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Leslie Jones: Hi my name is Leslie Jones. I have been teaching for 21 years in either kindergarten or first grade. I love the younger children and their excitement about learning. I am origianlly for Georgia but have relocated to Delaware to be near my family.

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Step into 2nd Grade with Mrs. Lemons

4 Surprising Perks of Penguin Research for Elementary Students - Over the years I have shared many different ideas and activities for researching topics in the classroom. Especially animal research! It may even seem re...
1 week ago
First Grade Wow

Happy New Year 2025 - Hi All!! I truly can't believe we are scrambling so close to 2025!! Thank you to those who have sent quick messages about my New Year's Unit!! Here ...
2 weeks ago
Mrs. Albanese's Kindergarten Class

Magnetic Board Fun - let's build! - Back to school is just around the corner! If you've been following me here on the blog, or on social media, you know I've been a kindergarten teacher my en...
3 months ago
KindergartenWorks

13 Valentine’s Day Videos for Kindergarten – Read, Move and Learn! - Want to find kindergarten-friendly videos that hit the mark in time for learning about Valentine’s Day? Here is a list of teacher-recommended videos for te...
11 months ago
Traditions, laughter and happily ever after

Back To School crafts, Ideas and Activities - Dare I say it…it’s back to school time! I have some fun, adorable crafts that would be so cute hanging in your classroom or in the hallway. These BTS cra...
1 year ago
Apples and ABC's

Back to School Centers for Kindergarten - Teachers often enjoy summer sitting by the pool or catching up on their reading list. However, they also spend time reflecting on the previous year and p...
2 years ago
the teacher wife

Back to School Bulletin Board Idea - This bulletin board says “We’re the BRIGHTEST CRAYONS in the box!” making it perfect for back to school. If you wanted to make this bulletin board for Teac...
2 years ago
Crazy for First Grade

The Easiest Ornament EVER (with free tags) - With all the things going on this year, I wanted to find a precious, but very simple ornament to make with my students. This ribbon ornament hit the spot...
4 years ago
The Adventures of Miss Elisabeth

Camper of the Week: A Student of the Week Classroom Management System - Hey friends! Happy Saturday! Long time no blog! I will have a new look around the blog soon with a brand new name! I felt it was time for a change for the ...
4 years ago
Primary Graffiti

100th Day of Fun - This Wednesday is our 100th Day of School. I'm thrilled for the kids but sad for myself. I love all the themed activities you can do with the kiddos and ...
4 years ago
Fabulous in First

Holiday Gift Guides - 1. KitchenAide Mixer 2. Echo Show 3. AirPods 4. Leopard Sweater 5. Make-up Travel Kit w/brushes and Beauty Blender 6. Kate Spade ID Clip 7. UGG Slippers 8...
5 years ago
KinderGals

December Pocket Chart Activities - The Pocket Chart...we all have one,right? But do our kids really choose that center? IF they do choose it, do they know what to do? I developed 6 differe...
5 years ago
What the Teacher Wants!

Holidays Around the World Plans 2019 - With 20 countries to to pick from, you'll never get bored! Here are the example plans for 2019. As always, my advice is GET STARTED EARLY! There are a lo...
5 years ago
The School Supply Addict - Home & Blog

8 Tips for Working at Home With Young Children - Being a mom AND running a business is hard. SO hard, y’all. As a mom of two really young children (ages 3 and 2 at the moment), sometimes working from .....
5 years ago
Miss Kindergarten

A Healthy and Happy Classroom {free classroom kits} - Lysol has put together these awesome pamphlets to help your students learn how to be healthy and happy! The best part?! They're absolutely free! This is a ...
6 years ago
First Grader...at Last!

Meet the Teacher Freebies - 12 years later, and I still get butterflies on Meet the Teacher night. I love meeting a new group, but its such a busy night trying to meet all my new ...
6 years ago
Growing Kinders

We Love the 100th Day of School! - Isn’t there just something magical about celebrating the 100th day? The children are so very excited, and it is so fun to reflect on all of the learning t...
6 years ago
A Place Called Kindergarten

GET WILD ABOUT BOOKS - [image: Get Wild About Books! Introduce book genres to your Kindergarten students in a meaningful way. Introducing your students to different genres will ...
7 years ago
Freebielicious

First day of school poem - Hi everyone, It's Mandy from A Special Kind of Class Do you start school on Tuesday like me? Do you need a little something for the first day of school? ...
7 years ago
KinderbyKim's Blogspot!

Working with Kindergartners and Green Screens - I am so excited to share this awesome app from DoInk.com It is so easy to use and I can't wait to have my kindergartners use it for our Weather Units ...
7 years ago
Erica's Ed-Ventures

My Favorite Teaching Uniform...And It's On Sale! - My favorite teaching uniform is on sale! I jokingly call it a uniform because it gets me through the fall, winter, and spring and I have it in multiple ...
7 years ago
Mrs Jump's class

Alphapalooza 2 Phonemic Awareness & Phonics Fun! - “The two best predictors of early reading success are alphabet recognition and phonemic awareness.” -Marilyn Jager Adams We spend a lot of time working ...
7 years ago
The First Grade Parade

Hey Teachers....It's OKAY. - *Yes YOU.* The one whose weary body hits snooze 5 times before hurriedly rushing out the door to get to school on time. I'm talking to you. The perm...
7 years ago
First Grade O.W.L.s

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7 years ago
Kindergarten Faith

Tower Time - Tower Time!! We are learning about more time and less time. The students are building towers based on the number they draw from their bag. Before they can ...
7 years ago
Mrs. Lee's Kindergarten

