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Grumpy Dumpling

Rated 4.96 out of 5, based on 618 reviews

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Espoo, Southern Finland, Finland

About the store

I’m Ilinca, a mom, kindergarten teacher, class teacher, English teacher, and entrepreneur. I have been working as a kindergarten teacher and primary school teacher in Finland and Romania for over fifteen years. I live in Finland and I’m the mom of the cutest dumpling. Teaching is my passion and I hope to make your teaching experience easy and fun with the resources that I create! I blog about teaching and parenting at: www.grumpydumpling.com. There you'll find lots of freebies and resources. Thank you for stopping by!

Initial Sound Recognition Activities - Puzzles, Tracing, Secret Messages

Tracing Letters - B&W and Color Worksheets {Uppercase Letters}

Phoneme Segmentation Cards {Pack 1}

Numbers 1-10 Tracing and Coloring Pages

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A Helpful Class Management Trick – The Noise Meter

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Grumpy Dumpling

Noise Meter A Helpful Class Management Trick – The Noise Meter There are certain times when kids should use a calm voice, in order to be able to let others concentrate on activities. Sometimes we divide the group into two smaller groups and while half of them are playing freely, the others might have a teacher-led activity. And if you are a kindergarten or primary school teacher, you probably know that telling the kids not to talk too loud every five minutes doesn’t really work. That’s why I h

K - 3rd

For All Subjects

Shape File Folder Game - Shape Recognition and Fine Motor Skills

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Shape File Folder Game - Shape Recognition and Fine Motor SkillsThis is a printable suitable for toddlers, kindergarteners, and primary school kids. It contains lots of pages (25) that can be used as playdough mats, tracing worksheets, or just as a matching game. Included, you have lots of ideas of resources and ideas that go well with the printable. I hope they'll be useful. :) This is an updated version, and I have added some heart pages, because Valentine's Day is just around the corner. ****

PreK - 3rd

Math

Rock Paper Scissors Spring Vocabulary Game for ESL and EFL Learners

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This is a fun vocabulary game for EFL and ESL learners who are reviewing spring vocabulary. Kids can work in pairs and make sentences or name the pictures on the cards. This product can be used for: - Independent work - Homeschool - Skill review - Fast finishers - ESL or EFL This product contains 26 cards with text and 26 cards without text and 6 empty ones (that kids can draw themselves). The vocabulary in this game: snowdrops, hyacinth, narcissus, crocus, freesia, bouquet, duckling, bee,

K - 3rd

English Language Arts

Lunch and Snack Cards for Kids (Montessori inspired, in English and Romanian)

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Breakfast and Snack Cards (Montessori) Before serving breakfast or snack, check which of the ingredients you have in the fridge. Then, choose 2-3 meals that you could make with what you have. Let your child decide which one to make. You can make most of them together with your little one. Tip: Don't introduce all of these cards at the same time. That will be overwhelming for your child, especially if he hasn't cooked or prepped meals with you before. Learn how to make those, one at a time

PreK - 4th

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I prefer the child-centered approach to teaching: children learn better if they actively participate in the learning process, not just by observing what the teacher is doing.

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My own education history

I have been a kindergarten teacher for fifteen years and I have worked as an English and class teacher too. I have a bachelor in English and Finnish Philology, a master in British Cultural Studies, and a bachelor in Preschool and Primary School Pedagogy.

Additional biographical information

From time to time, I will also post resources for toddlers and babies, because I create them for my daughter. If they're a hit, then I will post them here. :)