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Time Saving Classroom Resources
This Summer we decided to “pay” our kids with play money for their points. I thought I was going to make a graph or nice poster like Ann did, but it just didn’t happen. Reasons why I like it:1. When do they ever get to handle $20 and $50 bills?2. They swap out money with […]
Kerry and I have been friends since high school, we went to the same college, and now just live a few streets apart! I’m always inspired by the things she does with her children. She is always coming up with new and fun things to do. Two years ago she started a Summer Journal with […]
For the past 3 years we’ve had “Read 1000 pages” on the Summer Points chart. All was great, until this summer. Good books were tossed aside for fast reads, books with many pictures were chosen over chapter books – all in the name of 1000 pages. My two finished all of their reading in a […]
One of our biggest projects each summer is publishing your own book! My book from second grade – nice 1970’s wallpaper! My teacher wrote the words and I drew the pictures. Background: When I was in 2nd grade, my teacher published this book with me. The cover was made with some sweet 1970’s pink and […]
I love Brown Paper Packages and the super chart Kierste created for encouraging piano practice. Reminds me a little of Summer Points – work hard, get rewarded! Maybe you could adapt this for an instrument at your house, chores, or Summer Points. She’s used it for a long time and it works great! Printable Instructions:Go […]
Our boys are neck-in-neck this year in points. We had a relaxing after 4th of July today. Without any prompting from me, they were reading and doing workbook pages! They are encouraging (with a bit of peer pressure) each other. Truth time – in years past, we’ve padded some of our younger son’s points to […]
