You will love this fun and easy melted snowman craft for kids with (free) printable poem. Use our easy puffy paint recipe made from shaving foam and glue to make a melting snowman. This fun winter craft and literacy project is perfect for toddlers and preschoolers as well as older kids.

Tweet Happy Monday! Today's post isn't getting done until late because I have been enjoying my vacation a little to much! If you are still on vacation, I hope you are enjoying your final days and if you are already back to school, I hope your return went smoothly. I will be finishing up our book study on Children's Mathematics this Sunday and I have some great plans for January including a book study on Number Talks. If you have been following along with our Children's Mathematics book study…

Decorate your classroom with easy stained glass snowflake window decorations! Maria provides instructions how to make them & a free color by number penguin!

free mittens craft

"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I may remember. Involve me and I learn." Benjamin Franklin

Today was my last day before break - phew, what a sense of relief...what a long week. I'm so happy - What - Huh? Wait - I still have FOUR. MORE. DAYS. So all the rest of you can just stop your bragging right now, hear me?!?! Here are a few pictures from today... {I was a picture takin' fool} We had a reading celebration today - celebrating all of our hard work retelling stories. These were their gifts for a job well done {gotta love winning a blog giveaway!}. The kids brought their stuffed…