Hannah Blakeslee is a former teacher with 9 years of experience in the classroom and a master's degree in early childhood education. She designs engaging, organized classroom resources for 1st-3rd grade teachers.

Teacher Funnies 8

It’s time for another installment of TEACHER FUNNIES! I think parent relations have to be one of the hardest parts of being a teacher.  Those little cherubs go home and tell their parents a (stretched and twisted) story from the day and next thing you know, you’ve got an irate mama/papa bear on your hands…

Teacher Funnies 7

  Welcome to teaching!  Where the salaries are low and everything is your fault!  It’s a good thing there are people that care about kids and contributing to society because otherwise nobody would take this job. Mechanical pencils are writing utensils?  False.  They are plastic chisels designed to chip away at a teacher’s sanity.  Students…

Teaching Map Skills

  FREE Craftivity! This is a simple cut-and-paste collage style compass rose craft.  It helps kids understand how a compass rose works and learn the order of the cardinal directions (plus it looks great hung up in the hall!)  You can pick up the template for free HERE. Here’s how it’s done: You will need…