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Five for Friday Apples
Thank goodness it’s Friday! Thank goodness for Doodle Bugs Teaching Five for Friday! It’s Apple week in our Young 5’s class…a wonderful kick off for the fall season! Our tissue paper apples make me smile! I cut and peeled my contact paper ahead of time and had everything ready to go when the kids walked in Tuesday morning. Trust me…I learned the hard way how time consuming it is to peel 15 pieces of contact paper while 30 little eyes are watching and waiting. Aren’t they beautiful? What would apple week be without homemade applesauce? Year after year, it’s a huge hit! Who loves…
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Monday Made It – Packing & Peaches
I love Mondays! It’s partly because it’s the day for one of my favorite linky parties, Monday Made It. But Monday is also a fresh start…a clean slate…the time to get your week off on a good note! One task this weekend was making copies of the outline for the Books You Can Count On workshop I’m presenting Friday in Tampa. The outline gives participants an organized spot to jot down notes during the workshop. The bigger task I had was to pack everything needed for my presentation. Oh, and let’s get it all in one suitcase since we’re flying! I’m travelling with quite a variety of props…plastic apples, clothespins, mini pocket charts, magic gold beans, and a frying…
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Five for Friday – Playdates & Cupcakes
Time to check in with one of my favorites… Five for Friday…hosted by Doodlebugs Teaching! This week I invited the girls from last year’s class over for a play date! They squealed with delight when they saw each other and were thrilled my sweet assistant and her twins joined us, too. It was really a fun little get-together…very simple to host! Everyone brought their own lunches while I supplied drinks and dessert. The girls played with a few special toys they’d not seen before at school. The big hit was definitely my Polly Pocket collection! For our dessert, I baked a batch of vanilla cupcakes and topped them with a summery lemon buttercream frosting. The finishing…