Stuffed animals in classroom

State testing ready✏️🦋🩷 My 3rd graders have been working so hard to prepare for the next two weeks of testing and I can’t wait to cheer them on! Last week I asked parents to send me pictures of my students’ pets or stuffed animals to help create this motivational mural in our classroom. I did this last year and the responses from both the kids and parents have now made it an absolute must! Good luck to all of those state testing in the upcoming weeks🌟 We’ve got this! #backtoschool…

In love with my ‘Super Seven Strategies’ display 😍 I decided to make the wall 3-D using stuffed animals as mascots for the strategies. I’m…

I implemented “Book Buddies” in my classroom this year, usuing the stuffies from Kohls. My kinders LOVE them! #book #buddy #bookbuddy #kohls #kohlsfinds #reading #kinder #kindergarten #lovereading #readersareleaders #colorful #classroom #decor #classroomdecor

Cassie Stephens on Instagram: "It’s been a little chatty in kindergarten so Quiet Critters to the rescue! This idea comes from the amazing @art_with_mia and I have used it for years now! Even older students ask for them to come out. You can make them out of anything from small stuffed animals to sparkly pompoms a#with googly eyes and feet attached and name em after artists like I did! This hack is just one of the many I share in the BIG chapter I have in my book on teaching art to…

Reading Buddies can improve reading fluency and decrease stress. Let me share ideas and a free printable with you and get you going with Reading Buddies!

Sending stuffed animals for a sleepover at the library encourages children to read with them, even long after the sleepover took place, say, researchers. When I was little I was convinced that my stuffed animals came to life at night.