Sight Words!We all know how important it is for our little kiddos to learn their sight words right?  We drill them every day with flash cards, games, sight word activities, and we are ALWAYS looking for new fun ways for our students to learn them (and retain them).I am always creating and making sight word games and fun activities for my kiddos, and here is my newest activity!Mystery Sight ... read more

So...I have to go back to work next week :(  My maternity leave will officially be over!  I am definitely ready to get back into the "swing" of things...but I hate leaving my little boys!  Being that I have ONE week left, I have kinda hit the panic side of me!  So...I have started planning some things and how I want to organize parts of my day!  Starting with.....Guided ... read more

It's Friday Already?!Time for another FREEBIE!!One of my best selling products this week is my Fire Safety Packet!  October starts off with fire prevention week and this week's freebie is from my packet!  Just click on the link below!!Have a great Friday Ya'll!! ... read more

Happy Friday Ya'll!Starting today, EVERY Friday will have a freebie for you!  Who doesn't love free?  I recently posted my Super Hero Rhyming pack, and this freebie comes right from the packet!  In this activity, students will be sorting the "super" cards onto the correct rhyming mat! Just click on the picture below for the freebie!Have  a great Friday!!!  ... read more

It's AMAZING how many students still struggle with rhyming at the beginning of the year!  It never fails!  I always have at least one student who struggles to distinguish the difference between two words that rhyme and two words that don't!  We look at the word itself, we do sooo many activities, yet there is always a struggler!  Soooo...  I have created a Super Hero ... read more

We are a few weeks into the school year now (for those that are at school and not on maternity leave!) In first grade we are starting to move past the alphabet review and usually moving onto short vowel patterns.  Here is a short /i/ freebie for you! This activity comes from my Complete Word Work of Short Vowels packet in my store on TpT!Just click on the picture below for ... read more

Welcome!While Wild About Firsties is brand new, I have been reading and following many other educational blogs for some time now and have fell in L.O.V.E!    It is so much fun seeing how other teachers run and organize their classrooms and share it with the world!  So....I decided it was time for me to become a part of the blogging world!  A little bit about ... read more