Hi, I'm Lindsay, the creator behind The Lifetime Learner! I create math and reading resources for K-5 students that are fun, engaging, and rigorous. My goal is to help you spark a love of learning in your students while making teaching more enjoyable and stress-free!
These 1st math classroom transformations are perfect for any first grade classroom on a theme day! You can use them whole group, small group, in center stations, and more. With the academic activities AND printable decor included, you can simply print and go!
Transform your classroom into a spooky Haunted House with this 1st grade Halloween room transformation! Engage your students with 10 Halloween math activities and a fun twist using trick-or-treat cards. Filled with first grade Halloween math, this themed learning day includes Halloween door decor, name tags, and posters. It's also perfect as a Halloween math escape room alternative! Print and digital versions are included.Click here to save 30% when you buy the bundle of 10 1st Grade Classroom
The floor is lava classroom transformation is here! Your students will love this engaging 1st grade math escape room where they cannot touch the floor! Students enjoy a lava-filled 1st grade math review in this EDITABLE end of year room transformation! Included are lots of end of year math activities and worksheets that are perfect as a first grade math review for addition and subtraction, halves and fourths, place value, geometry, measurement, and more! Print and digital versions are provided
It's doctor day in this engaging 1st grade room transformation or math escape room! First grade surgeons practice place value in a FUN way with tons of surgery activities in this theme day! This EDITABLE doctor classroom transformation focuses on place value to 100. It's the perfect math surgery activity to use on any surgery day and comes with doctor write the room activities, doctor classroom decor, doctor name tags, surgery theme posters, and more. Print and digital versions are included.Cl
It's beach day in this engaging Hawaii room transformation or math escape room! Students complete an end of year 1st grade math review in a FUN way with tons of beach themed activities! This EDITABLE beach theme classroom transformation has lots of first grade beach day activities involving beach math! With so many Hawaiian activities included, it could also make a great beach dramatic play center. Print and digital versions are included.Click here to save 30% when you buy the bundle of all 10
It's camping day in this engaging 1st grade camping room transformation! First graders practice with related facts addition and subtraction in a FUN way with tons of camping activities! This EDITABLE camping theme classroom transformation has lots of addition and subtraction activities for 1st grade. It's the perfect math resource to use on any Camp Read A Lot Day. Print and digital versions are included.Click here to save 30% when you buy the bundle of all 10 Classroom Transformations!Click
It's talk like a pirate day in this engaging 1st grade room transformation or pirate math escape room! First grade students review a variety of addition and subtraction concepts in a FUN way with tons of pirate activities! This EDITABLE pirate classroom transformation has lots of addition and subtraction activities including addition and subtraction word problems, adding 3 numbers, properties, unknown addend problems, relating counting to addition and subtraction, math facts fluency, add and su
Get ready for the Thanksgiving Parade! This 1st Grade Thanksgiving math activity is a fun and EASY Thanksgiving classroom transformation! Use this first grade Thanksgiving escape room after reading the book Balloons Over Broadway anytime in November! This Thanksgiving room transformation is a themed learning day with Thanksgiving door decor, balloon posters, name tags, and Thanksgiving treat ideas as well as EDITABLE Thanksgiving math worksheets. Print and digital versions (Thanksgiving goog
"Donut stress the test!" with this engaging 1st grade donut classroom transformation or math escape room! First graders practice reading bar graphs in a FUN way on donut day! Included are lots of first grade graphing activities and worksheets like asking and answering questions about data in bar graphs and creating graphs in this EDITABLE test prep room transformation (1.MD.4). Print and digital versions are included.Click here to save 30% when you buy the bundle of 10 First Grade Classroom Tr
It's dinosaur day in this engaging 1st grade dinosaur room transformation or math escape room! Students complete a 1st grade end of year math review game in a FUN way with tons of dinosaur math activities! This EDITABLE dinosaur theme classroom transformation has lots of first grade math review activities, games, and worksheets. It's the perfect math resource to use and comes with dinosaur write the room. Print and digital versions are included.Click here to save 30% when you buy the bundle of
It's outer space day in this engaging 1st grade outer space room transformation or space escape room! First grade astronauts practice space math using skills like counting on from a given number in a FUN way with tons of outer space theme activities! This EDITABLE space theme classroom transformation has lots of outer space math worksheets and space activities including counting on worksheets with addition and subtraction. It's the perfect math activity (1.OA.5) to use during a space unit and i
