Stained Glass Cross Lenten Craft for Kindergarten
This simple stained glass cross window decoration is my favorite Lenten craft for kids to create in the classroom. By now, my students are stained glass experts (they require very few instructions from me) and these beautiful crosses look stunning when they hang in my classroom windows. I’m thrilled to share a tutorial for this simple craft with you today.
Free Editable Classroom Print for Catholic Schools Week
Catholic Schools Week is upon us (Lutheran Schools Week is here as well) and I am SO excited to share a freebie with you today that fans of my classroom have been begging for – an adorable, personalized prayer to print, frame and place in your classroom prayer space. I originally
FREE Interactive Sight Word Reader for Holy Week
As we near the final days of Lent and the most solemn days of Holy Week, I have a very special Interactive Sight Word Reader to share with you as a freebie. My newest reader, “Jesus had a Holy Week” provides an overview of the important events and days of
Lenten Interactive Sight Word Reader FREEBIE
I have a wonderful freebie to share with you today… an Interactive Sight Word Reader about the season of Lent. Like all Interactive Sight Word Readers, this six-page book is an emergent reader with simple repetitive text. Each sentence in this book is missing the word “of” as it explains
Christian “I Can Read” Books Giveaway from Mardel
As a Catholic educator, I am always on the lookout for ways to integrate religion into other content areas of my classroom, especially into my literacy instruction. One of the biggest obstacles is finding quality children’s books that are easy enough for my kindergarten students to read. That’s why I
A Christ-Filled Classroom Holiday Season
I love celebrating the Christmas season in my kindergarten classroom. Yes, the kids are wound up and excited, but it is such a joyful time of year. We talk about Santa, elves, and most importantly – Jesus. As a Catholic educator, Advent is one of my favorite seasons in the
A Visit from St. Nicholas
Hello friends! Tomorrow is St. Nicholas Day and I had such a treat tonight. St. Nicholas visited my church. No, not Santa. St. Nicholas. Complete with a staff and mitre. He has visited my parish a few times in the past and tonight was the first time I attended. What
FREE Religious Calendar Cards
My Through the Year Holiday Cards have been SUCH a hit since I added them to my store last week, I decided to make a set of religious holiday cards as a FREEBIE for all of my friends in Catholic, Lutheran, and Christian schools. I am so pleased to share
Discover God’s Creation for Earth Day {Freebie}
I have decided to go beyond Earth Day and celebrate Earth WEEK in my classroom. This Friday, our school will wrap up our weeklong celebration with a special prayer service to thank the Lord for His beautiful creation. I was inspired to write “God Gave Us the Earth” (a FREE Interactive