*Tips on creating awesome products, choosing the correct paper sizing, US spelling & imperial measurements, paying taxes, US grade levels vs NZ year levels, differences in school terms, holidays and seasons + more! If you’re reading this, you’re probably already familiar with the American ‘Teachers pay Teachers’ website – probably (as I was) because of the amazing amount of free items available! This free to join and rapidly expanding site is an
St Paddy’s day clover hunt! ~FREE PRINTABLE~
Celebrate St Patrick’s day this year by going on a clover hunt! Your class will love folding and assembling this teeny-tiny-one-cut booklet that’s filled with facts about shamrocks and clover…. (e.g. you probably know that 4 leaf clovers are quite rare, but did you know that the world record for the most leaflets on a clover is 56?!!) After assembling and illustrating your pages, head outside to find a clover
Top 5 Coolest facts about Cicadas {+ a free printable!}
There’s nothing more summery than the deafening chorus of cicadas…. and this has inspired me to whip up another ‘top 5’ printable! You can download your free printable (in both colour and black and white here) Many of the tree trunks near our house are covered in crunchy ‘cicada shirts’ (this was my 2 years olds description of what an empty cicada shell was after I attempted to explain!) They
Like a Moth to the Flame…
My brother tells a really good story about hearing a repeated tapping/banging on the door late one night. He opened the door, only to be unexpectedly smacked in the face! After flailing about trying to work out what was going on he realised he’d encountered a giant flying Puriri Moth… These beautiful large green native moths have a fascinating life cycle. They spend 7 years as a caterpillar (mokoroa) living
Celebration & Memorial Trees ~ Why you should plant one and how!
I’m not sure if it’s just my family that does the whole ‘tree-planting-on-special-occasions-thing” or not, but either way I thought I’d share some good tips for the hows and whys of planting memory trees. Our family plants trees for births, deaths and marriages…. there’s nothing like watching a tree through the seasons to be reminded of the fact that life is an ever changing and beautiful thing! Some of my