Make It With Moore

This is one of those things I wish I had at the beginning of the year and then…didn’t. It’s so hard trying to set your room up for the new year and anticipate every problem you might have and everything you might need. Some stuff we just have to wing it. Well, you won’t need to wing it with this kit, because I cram packed it full of This/Then cards and charts, just ready to be printed. And if…

I am so happy with how this turned out. The colors are so calming, and it’s designed to be printed on regular printer paper so you don’t have to worry about printing it somewhere besides your classroom (or the office!). All you need to do is laminate and go! This kit is everything you need to whip up a Pinterest-worthy classroom in no time at all. If you use it, be sure to show pictures! Toss…

I used this one a lot for circle time. It gave the kids something to focus on while they each found a spot to sit, and if I sung it slow and then started to speed up, they knew they had to hurry because I was about to start! Circle Time Song Canva Template Circle Time SongDownload

In my classroom, I had…probably too many binders. What can I say? I love office supplies. But, one thing I always kept no matter how many times I moved things around, brought home, threw away, or put in storage, was my master list of songs and rhymes (and games, but that’ll be a project for future me for right now). It held every song or ditty or rhyme I had in my repertoire. Transition songs,…

I always wanted those classrooms with pretty walls and decor, but when you’re working with a shoestring budget, you gotta make your own. Here are some of my favorite teaching quotes with lovely backgrounds to decorate your classroom.

Anything to get those little hands moving was good in my book. This got the majority of my kids to follow along, and when it was over, their hands were (hopefully) in their laps. Or at the very least, most of them weren’t poking at their neighbor lol. Hands Up High Rhyme Canva Template Hands Up High RhymeDownload

This was one of those things I was told to put in my classroom, but wasn’t given a budget for it. Me and my co-teacher whipped up something and hand colored it in (we had no color printer 😭). Afterwards, I made this when I had some real time and it’s SO much better than our half scribbled papers. 😀 Good Choices Poor Choices Flashcards for Centers – Behavior Teaching Aid

I needed something calming in my classroom. There was enough chaos going around! So this was one of the design options I made to see which I liked better. I won’t spill on which I picked yet, but I think they’re all lovely! Classroom Essentials – Calm Colors Alphabet and Numbers 1-30 in Print and Cursive – Wood Background

I used this during circle time and in the hallways when the kids got rowdy. Anything with clapping was interesting to them. Criss Cross Applesauce Rhyme Canva Template Criss Cross Applesauce RhymeDownload

At the beginning of the school year, I got my giant box of curriculum. Everything got sorted and then I realized that something was missing… My ENTIRE art book order was gone. Twenty-five kids art books. POOF. Gone in the wind. We got it sorted out, but for the first few weeks I was completely winging everything because our curriculum wanted me to use our books. “Use the About Me worksheet and…

I had several good morning songs in my back pocket, but this one got used the most. Mostly because my other songs included each of the children’s names individually, and I usually saved those for circle time. This one did just fine on its own! My kids LOVED any “Happy and You Know It ” type song, because they loved to clap. They recognized the tune, so even if I sung a different song to the same…

I had SUCH a hard time finding a good class jobs template when I first started teaching. All the ones I found had jobs I didn’t want or need, and what I DID need wasn’t fitting the “vibe” of my classroom. I needed something to be cute and functional, since I was going to be staring at it all year long. Enter, this. Fully editable, blank spots so you can add your own jobs, 3 jobs per piece of…

I could talk to my class until I was blue in the face, reminding them, “Inside voices!” all day long, and they didn’t care a toss. When I started to sing, however, it was like magic. I don’t know what it is about singing, but it grabbed their attention in a way talking never could. If my class got too noisy or excited and know we could be heard clear down the hallway, I’d sing this, and they’d…