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Combine Christmas fun with fine motor with our Santa's Beard Scissor Skills activity pages. Each of the 45 beard-trimming pages give students different line styles to cut with increasing complexity. When students have finished the cutting activity
Subjects:
Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa, Handwriting, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Activities, Printables
$5.00
304
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We're so happy to provide you with the opportunity to secure all 3 of our early leanring puzzle sets in one value saving bundle! Review letters and numbers with these hands-on activities. Included is:Numbers 1-20 puzzlesLowercase letter
Subjects:
Numbers, Early Intervention, Phonics
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Activities, Printables, Centers
CCSS:
RF.K.1d
$17.00
$10.00
18
Bundle
By From the Pond
Halloween cutting practice is a fun fine motor activity to build scissor skills. Each of the 40 friendly ghost pages give students different line styles to cut with increasing complexity. When students have finished the cutting activity they can
Subjects:
Halloween, Handwriting, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Activities, Printables
$5.00
17
Digital Download PDF (2.59 MB)
By From the Pond
Combine St Patrick's Day fun with fine motor with our Leprechaun's Beard Scissor Cutting Practice Sheets activity pages. Each of the 50 beard-trimming pages give students different line styles to cut with increasing complexity. When students have
Subjects:
St. Patrick's Day, Handwriting, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Activities, Printables
$5.00
32
Digital Download PDF (3.10 MB)
By From the Pond
Little learners love to pokey pin to build fine motor, to be mindful and to integrate theme work in their day! Our pining pages make great morning tub activities, independent rotation activities or for fast finishers!I have provided 15 pages with an
Subjects:
Back to School, Handwriting, Early Intervention
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, Homeschool
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$4.00
115
Digital Download PDF (2.75 MB)
By From the Pond
Your little learners will love these fun play dough mats with a fall pumpkin theme!Students will roll play dough balls and sausage shapes to create the simple shape patterns/pictures on each pumpkin. They can say the simple rhyme as they make them.
Subjects:
Autumn, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Centers
$4.00
18
Digital Download PDF (2.48 MB)
By From the Pond
These monster playdough mats are a great invitation for your students to play, be creative and refine fine motor coordination and strength! print and laminateuse with dough and craft suppliesstudents create faces and features for each characterThis
Subjects:
Autumn, Halloween, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Centers
$3.75
15
Digital Download PDF (1.54 MB)
By From the Pond
Combine spring or Easter learning with fine motor using our Bunny's Whiskers Scissor Cutting Practice Sheets activity pages! Each of the 18 whisker-cutting pages give students different line styles to cut with increasing complexity. When students
Subjects:
Easter, Spring, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Activities, Printables
$4.50
16
Digital Download PDF (3.13 MB)
By From the Pond
Kindergarten and first grade students leanring to write love to build fine motor skills with pokey pin activities! They make great morning tub activities, independent rotation activities or fast finishers!This fun pack includes 15 pages with a
Subjects:
Summer, Handwriting, Early Intervention
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, Homeschool
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$4.00
3
Digital Download PDF (3.19 MB)
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Your little learners will love these fun playdough mats with a fall owl theme!Students will roll play dough balls and sausage shapes to create the simple shape patterns/pictures on each owl. They can say the simple rhyme as they make them. This
Subjects:
Autumn, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Centers
$4.50
19
Digital Download PDF (2.35 MB)
By From the Pond
This bundle is a convenient and value-packed way of securing 5 of our engaging printable resources for cutting practice, scissor skills and fine motor!The fast-prep activities in these packs provide creative ways to encourage cutting practice
Subjects:
Spring, Handwriting, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Activities, Printables, Bulletin Board Ideas
$19.50
$9.99
5
Bundle
By From the Pond
An alphabet game that combines letter-sound awareness and visual discrimination. This is a fun, practical printable game perfect for kindergarten! Students take a game mat and look at the 4 'shadow shapes'. They must then search for the matching
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, Homeschool
Types:
Printables, Games, Centers
CCSS:
RF.K.1d
$3.00
41
Digital Download PDF (10.94 MB)
By From the Pond
Help your students develop a range of fine motor and cutting skills with our fun pack of scissor practice activity pages. This pack challenges students to cut a complete big shape before cutting or snipping from the edge - to create cats, snakes and
Subjects:
Handwriting, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$4.00
2
Digital Download PDF (2.48 MB)
By From the Pond
Help your students develop scissor skills and tracing for fine motor with our lovely flutter-by butterfly pages! There are 10 different designs to choose from, varying in complexity to help your differentiate. Students will:draw a face trace the
Subjects:
Spring, Handwriting, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$3.00
1
Digital Download PDF (3.46 MB)
By From the Pond
These Copy the Dot Ice Cream cards make a fun counting, number, pre-reading and visual perceptual/memory activity. Students will distribute counters onto their ice cream play mat to copy the pattern on each ice cream picture card. combine fine
Subjects:
Math, Numbers, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st, Homeschool
Types:
Printables, Games, Centers
CCSS:
K.CC.B.5, K.OA.A.1, K.OA.A.2, K.OA.A.3
$3.75
1
Digital Download PDF (3.42 MB)
By From the Pond
Help your students practice cutting to develop scissors skills with this spring chick craft. Craft projects like thus will help develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination.By engaging in cutting activities, children strengthen their muscles,
Subjects:
Spring, Handwriting, Early Intervention
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$3.50
2
Digital Download PDF (1.79 MB)
By From the Pond
Make cutting and scissor skills fun with these cute cupcakes! Print them on thin card and paint or color them for a sweet February bulletin board display too! The big cupcake shapeprovides practice for learning to cut one big shape outprovides an
Subjects:
Valentine's Day, Handwriting, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$4.00
3
Digital Download PDF (3.18 MB)
By From the Pond
Combine tracing and cutting practice with our fun rainbow pages - perfect for spring! After the fine motor practice your students can color and display their rainbows for a beautiful display! There are 10 different designs to choose from, varying in
Subjects:
Spring, Handwriting, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$3.00
Digital Download PDF (2.92 MB)
By From the Pond
Integrate some fine motor craft with your fall activities with our cute crazy leaf craft! Your students can make their leaf to work with scissor skills, craft and creativity. An optional writing task is provided too. There are 3 versions to choose
Subjects:
Arts & Music, Writing, Early Intervention
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, Homeschool
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Bulletin Board Ideas
CCSS:
W.K.2
$3.00
2
Digital Download PDF (1.24 MB)
By From the Pond
Provide a variety of activities to help develop your students' fine motor skills with our activity page pack - featuring lions, tigers and teddy bears! After the cutting, scissor skills and tracing practice your students can color and display their
Subjects:
Handwriting, Early Intervention
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$4.00
Digital Download PDF (2.70 MB)
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE

I started self publishing digital resources for education and early-learning in 2005 after graduating as a primary school teacher in 2001.

MY TEACHING STYLE

My resources aim to encourage a calm, happy classroom of engaged learners. Carefully designed resources can help promote a happy classroom, engaged learners and an excited teacher!

HONORS/AWARDS/SHINING TEACHER MOMENT

I graduated university with first class honours.

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

I earned the Outstanding Entrants scholarship to study at The University of Newcastle. I chose to study Education and have a double degree - Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Social Science - specializing in Early Childhood Education.

ADDITIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

I absolutely adore designing high quality printable teaching resources that are engaging for students and make you excited to teach!