Looking to bring hands-on science back into your classroom? KiwiCo has you covered with their STEM crates! These crates can be used inside and outside of the classroom for hands-on science and are teacher-verified! KiwiCo sent me a few sample boxes to share (but my review is my opinion). These crates can easily be aligned to standards that you are… Read More
23 Ways to Use Target Dollar Spot Erasers
I’m obsessed with Target Dollar Spot erasers. Aren’t we all? We walk in, get sucked in right away to the Dollar Spot, and what do we see? These sweet little baggies full of cute erasers. Do we know what do to with them? No. Do we care? No. I thought to myself, I probably have AT LEAST 3 baggies per… Read More
Science Read Alouds
Hi there! I’m Jillian from The Starr Spangled Planner! I so happy to be stopping by Jen’s blog today. When she asked me to join her and share about my favorite science read alouds, my mind wandered to a recent letter from a male engineering students to his female peers. His viral post about the challenges that women face in the… Read More
Something Borrowed Series: Sailing into Second: Common Core Homework
Hello sweet friends! I’m Aris Rossi from Sailing into Second and I am BEYOND excited to be guest posting for Jen on her adorable Sparkling in Second blog today! While she’s away on her honeymoon, I’ll be sharing all about our 3rd grade Common Core Homework! This year, the 3rd grade team at my school decided to implement project based homework instead of… Read More