A leprechaun family reunion is underway in this engaging first grade classroom transformation! First graders review 1st grade math skills in a FUN way! When they complete all 1st grade St. Patrick's Day math activities, they win! This is similar to a St. Patrick's Day escape room. This EDITABLE Saint Patrick's day room transformation has lots of leprechaun math activities that are perfect as a 1st grade math review for addition and subtraction, halves and fourths, place value, geometry, measur
It's time for math boot camp in this engaging 1st grade boot camp room transformation or math escape room! First grade students review addition and subtraction fact fluency within 10 in a FUN way with tons of number boot camp activities! This EDITABLE boot camp theme classroom transformation has lots of addition fact fluency and subtraction fact fluency activities (2 VERSIONS INCLUDED!). It's the perfect bootcamp math activity to use on any test prep boot camp day to review 1.OA.6. Print and d
Get ready for Santa with this Christmas classroom transformation! This 1st grade Christmas math activity is a fun and EASY Christmas room transformation (similar to a Christmas math escape room). Rigorous Christmas math activities for 1st grade like this are fun and engaging. Students complete Christmas color by number (also known as Christmas coloring pages) in this first grade classroom transformation. It's filled with plenty of EDITABLE Christmas math worksheets for first grade but students
This is the FIRST bundle of first grade Classroom Transformations! These fun challenges help make math memorable and meaningful as students learn to relate math to the real-world! These 10 EDITABLE room transformations are great for first graders. Each challenge reviews an important skill that 1st grade students need to practice throughout the year. A print and digital version are included in every room transformation.By purchasing this complete bundle, you are getting 30% off the price of t
It's construction day in this engaging 1st grade construction room transformation or math escape room! Construction workers practice a first grade measurement review in a FUN way with tons of construction math activities! This EDITABLE construction theme classroom transformation has lots of construction math worksheets (1.MD.1-1.MD.4) including comparing object length, nonstandard measurement, length of objects, telling time to the half hour, using bar graphs, and hands-on measurement practice
This is the MEGA BUNDLE of my first grade Classroom Transformations! These fun challenges help make math memorable and meaningful as students learn to relate math to the real-world! Room transformations are great for first graders. Each challenge reviews an important skill that 1st grade students need to practice throughout the year. A print and digital version are included in every room transformation.By purchasing this complete bundle, you are saving nearly 50% off the price of the indivi
It's veterinarian day in this engaging 1st grade room transformation or math escape room! First grade vets review addition and subtraction word problems to 20 in a FUN way with tons of pet activities in this veterinarian theme day! This EDITABLE vet classroom transformation (pet surgery day) focuses addition and subtraction word problems within 20. It's the perfect math activity to use on any Pet Hospital Day and comes with pet write the room activities, a printable vet hat, pet doctor classroo
It's coffee shop day in this engaging 1st grade room transformation or math escape room! First grade students review addition and subtraction to 20 in a FUN way with tons of coffee themed activities! This EDITABLE classroom transformation has lots of add and subtract activities (1.OA.6) including adding to 20 and subtracting to 20. It's the perfect math activity to use on any cafe theme day. Print and digital versions are included.Click here to save 30% when you buy the bundle of all 10 Class
It's circus day in this engaging 1st grade room transformation or circus math escape room! First graders practice identifying coins and value (U.S. coins) in a FUN way with tons of circus activities! This EDITABLE circus theme classroom transformation has lots of coin and money activities including learning the difference between a quarter, nickel, penny, and dime. It's the perfect math activity to use on any carnival day and comes with circus decor, a circus coloring page, a circus craft (hat)
Grab your passport because it's travel around the world day in this engaging 1st grade room transformation or math escape room! First grade students practice counting to 120 in a FUN way with tons of around the world activities during this travel theme day! This EDITABLE travel classroom transformation focuses on counting activities including going forward and backward while counting to 120 in countries around the world. It's the perfect math activity to use on any Airplane Pilot Day (or as a t
Hi, I'm Lindsay, the creator behind The Lifetime Learner! I create math and reading resources for K-5 students that are fun, engaging, and rigorous. My goal is to help you spark a love of learning in your students while making teaching more enjoyable and stress-free!
Teaching style
My teaching style is all about keeping learning fun, hands-on, and meaningful. I love making games, mysteries, classroom transformations, and more engaging activities to help students stay motivated while mastering important skills.
My own education history
I have a bachelor’s degree in both Elementary Education (K-6) and Special Education (K-12), and I became a National Board Certified Teacher in 2017.
Additional biographical information
I live in North Carolina with my three dachshunds. In my free time, I love reading, learning to cook, and spending time with my loved ones.
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