Starfall calendar august 2017 how to#

I do want to point out something.Įvery once in awhile, I’ll have a “free” Fun Friday.

You can find the link to the charging station dock. My Teacher’s Pet plugs them all in because 1) they want to, they think it is THE GREATEST THING EVER and 2) I do not want to, not at all, not in the least, someone do this for me, please. Every morning, I take them out and put them on the back counter. I lock up my iPads and iPods every night before I go home (they have been home with me all summer and come home with me on Christmas break). I’ll ask people in my personal life for them instead. WOOHOO! I was SUPER tempted to buy some Kindle Fires during Prime Day. I have no shame.Īfter all of my hard work of being absolutely shameless, I now have 6 iPods and 6 iPad Minis. One of my teammates sent an email to all of her parents asking for iPods or iPads and GUESS WHAT? One of her families owned their own business and needed a write off, and the next thing she knew, she had 3 BRAND NEW iPad Minis in her hands. I’ve put out pleas on my personal Facebook page, taken hand me downs from family and friends who are upgrading, and also stolen a couple of Steve’s right out from under him. Over the last couple of years, I’ve been collecting iPods and iPad Minis for Centers, and Groups, and Intervention, and whatever else you can think of. And all your principal will notice is that your kids are so adorable because they’re singing an EDUCATIONAL song. They’ll still do all that other stuff, but it will be EDUCATIONAL. And then when your administrator comes in and your kids are transitioning, instead of seeing kids fall out of their chair, or slide into their carpet spot, or crawl like a baby, or hop like a rabbit, or take the longest route possible, they will be SINGING a sight word. I just recently updated/revised/fixed my playlists to align with our new curriculum Benchmark Advance which offers HEIDI SONGS! I am a huge fan of Heidi Songs, already own most of her songs, have attended one of her sessions, and have had the pleasure of meeting THE HEIDI on a several different occasions! 🙂 Heidi Songs are PERFECT for learning sight words, math, grammar skills, etc, but also just for playing during transitions! I almost always play a sight word song during transitions so we’re getting extra practice, but also so that we are singing and NOT TALKING. I don’t even remember, nor want to think about how I used to change CDs in the big ole boom box. My main technology that I use EVERY DAY-ALL DAY is my classroom iPod.

Starfall calendar august 2017 how to#

Towards the end of last year, we got ceiling mounted projectors and speakers in the ceiling, and over the summer, we got a mimeo type of board thing that I just recently saw, and have not a clue how to use. She is my Ladybug and sometimes she can be grouchy. When I first started blogging (6 years ago), I still had an overhead in my room.

I used to joke all the time that the only technology I had in my classroom was the telephone. Today’s Monday Motivation with Teacher by the Beach is all about Technology.