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By From the Pond
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
Digital Download PDF (1.80 MB)
By From the Pond
Cutting practice and scissor skills just got a whole lot more fun with our haircut worksheet pack! Each of the 40 haircut pages give students different line styles to cut with increasing complexity. When students have finished the cutting activity
Subjects:
Back to School, Handwriting
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Activities, Printables
$4.50
386
Digital Download PDF (2.49 MB)
By From the Pond
Engage your students in December with a fun integration of creativity, art and writing with our Christmas Directed Drawing activities. With 4 project styles per drawing you are able to differentiate and create a huge range of lessons.THERE ARE 18
Subjects:
Visual Arts, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$8.50
552
Digital Download PDF (4.01 MB)
By From the Pond
This cute little Easter Bunny Rabbit Basket is perfect for your students to make and put on their desk ready for an Easter surprise! Simply print the one page basket template and have students color, fold, glue and assemble. We have included one
Subjects:
Visual Arts, Graphic Arts, Easter
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Printables
$3.75
510
Digital Download PDF (3.87 MB)
By From the Pond
Fluency Cards - Fast Fluency Fun Zoom Reading CardsZoom Cards Set 1 - letters, sounds, word families (vc), cvc words, blends, ccvc, cvcc, consonant digraphs, words with digraphs, nasal sounds, words with nasal sounds. These cards will help your
Subjects:
English Language Arts, Reading, Phonics
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Types:
Activities, Printables
$5.00
1,394
Digital Download PDF (3.70 MB)
By From the Pond
This packet includes templates and instructions for making 8 fun animal paper crafts.These crafts will helps students learn and work with combinations of 2D shapes. The following crafts are included:1. Tiger2. Lion3. Zebra4. Elephant5. Koala6.
Subjects:
Geometry, Spring
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$6.50
322
Digital Download PDF (1.95 MB)
By From the Pond
Help your students become confident with drawing and writing with support from the simple projects in our My First Directed Drawing pack! Students will learn to draw some common pictures to ignite and start their writing. There are 12 pictures to
Subjects:
Visual Arts, Writing
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
CCSS:
W.K.2
$5.50
559
Digital Download PDF (3.21 MB)
By From the Pond
This bundle is a convenient and value-packed way of securing 6 of our beautiful printable resources for developing scissor skills with your students. The fast-prep activities in these packs provide creative ways to encourage cutting practice
Subjects:
Summer, Handwriting, Phonics
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$36.50
$28.00
270
Bundle
By From the Pond
Ten Frames {Fun No Prep Worksheet Activities}Ten Frame Worksheets to help your students keep busy, learn and have fun!My 'Busy Work' packets will help to keep your students busy AND learning essential basic skills. These worksheets can be used all
Subjects:
Math, Basic Operations, Numbers
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, Homeschool
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$4.95
838
Digital Download PDF (5.03 MB)
By From the Pond
Combine Halloween fun with fine motor with our Franken-hair Scissor Skills activity pages. Each of the 40 haircut pages give students different line styles to cut with increasing complexity. When students have finished the cutting activity they can
Subjects:
Back to School, Halloween, Handwriting
Grades:
PreK, Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Activities, Printables
$5.00
165
Digital Download PDF (3.07 MB)
By From the Pond
Have fun with our summer directed drawing scenes! This pack will give you 4 super cute drawing projects and 16 project options! ***** THERE ARE 4 SIMPLE PICTURES TO DRAW IN THIS PACK ******For each drawing, select from one of 4 projects classic
Subjects:
Visual Arts, Writing, Summer
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Activities, Printables
$3.95
118
Digital Download PDF (4.07 MB)
By From the Pond
Display a number of the day in your classroom to encourage confidence in number sense and exploration with numbers. This poster and worksheet set will help you create a consistent and engaging classroom daily routine! Designed to laminate and use
Subjects:
Math, Numbers
Grades:
1st, 2nd, 3rd
Types:
Worksheets, Printables, Posters
CCSS:
K.CC.A.1, K.CC.A.2, K.CC.A.3, K.CC.B.4, K.CC.B.4b, K.CC.B.4c, K.CC.C.6, K.CC.C.7, K.NBT.A.1, 1.NBT.B.2, 1.NBT.C.4...
$6.00
125
Digital Download ZIP (13.54 MB)
By From the Pond
This fun math center activity is simple to prep and loads of fun for students. They will analyze the growing pattern featured on the card, recreate it with pattern blocks and then continue the pattern by 'growing' an additional few stages.They will
Subjects:
Math, Algebra, Geometry
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Games, Centers
$5.50
529
Digital Download PDF (2.53 MB)
By From the Pond
Your students will love following the step by step guide to draw some seriously cute Halloween pictures in this directed drawing pack!This packet will allow to you choose from 60 different drawing projects.THERE ARE 15 MAIN PICTURES TO DRAWFor each
Subjects:
Creative Writing, Visual Arts, Halloween
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Homeschool
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$7.00
323
Digital Download PDF (4.03 MB)
By From the Pond
Guide your students through a directed drawing art project that is perfect for summer - Funny Ice Cream! This pack includes directions for one drawing and includes 4 presentation options.Select from one of 4 projects classic directed drawingbig
Subjects:
Visual Arts, Writing, Summer
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Activities, Printables
$2.50
97
Digital Download PDF (1.37 MB)
By From the Pond
Make an engaging addition center for learning the counting-on strategy with our fun Snake Activity Cards! Students will model the count-on process and solve addition to 10.45 activity cards to help your students learn to count-on and also find
Subjects:
Math, Basic Operations
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Homeschool
Types:
Activities, Printables, Centers
$4.95
702
Digital Download PDF (3.38 MB)
By From the Pond
Easter Bunny Name and Word Craft ActivityStudents will love making a cute happy Easter Bunny to feature their name or a classroom focus word!This packet will provide you with template pieces to make a cute 'Easter Bunny' for each student. I've
Subjects:
Visual Arts, Easter, Spring
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$4.95
163
Digital Download PDF (1.15 MB)
By From the Pond
This sweet Valentine's Dat Art Project is a directed drawing for your students to follow step by step. They can paint a big picture, draw in their writing books or use one of the printable activity pages in this pack!Guide your students through our
Subjects:
Arts & Music, Visual Arts, Valentine's Day
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
$2.50
220
Digital Download PDF (1.15 MB)
By From the Pond
This collection of Christmas 2D Shape Paper Crafts is ideal for December and your holiday and winter activities. It includes 8 engaging crafts that are fast to prep and each is provided in 3 different style - giving you loads of options! These
Subjects:
Geometry, Visual Arts, Christmas/ Chanukah/ Kwanzaa
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd
Types:
Worksheets, Activities, Printables
CCSS:
K.G.A.1, K.G.A.2, K.G.A.3, K.G.B.4
$25.00
$11.99
360
Bundle
By From the Pond
Have fun learning about numbers with our subitizing math game. Students will learn dot patterns to 10 in this fast-to-prep, engaging counting and number activity. It's perfect for math groups, rotations, workshops or independent centers.Students
Subjects:
Math, Numbers
Grades:
Kindergarten, 1st
Types:
Activities, Games, Centers
CCSS:
K.CC.B.4, K.CC.B.4b
$3.95
262
Digital Download PDF (2.47 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!