Mini-Reader Freebie from Teach 123

I found another great freebie from a friend of mine at Teach 123. It's a really cute activity that my daughter loved doing! It's a cute little booklet that you can download by going to Teach123. My daughter got to practice some English grammar (which I'm always interested in doing with her since she doesn't learn it in school here France). And the best part for my daughter was the fact that she got to make her own illustrations for her book. Another idea you can do with this booklet is to have your children read the booklet outloud to you while you videotape them. My daughter really loves it if I videotape her. She wants to watch herself over and over again. And since we're in France, I plan on videotaping her and putting it on YouTube so we can stay better connected with our relatives in the United States. She likes being on YouTube! And if you are worried about YouTube, there are settings where you can set it to private. I hope you enjoy the freebie! Also check out Teach123's website for more freebies and great teaching posts!

P.S. I would've shown you pictures of my daughter doing the activity, but she wasn't ready for her work to be captured on film today. She wanted her drawings to be just right! The joy of a 6 year old, sometimes she wants her picture taken and other times she refuses! Now I'm off to find more great freebies!!!

Free Graphic Organizer Packet - Focus on Writing

As many of you know, I used to homeschool my children until we moved to France. However, since the French school system has soooooo many days off and I don't want my children to lose their English skills, I still homeschool them on Wednesdays of every week when we don't have school and during their many 2 week holidays throughout the school year. I'm constantly trying to find great freebies that I can use with them to help them learn skills that they don't learn in school here, but things that I know they will need to know when we move back to the USA. I found this great freebie by Best Practices 4 Teaching. You can download the freebie at TeachersPayTeachers by clicking here. Since writing style is so different in France (in fact so many things besides writing are so different), this packet really helped my son gather his thoughts together when he was ready to write. Be sure to check out Best Practices 4 Teaching for more great freebies and blog posts!

HoJo's Magic Squares

The other evening, my daughter was bored to tears and I was running out of ideas of games for her to play. There were about 45 minutes until bedtime and I needed to fill them with something so that I could finish up my work. I stumbled upon this great game - Math Magic Square Freebie - adding with 0 to 12. I printed it out hoping that it would be fun for my daughter and it far exceeded my expectations. My daughter absolutely loved playing this game. Then, my son came over and he wanted to join in the fun, so I found some that were more advanced for him. My children love puzzles and they love games, so this really combines the two nicely while reviewing math skills with some sets and language arts skills with other sets. As you can see by the pictures below, my kids were really into it! You can check Hojo's blog by going here to see other great ideas she has for kids:

Summer in French

Hi everyone! I just released Summer in French onto TPT and on TN. Summer in French is a booklet that focuses on the names of different summer items in French like swimsuit, sun, swimming pool, etc. Included: 12 full color pages of summer vocabulary with a pronunciation guide for your students 3 worksheets to reinforce the names of spring items 6 copywork pages (manuscript and cursive) 1 bingo game with 33 unique cards 1 matching game 1 completion certificate All artwork is original and created by myself. I also created this booklet for Spanish too! So make sure to check that one out here. I hope everyone has a great summer!

New Storefront

I've been meaning to set up a new storefront for many months and now I finally have 1/2 of it up and ready to use.  Click on the tabs to view my various products.  The cool thing about buying my products from my own website as opposed to TPT or Teachers Notebook, is that you will receive a 5% discount on everything! So, try it out and let me know what you think. I have over 160 products, so I'll continue to add them over the next few days, so make sure to come back and see what else I add.

Also, if you are into freebies, head on over to my other site mixminder.com for tons and tons of freebies!

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Easter in French and Spanish

I created 4 new Easter products for French and Easter.  Click on the links below to purchase them at TPT.  Alternatively, you can buy them at Teachers Notebook. 

Easter in French - $3.00

Easter Writing Workshop in French - $2.50

Easter in Spanish - $3.00

Easter Writing Workshop in Spanish - $2.50

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