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Preschool and kindergarten kids will love this FREE alphabet matching activity with a groundhog theme, perfect for Groundhog Day on February 2nd! Pin Me! This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. ABC Matching for Groundhog Day Before starting this activity you will need to get alphabet stickers or plain round stickers and write letters on them. You can get both at any dollar store or office supply store, or online here. The kids will choose a dot sticker with the matching letter, then stick it on the groundhog's shadow. They continue to do this until they match all of...

Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskyi, other Ukrainian officials, and three children are among the 18 people killed when an emergency services helicopter crashed Wednesday in the eastern Kyiv suburb of Brovary, Ukrainian authorities said. Monastyrskyi, his deputy Yevhen Yenin, and state secretary of the ministry Yurii Lubkovych were among the nine people killed aboard the helicopter, while nine others were killed and 29 injured on the ground, including 15 children.  The helicopter crashed near a kindergarten, Kyiv Regional Governor Oleksii Kuleba said.  Monastyrskyi, the minister in charge of Ukrainian police and other emergency services, is the most senior Ukrainian official...

Love is in the air, and the February Preschool Morning Bins are bringing you a fun valentines and dental health theme to your classroom! From shapes to letter sounds to number concepts, this month is packed with hands-on activities to help your little ones learn. I’ve had a blast making this month’s bins, and I hope that your students find it just as much fun to play and learn with them. PRESCHOOL MORNING BIN BUNDLE AVAILABLE HERE KINDERGARTEN MORNING BIN BUNDLE AVAILABLE HERE FIRST GRADE MORNING BIN BUNDLE AVAILABLE HERE SECOND GRADE MORNING BIN BUNDLE AVAILABLE HERE What are Morning...

Two weeks into the year and I finally have this post live. I got sick and then caught up in my insane decluttering project but here we are. It was tough to pick our top kid picks for the year but this list is pretty solid if I do say so myself. It includes some back-to-school favorites, utensils, cozy slippers, Luca’s favorite weighted blanket, and so much more. And yes, there are 4 organizing items on the list but that is just who I am these days. Weighted Toddler Blanket: We were noticing that Luca wanted a hand on his...

  It was quiet in the newsroom after a particularly rowdy editorial meeting, and the warmth of laughter was still fresh in my gut as I set to work on my next assignment. Before the meeting, Ms. Jean, our editor, had used the office line to set up utility services at her new apartment. The phone call had started with — “Yes, hi, I’m calling about a hookup … I mean, a service” — and we couldn’t stop laughing and making jokes (“that’s not how Tinder works, Ms. Jean”) once she’d hung up. She knows better than to make personal...