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Building Back to School: A Classroom Tools Week 2

I'm back with Week 2 of #TeacherMom's Building Back to School Blog Hop. This week is going to be even better than last week. There will be a giveaway on every blog so be sure to hop along with us for a chance to win one of them. Enter the giveaway below for a chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate from my store. Good luck!

Today I will feature two products from my Back to School Poster Bundle which you can use as Classroom Tools to support literacy in the Primary Classroom.

Classroom Tool # 1 An Engaging Alphabet

You will notice that vowels are bordered in red & consonants in blue this was done to help students visually distinguish them.

An alphabet is a must for any elementary classroom. It helps younger students learn letter names and sounds. Older students might use it as a reference when putting words in alphabetical order. All students use it as a model for correct letter formation. However in order for it to be a tool you must refer to it often when teaching a lesson. In my kindergarten classroom we sing songs as a child points to each letter. I use both recorded songs and songs I've made up. Students love them both. One of the songs I made up is /a/ apple, /b/ Ball, /c/ cat... Basically we just sing the letter sound and name the picture. Its so easy the kids can do it by themselves once we have practiced a few times. I can't carry a tune but have found that children love singing songs & luckily in kindergarten they think their teacher is awesome no matter what she sounds like.

You can get the Vowel Posters Freebie here.

Classroom Tool #2: Color Posters

For years I have been using the same old color posters. This summer I decided to make my own. What a better way to engage students than real photos. These vivid pictures are sure to spark a conversation. You can use them to sing a color. Don't know one make it up. You can also use them to play an eye spy game: i.e. I spy something green. In the writing center you can place color flashcards to help students with their writing. The vivid pictures can serve as writing starters. Students can write a sentence or a story about the picture. You can get my Freebie Color Flashcards here.

These posters are also available with white backgrounds

and in a Bilingual Version.

You can see my Back to School Posters Bundle here.

Enter below for a chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate to my store. Don't forget to hop along for more awesome giveaways.

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An InLinkz Link-up

Monday Made It!

So excited to join 4th Grade Frolics in Monday Made It for the first time.

Introducing the Alpha Pals!!

Last week I wrote a guest blog about Creating a Print Rich environment and posted a picture of a Die Cut alphabet I saw while touring my daughter's new school. You can read more about it here. Someone asked me if I sold it in my store & inspired the birth of my Alpha Pals. Its my first attempt at clip art & I'm having so much fun with them. I'd love some feedback. Hopefully I'll have the 2nd half of the alphabet next Monday.

Fun! Fun! Fun! Summertime Blog Hop

I'm so excited to be part of my first blog hop! Thank you Cheryl from Mrs. Wyatt's Wise Owl Teacher Creations for hosting it.

Summer is a time to reinforce academic skills as well as life skills.

Every summer I enroll my kids in swimming lessons in my local YMCA. This summer my 4 year old is finally gaining confidence in the water & my 7 year old is having a blast at 1/2 Day Aquatics Camp. Living in Florida, I believe swimming is an essential life skill all kids need.

I created a Freebie to help parents and teachers engage children in a discussion about water safety. You can create a scrapbook with your kids demonstrating the skills or have them draw pictures.

Click here to get your FREEBIE

I am very proud of my little girl, just a week ago she did not have the confidence to swim on her own.

Other than swimming, I have spent the summer practicing Spanish with my kids. Although I am fluent in Spanish, my kids are not. When my daughter came home from school singing the Spanish alphabet, I knew I had to teach her more. She was the inspiration for all the bilingual sets in my store.

Here she is singing the Alphabet Song.

Here is a preview of my Bilingual Alphabet.

See it in my store.

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Next stop Discovering Hidden Potential

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Come Sing The ABC's with Me: Thursday's Giveaway

Congratulations to Teresa & Melanie who won yesterday's giveaways. Today we are raffling off a $10 Starbuck's Gift Card. Scroll down to enter today's giveaways.

Thank you for joining my Blog Party it has been a blast! I am still learning the ABC's of Blogging. Thank you for visiting my blog. I have 2 Freebies today to celebrate 100 likes on my Facebook page!

BOGO: All week long. Buy 1 item from my store get another item of equal or lesser value free. Simply send me an email telling me which item you would like free.
If you made a purchase this week please contact me so I can send your free item.

Today I am giving away my Red & Blue ABC Posters & Exotic Animal Posters to two very lucky winners along with other great prizes.