, but added in rainbows in a cup and we made pancakes. The rainbows in a cup were so simple. I saw the idea on Tik Tok, but they had used green jello. Which I did look into, but I couldn't find it at target and I didn't feel like making any so something in my mind said vanilla pudding and food coloring. Walmart sells the pudding cups in packs of 6 which was nicer than doing the packs of 4 with how man

Hi! Happy December. :) I wanted to share some of the activities I have done with my kids during December.  Click here to follow me on Instagram for more ideas! We have done some of these readers from my December easy reader packet. They have been perfect for our online learning small groups. I haven't been able to do the running record since we have been online, but normally I do it on Fridays as a reading grade.  Click here for the easy readers. We have been still doing our morning work. I have them do it as an independent activity in breakout rooms while I work with a writing small group.  Click here for the morning work. I LOVE this activity. We do it every year and I just saw that she made it digital too which is perfect.  Click here for the wreath craftivity.  Also  click here to follow on Instagram. We are doing Gingerbread day Monday. I always dress up as the gingerbread girl and we make the houses. We are still doing it this year online. I always let them make these houses

So like I said in my last post, I am not the biggest fan of Saint Patrick's day, but I am here to share lots of ideas (as I low key would love to be a home schooling mom one day). I made these a few years ago with my first grade teacher friend, Alex. We definitely didn't think it through and started way too late to prep enough ROY G BIV pancakes for two classes. LOL We ended up just letting the kids pick three and poured lucky charms all over. However, if you are at home this is a perfect activity to do tomorrow. Your child can help you use food coloring in the pancake mix. If you have older children that are able to use the stove then this could be an activity for everyone. Here are some more fun ideas I saw online: Saint Patrick's Day Popcorn Absolutely love these Rainbow Waffles! Little Donut Rainbow Clouds