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Kansas, United States
About the store
I create resources that make teaching SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE by focusing on how young students actually learn! I’m a busy mom, and I’m in the classroom everyday, JUST LIKE YOU. I know how frustrating it can be to have to find or write all of your lessons yourself OR have to follow a big box curriculum that just doesn’t make sense to your students. The lessons I design are EASY TO USE and ENGAGING to young learners.
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Preview of Graphing & Word Problems First Grade Math Lessons, Guided Math & Worksheets

Graphing & Word Problems First Grade Math Lessons, Guided Math & Worksheets

First grade math should be FUN! These hands-on first grade math lessons are ready to go- freeing you up from having to plan every step out yourself while assuring your students will still become strong mathematicians and master data, graphing and simple word problem strategies. Win-win! ❤️Kids love the characters and familiar scenarios, and teachers love how all the work is done for them. Just play each lesson as a slideshow and encourage student participation as you click through the animations
Preview of 5 Minute Calendar NO PREP Morning Work & Weather Workbook {Common Core Aligned}

5 Minute Calendar NO PREP Morning Work & Weather Workbook {Common Core Aligned}

This is a NO PREP binder with a full year of calendar and spiraling math morning work activities. The best thing about the program is that the daily activities only take 5 minutes!!! Some days are training pages for learning new skills, and other pages have 3 days of activities of spiraling math concepts on each page (a total of 193+ days of student work). Also includes my Weather Workbook file with dates inserted for the 2025-2026 school year. Just come back next summer and re-download to ge
Preview of Graphs, Data & Early Division: 2nd Grade Math Lessons, Guided Math, Worksheets

Graphs, Data & Early Division: 2nd Grade Math Lessons, Guided Math, Worksheets

2nd grade math should be engaging and FUN! These hands-on second grade math lessons are ready to go- freeing you up from having to plan every step out yourself while assuring your students will still become strong mathematicians and master graphs/data as well as get a solid introduction to the concept of division. Win-win! ❤️Kids love the characters and familiar scenarios, and teachers love how all the work is done for them. Just play each lesson as a slideshow and encourage student participatio
Preview of Graphing: Kindergarten Math Lessons, Guided Math, Worksheets & Math Talks

Graphing: Kindergarten Math Lessons, Guided Math, Worksheets & Math Talks

Kindergarten math lessons should be FUN! These hands-on math lessons about graphs are ready to go- freeing you up from having to plan every step out yourself while assuring your students will still become strong mathematicians and master all those kindergarten math standards. Win-win! ❤️Kids love the characters and familiar scenarios, and teachers love how all the work is done for them. Just play each lesson as a slideshow and encourage student participation as you click through the animations!
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About the store

Experience

I create resources that make teaching SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE by focusing on how young students actually learn! I’m a busy mom, and I’m in the classroom everyday, JUST LIKE YOU. I know how frustrating it can be to have to find or write all of your lessons yourself OR have to follow a big box curriculum that just doesn’t make sense to your students. The lessons I design are EASY TO USE and ENGAGING to young learners.

Teaching style

I firmly believe in a natural progression from hands-on to the abstract for my young learners. My years of experience have taught me the value in taking things step-by-step; that the structured progression from modeling to guided practice to independent practice is vitally important and can't be circumvented. It is my hope that my materials reflect my beliefs about the stages of learning for young children and that they will be helpful for other teachers to implement and enhance their instruction.

Awards & shining teacher moments

Excellence in Education nominee Red Apple Award 2015

My own education history

Bachelor's in Elementary and Early Childhood Education from the University of Texas at Austin Master's in Curriculum and Instruction with Reading Specialization from Tarleton State University

Additional biographical information

My husband and I have 5 children and 4 golden retrievers. Life at our house is always an adventure, but we are blessed beyond measure!