The Virtual Classroom has become the Pinterest classroom of 2020. 😉 We've all seen the outstanding classrooms that teachers are creating, and if you are anything like me, it makes you want to run away crying.  I honestly admit I am not tech savvy at all, so creating a Bitmoji Classroom really ... Read More

Centers look very different this year.  Our students cannot "share" supplies or materials. DON'T WORRY!  We have a variety of No Prep Literacy Center Ideas for primary students in our center bundles.  Easily print and pass out these centers for individual student use.  👍🏻 They have been broken ... Read More

Whether you are teaching virtually or in person, a lot of our student work is being done on white boards. And replacing the erasers can get expensive!  Here are some inexpensive alternatives to white board erasers you can use. ~ Felt Squares ~ Purchase some felt pieces and cut them up into four ... Read More

Do you have a morning meeting every day?  How do you structure your meeting?  What do you discuss? Daily morning meetings are a great way to "check in" with your students.  They help to start the day off "on the right foot".  Morning meetings can happen in a variety of ways... some talk about the ... Read More

Distance learning comes with lots of questions and unknowns.  We have real teachers from the Fearless First Grade group that have some distance learning tips and tricks for you.  They've been working out the kinks of distance learning for the last few weeks and want to share some "expert" ... Read More

Agh!!! The playgrounds are not available at school and I have to come up with Recess Ideas for Social Distancing on top of my curriculum. Do not stress yourself out, as we at Team Education to the Core have been doing some searching for you. We have put together items for a Social Distancing ... Read More

Data is a part of teaching, but sometimes our kindergarteners are given assessments that are not good measures of their skills.  We have created a Kindergarten Data Tracking Book that actually assesses  the skills we teach. In this data book, there are assessments that track letter, number, and ... Read More

"My kids learning at home on computers for a semester?  How am I going to make distance learning successful for them?"  These were the thoughts racing through my mind four weeks ago when I found out that distance learning was going to be a reality in our home until at least January. I immediately ... Read More

As a kindergarten and past preschool teacher, writing students' names is one of the first things we work on when school starts. I'd spend countless hours printing out names for students to trace, writing on sentence strips for students to cut apart and put back together, and bubble write letters on ... Read More

❤️ Team Education to the Core wants to help in any way that we can, so we have put together FREE Distance Learning Grab and Go Packets for your students to work on while they have to remain at home. ❤️ It is the phrase that we all dread... "Your class has to go on quarantine for the next 10 ... Read More

Who wants to bring back centers for students? 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏻‍♂️ I know that I sure do! Our small group centers are going to have to take on a whole new look.  Our students aren't going to be able to "share" materials right now, or rotate through hands-on centers practicing math and literacy skills.  But ... Read More