• Five for Friday,  Thrifty Thursday

    Five for Friday – A Week of Thriftiness

    There’s always something fun going on at Doodlebugs Teaching!  Click HERE to see this week’s linky party! This was my view a few nights this week.  Laminating, cutting, and watching the Braves game!   So what was I working on?  Dramatic play theme packets from Vanessa Levin at Pre-K Pages.  I won a CD with several of  Vanessa’s theme packets when I attended her workshop at a  Georgia Pre-K conference last year.  So glad to have time this summer to finally get everything assembled.    Vanessa’s packets are a wonderful resource that help to incorporate literacy standards in your dramatic play center.  Click here to see how Vanessa sets up her dramatic play area and some of her theme…

  • Sight Words,  Thrifty Thursday

    Thrifty Thursday – Spool & Spell

    Still working on that post to share my I Teach K experiences but I wanted to jump in real quick to join Greg over at The Kindergarten Smorgasboard for his Summer with Smorkie Thrifty Thursday! I can officially call him Greg since we’ve shared the Photo Booth.  I’m sure he remembers me…along with the other gazillion teachers he met in Vegas at the conference!  Oh, and yes, he really is THAT nice and just as inspirational as you would expect him to be!      When most people, like my new friend Greg, think “thrifty”  they  think about the Dollar Store.  I definitely buy my fair share of Dollar Store delights just like most teachers.  But when I really want to be  as “thrifty” as…