Teaching with Sponge Activities {and my return to blogging}

I am back from paradise {vacation} and I am back to blogging! 

After my wealth of summer classes and student teaching placement fast approaching, I needed a break to recollect and spend time with my family. 

With my first placement in a Pre-Kindergarten inclusive classroom being only a month away, I have been reviewing some ideas and lessons I have developed for various classes to find things that may be able to use again. Luckily, I stumbled over a collection of Sponge Activities that I developed for a kindergarten classroom. However, many of the activities can be easily adapted for younger or older children.

Sponge Activities are short, yet engaging and purposeful activities or mini-lessons that can be used to fill in "extra" time in the classroom. We all know that there is no such thing as "extra" time in a classroom, but we have all had those moments when class ends at 12:30 and our lesson ended at 12:15. These activities cover a variety of subject areas and can keep your students learning and engaged every minute of the school day!

Complete instructions for twenty of my favorite Sponge Activities can be found here, Sponge Activities {by Amanda Mason}.

Stay tuned for more, Teaching in the A.M.