What's up for Spring Games?

I am so ready for Spring!  Here in New Hampshire, the temperature seems to have trouble getting past the 40s, and there are still patches of snow everywhere, including my garden!

But Spring is in my heart, as well as my classroom.  

Games make up a big part of my centers, and I have several spring activities in my classroom!

Come on over to Elementary Matters to see some of my Spring Activities!

Got Baseball?

I am a *huge* baseball fan, so to celebrate the start of the season,

I added some baseball buddies to my collection of sports buddies!

{available on TpT and TN}

Stop by my blog or stores {TpT and TN} to find out more and get your copy!!

Spring Egg Hunt {Freebie}

Stop by my blog to grab a FREE copy of my Spring egg hunt, hippity hoppin' hunt {printable clues}!

You'll get six clues,

start and finish cards, and a bag topper for a fun prize!

I'll see you soon!! :)

How Will You Celebrate Earth Day?

Why not celebrate our Earth {and learn about keeping it clean!} with some fun craftivities?

heart the earth {craftivities} has three craft projects: Heart the Earth, I Love Earth, and Mosaic Earth.  There are seven writing prompts in all {you can mix and match them for each craft}, plus a word search, and a create a word!

If you're interested, you can find this new set on TpT for $2.50!

Spring Means Science, Social Studies, and a Freebie!

Spring is almost official!  I always take the opportunity to turn it into a Science lesson as well as a Social Studies lesson.  And, of course, a chance to have fun and practice our skills.  Come on over to Elementary Matters and share some Spring ideas!
Sally

Spring Freebies & Craftivities!

Pick up a few bags of yummy Bunny Mallows, and download your *free* copy of this four page sorting & graphing activity from my TpT store:

Need more ideas for spring?  Check out waddle we do if it rains? {craftivities & printables}:

and bunny hop {a craftivity}:

Cherry Blossom Cross Curricular Unit

Are you aware this year is the centennial celebration of the Cherry Blossom Trees given to the United States by Japan as a sign of friendship?  In honor of this remarkable event, Corkey DeSimone wrote a fabulous book called Cherry Blossom Friends.

Here is my unit...

This marvelous 68 page cross-curricular unit aligns with Corkey DeSimone's Cherry Blossom Friends and perfect for spring. This book is written to captivate primary and intermediate readers. Primary students can learn about the animals that thrive in the Cherry Blossom trees through riddles, rhyming, and repetition. I incorporated the riddle in my unit by teaching Haiku poetry which is a short form of Japanese poems with 17 syllables. Intermediate students can learn about the great gift of the Cherry Blossom Trees from Japan as a sign of friendship and the journey to get 3800 trees to Washington DC in 1912. As well, students will learn about the National Mall and all the exquisite memorials featured along the Tidal Basin. What a wonderful way to incorporate discussion for President's Day! Also included in my unit is a 'Monument'al tour guide to assist in these discussions. This year marks the centennial celebration of the Cherry Blossom Trees. I included a book talking about the life cycle of the cherry tree with vocabulary to align. There are so many more wonderful components to my Cross Curricular unit. 


I've featured a fabulous unit and post about this upcoming event on my blog.  Link here to read all about it!