The 12 Days of Christmas Freebies!

Happy Holidays everyone! As I get ready to begin my fourth year with Teachers Pay Teachers I am reminded of how blessed these past three years have been for my family. This has been a wonderful journey so far and I have enjoyed every minute of it! With that being said, I want to give some presents to all the teachers out there!

There will be a gift to unwrap for each of ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’ starting on December 1st.  Each gift will be a theme related to a different month of the year.

I can’t wait to read your feedback but please don’t tell what the gift is! Let others unwrap it for themselves.

I Hope you enjoy your presents and I hope you have a wonderful Holiday Season filled with joy and happiness!

The '1st Day of Christmas' present has been released! 

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As each gift is released the links below will become active so you can grab all your presents!

Unwrap your ‘12 Days of Christmas’present  Theme: December

Unwrap your ‘12 Days of Christmas’present  Theme: January

Unwrap your ‘12 Days of Christmas’present  Theme: February

Unwrap your ‘12 Days of Christmas’present  Theme: March

Unwrap your ‘12 Days of Christmas’ present  Theme: April

Unwrap your ‘12 Days of Christmas’ present  Theme: May

Unwrap your ‘12 Days of Christmas’ present  Theme: June

Unwrap your ‘12 Days of Christmas’ present  Theme: July

Unwrap your ‘12 Days of Christmas’ present  Theme: August

Unwrap your ‘12 Days of Christmas’ present  Theme: September

Unwrap your ‘12 Days of Christmas’ present  Theme: October

Unwrap your ‘12 Days of Christmas’ present  Theme: November

And for an added bonus head on over to My Precious Gems! This fabulous teacher is also giving some presents for 'The 12 Days of Christmas'! Enjoy!

Look What We've Been Up To!!!

We have been very busy in Mrs. Aydlett's 2nd grade! It's butterfly season and we have taken it by storm! I look forward to this time of year, not just because the kids get so excited, but because I enjoy it so much also! Even the principal enjoyed it by wishing our butterflies a happy birthday on the announcements when they emerged from their chrysalises! It really is a fun time!

We started out with the arrival of two cups of caterpillars.  They were tiny when they arrived, but then they ate and ate and ATE!!!!  Then they were huge!!!

As you can see, my kids loved to watch them. 

They could stare at them all day (and so could I!)

When they started forming their chrysalises we were in awe!

Each day, we waited...and waited...until finally the 1st one emerged! POP! Out came that butterfly! Talk about excitement! And we kept watching for more!

We could see their wings through the chrysalis and that;s when we knew when it was close for each one. Here is a butterfly that is letting it's wings dry. Beautiful!

While we watched our butterflies, we made a life cycle wheel, kept track in our observation book, and learned many new butterfly facts! 

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Weekend Freebies!

Hello and happy spring! I have been on Spring Break and enjoying every minute if it! I have two new products that will only be available for free to my blog followers for a short time this weekend so scoop them up while  you can! After that they can be purchased in my store. 

All I ask is that you leave a comment at the bottom telling me what you think! 

Enjoy!

Anyone up for a Freebie or Two this Weekend?

Farley Link Up!

It's that time again! Time to link up with Farley! Check it out!

An Easter Freebie!

I adore these little chicks! And don't they look adorable with some cute addition problems? I have one more week until Spring Break so I am planning activities related to spring and Easter.

You can grab this little freebie and use it in your classroom just click on the picture below. It is actually part of a larger jumbo Easter Spring product I offer in my store. I hope you enjoy it and to keep up with all my new products and freebies please follow my blog, instagram, etc... Scroll to the top to find links to instagram, facebook, etc... To follow my blog look to the right for Bloglovin and Google.

Have a wonderful Easter and Spring Break!

Money Easter Egg Fun!

It's one of my favorite times of the year...SPRING! It's time for Easter, flowers, bunnies, and everything  that comes with it! 

Last year, my 2nd graders had a great time practicing their money counting skills with Easter eggs and we will be doing the same activity again this week with this years class. 

If you would like to have your students do this activity just click the picture above, or here, to access this freebie.

Here are the Directions 

Fill 26 plastic eggs with assorted amounts of fake coins.  Label each egg with the letters of the alphabet.  Hide eggs around room.  Have students hunt for eggs.  When they find an egg have them count the coins and record the amount on their sheet.  When complete, have students put coins back in the egg and return to hiding spot before continuing their search. For lower achieving students, I recommend putting the easier amounts of money at the beginning of the alphabet and have them only search up to a certain letter. Your high achievers can search for all the eggs and still be challenged. 

Check out these photos and videos of my students counting their Easter egg money!

I hope you can use this freebie in your classroom! You may find other alternatives than using money in the eggs such as pictures or small toys for beginning sounds.

I'd love to hear from you. Please leave a comment below and tell me what you think and how it went in your room! Happy Spring!