The NICE & NAUGHTY list!! - You know, every year when December hits, it's like the rules go out the window...sound familiar? So, I came up with this little activity to help my lit...
8 years ago
2nd Grade Shenanigans

Multiplication Strategies for 3rd Grade - Hands down....multiplication is one of the most challenging things to teach in third grade. Amy and I have worked extremely hard to find ways to make mult...
8 years ago
Kindergarten Crayons

Keeping Centers Super Simple - Hi there. I have not blogged in a long time but I am begging for forgiveness. I am trying to wrap my head around a new classroom structure known as stagg...
8 years ago
Made for 1st Grade

Apples, Apples, Apples - It’s hard to believe that we already have 18 days of school under our belt and that September is here. This is always one of our favorite times of year. ...
8 years ago
Teaching, Learning, & Loving

Breakfast & Bible Journaling - I recently started a Miracle Morning Routine. It helps me focus on my goals and gives me some ME time! I think this is important no matter what career you...
8 years ago
Kinder Kraziness

A Day in the Life of Full Day Kindergarten - Part 3 - Photo Credit: www.canstockphotos.com I hope you are enjoying my hour by hour look at a Full Day of Kindergarten. I have talked about Arrival, Morning Wor...
8 years ago
Heather's Heart

Your Class List: Whine and Wine - Do you get a class list before school starts? I don't know about you but I am always anxious to look at my class list to see if I will be getting the annoy...
8 years ago
Fun in First Grade

How Teachers Feel After the First Day of School - Today was my 15th first day of teaching. I think it's a little like childbirth. We have to forget how much work it really is or we may not come back to ...
8 years ago
Fabulously First!

New School, New Grade Level and More! - Hi All! Yep, I am moving from first grade to kindergarten and it was a bit of a surprise for me too. Our small little school that I was in is moving hun...
8 years ago
Mrs. Wills Kindergarten

Ocean Week Lesson Plans - Do you love ocean week as much as me? Here is a little ocean week flashback! This might be my favorite theme to teach all YEAR! I can't get enough! Perh...
8 years ago
The Inspired Apple

Technical Difficulties! - I'm in the process of switching from Wordpress to Blogger and post images are not showing up. I am trying hard to have this fixed ASAP, so please hang tig...
8 years ago
The Polka Dot Patch

Old Valentine Activity - Newly Updated!!! - Hey! I have a lot of people request access to one of my Valentine activities and I'm not sure why Google Drive is not letting people download it, sooooooo...
8 years ago
Kreative in Kinder

Prepping For February! - Y'all! What in the world is going on with January? I feel like it was just 2015 yesterday. Ha! No really, this year just started and it's already flying...
8 years ago
Live, Love, Laugh Everyday in Kindergarten

Print-N-Go Math Staions and FREEBIE - Happy New Year!! These last 2 weeks have gone by so fast, but have been AWESOME! I will be honest, I sort of ready to get back into a routine. Staying up u...
9 years ago
Sharing Kindergarten

Conference Questions Answered - [image: teaching conference questions answered] *You came.* *You listened.* *You asked.* And I promised to do my best to answer every question that I could ...
9 years ago
Tunstall's Teaching Tidbits

Teaching Coins, Data, and Graphing! - When it comes to teaching coins, data, and graphing, I find that student interest is HIGH! Students get excited about touching money, counting money, and ...
9 years ago
Mrs. Freshwater's Class

Apples Galore - One of my favorite back to school units is apples. I normally try to save this for the last week of September to complete a cross-curriculum unit, plus h...
9 years ago
Castles and Crayons

Back to School Kinder Math and GIVEAWAY - Hey, friends! To kick off Kindergarten math, our first unit is Geometry! We spent two weeks learning about 2D shapes, three weeks learning about 3D shapes...
9 years ago
Welcome to Kinderglynn

Mega BTS Giveaway - Freebielicious would like to thank you for joining us for a week of linkies! We had so much fun and appreciate you taking a few moments to pop in and s...
9 years ago
a year of many firsts

10 Steals of Summer! - [image: image] I’m super pumped to be teaming up with some teacher-blogger friends to bring you THE 10 STEALS OF SUMMER! Each day over on my Facebook p...
9 years ago
Teaching in High Heels

Teachers ARE Heroes! - Y'all...I'm SUPER EXCITED! Teachers Pay Teachers is celebrating teachers everywhere! It's a HUGE TPT SALE...and everything in my store is 28% off! Be sure ...
9 years ago
Mrs. Johnson's First Grade

Behavior Plans and Getting to Know Our Students - Hi Friends! I’m here today to post about a personal experience I'm having this year with student behavior. Let’s face it....I think every year I wouldn't ...
10 years ago
F is for First Grade

Math Freebie and Gameplan for the New Year - So I haven't blogged in what seems like eternity (over a year!!). My new (school) year's resolution is to post at least once a month. That sounds doable, r...
10 years ago
Chalk Talk: A Kindergarten Blog

Elephants Aloft and Positional Words - This week we are learning about positional words in science. Today we read the book Elephants Aloft. After reading the book we drew elephants and acted out...
11 years ago
Lesson Plan SOS

Exciting News! - We are excited to share with you our newest adventures! We are both opening up our own individual Teachers Pay Teachers stores, as well as our own indivi...
11 years ago
Froggy Friends Fun

Firefighter Fun! - This week the froggy friends will have fun learning about fire safety while using activities from my FIREFIGHTER FUN Thematic Unit. I'll post pictures later...
11 years ago

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