This hands-on addition activity is an easy to make and highly engaging way for students to practice addition. It is FREE, hands-on, and easily differentiated. And really FUN!…
Greg Smedley-Warren

Greg Smedley-Warren
Howdy, I am Mr. Greg. I have been teaching for 11 years. I spent a year teaching fifth grade, two years in second grade and am now in my 9th year in Kindergarten. Kindergarten is my passion and my calling but honestly, that wasn’t how it started. Read the whole story >
Teen numbers are hard for kindergartners. Kids need to work with teen numbers using hands-on lessons that allow them to make teen numbers with a variety of tools and strategies.…
Schedulin Sunday: Plants, Vowels And Teen Numbers
This week we’re continuing Vowel Bootcamp, working on teen numbers, learning about past and present, and studying plants! Note: This year, my goal is to show you that you can…
I learned to teach reading using the science of reading so that’s what I’ve always known and used. Of course, we’ve had district mandates that we’ve had to use as…
Raise your hand if you love unicorns! I mean, who doesn’t?! They’re fun and happy and make everything better. I love using unicorns in the classroom because the kids love…
Schedulin Sunday: Teen Numbers, Vowel Bootcamp, And When I Was Young In The Mountains
This week we kick off the final quarter of the school year. What!? Where has the year gone?! It seems like the year has flown by but it’s definitely been…
Place value, teen numbers and ten and some more are all concepts that can be a bit challenging for our students. But when you use giant base ten manipulatives, it…
Spring time means it’s time for learning about plants and living and non-living things. And that means we’re using our Plants Research Project! The ‘staches will be using our Plants research…
Spring is in the air! And that means it’s time for eggs, bunnies, and Easter! This blog post highlights some fun, engaging, and hands-on Easter ideas for the classroom. And…
Ya’ll. It’s so important for our kids to know the different combinations to make 10. Why? Because this helps build that fluency with addition to 10, to 20, and even…