Featured Freebie Fridays - July 14th, 2017

Happy Friday! I hope that everyone is enjoying their summer! Some of you go back in just a week or two. Time sure is flying by!

This week's featured freebie is a new one. Write The Room Fruits Beginning Sounds is a fun literacy center that gets your students up and moving. When I taught  Kindergarten, Write The Room was my students favorite center. There are eight pictures of fruit that you can hang up anywhere in the room and children search for the fruit and write the beginning sound or the whole word (your choice) on the recording sheet. Please show your kindness by leaving positive feedback and check out the 83 FREEBIES in my store! Be sure to follow me so you don't miss out on anything else great in my store.

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Favorite Halloween Songs

Halloween will be here soon.  I know many of you have fall themed parties, have storybook parades, and learn about pumpkins, bats, spiders, etc.  You also have to keep the academics moving along.  Children often though need a brain break of some sort.  My favorite kind of brain break in the classroom has always been music.  Check out these great songs from The Learning Station.

Frame from Ashley Hughes, Clip Art from Whimsy Teaching Resources

"Monster Shuffle" is perfect to get your students wiggles out!


"Five Little Pumpkins" is a short animated song that the little ones will be sure to love!


"Stirring Our Brew" is a song that will stir your students imagination. I could see this song leading to a writing assignment where children write about what they would put in their brew.

Other favorites include:
10 Little Monsters a fun counting song to 10 and back to 1.
Pumpkins, Witches, and Ghosts, which is another fun counting song to 10.
Scary Song that has fun young children friendly graphics.  It's a fun song perfect for a party or to play on repeat as children come to your house trick or treating!

Which Halloween song is your favorite?

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