My best friend is going to be a teacher! That means I got hard to work making her a First Year Teacher Survival Kit! I am so happy and excited for my best friend She got her first teaching job. Believe me when I say she got it in record time too! Why? Because she is awesome. She has been working at Disney World for a while now and even though she loves it, she also loved the thought of teaching. I am not even exaggerating when I say she researched jobs, interviewed, and got the job in a week. Crazy right?! Now, when it comes to teaching, we are almost on completely different ends of the spectrum. I teach Kinder and she teaches 10th grade ... Read More
Fourth of July Sale, Happy Summer!
Hello blog world! I am so unbelievably excited for many reasons: 1. Summer… need I say more? Does anyone besides me get upset when people say we are lucky to have the summer off??? Hello, we EARNED it! Haha 2. I am throwing a sale this week!!! Happy 4th everyone! (More on my new products below) Visit my store here. 3. I have recently put in a new request for a new blog design. I am taking the plunge and buying one from the amazingly talented Tessa from Tales of a Blog Designer (http://talesfromablogdesigner.blogspot.com/). I just hope I am not a pain to her. I didn’t really know what I wanted so I let her know I trust her creativity. I am excited ... Read More
My worst year teaching.
This year blog-wise has been a complete and utter failure. With that comes good reason. This year has been by far one of the most challenging and difficult years that I have ever experienced. I started off planning to blog at least once a week because I went into this year totally prepared thinking that this would be the best year yet. Though I went in with this, reality quickly set in and told me "yeah right, Ashley." This year I have literally been hit, kicked, bitten, anything you can think of. My teaching was constantly interrupted because things were thrown at me. If it wasn't that, then it was a chair being thrown across the room. I got no ... Read More
Kinder Flashcards & my first signs of stress!!!
Happy Monday y’all! I hope everyone had a great weekend – I did! I actually created a set of flashcards that I hope you can utilize. Every year I have had to find flash cards to send home for parents to work on with their children at home. Since I have been trying to make a lot of resources, I decided to make a flash card set of my own. It is comprised of the alphabet (upper and lowercase), high frequency words, numerals, written numbers, and colors. Basically it is a whole year of flashcards all in one spot. You can find this at my TPT store. Now on another note, I am in a bit of a freak-out mode. We just got word that we can’t go in ... Read More
FIRST FREEBIE!
It's here... I finally have a freebie for ya! I spent a long while creating an entire school year's worth of behavior charts and decided I wanted to sell them. I don't know how y'all do your behavior management at school but here is a run down of mine: I had purchased a really cute behavior chart at Really Good Stuff (my FAVORITE site): You can purchase this item here. I love it. The kids love seeing their names up there! When I give warnings and they still don't listen, I make them move their name to the next color. Having them move it really affirms their behavior and makes them rethink what they did. Last year I used a behavior form that I ... Read More
Welcome!!
Hello! I am Ashley and I am pretty excited about this next little venture! I have attempted a blog before over at Ashley's Little Nook and needless to say, it was a failed attempt. It kind of ended up being a mess of home/school/life/venting posts that were more for me than connecting with people. That is not what I wanted. For about a year now, I have really wanted to start a blog JUST focused on teaching. I want to connect with teachers everywhere and make some new friends too! With that said, I am about to start my third year of teaching kindergarten in Texas and I am so excited! Each year gets more exciting simply because I feel more confident ... Read More