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Celebrate Reading Week! A T-Shirt Freebie!

Hi y'all! I hope this Monday was fab for you! Today I posted this pic on Instagram and had some questions so I thought I'd share the template I used! Since this week is Read Across America week, I made these shirts for my fellow team members in first grade.  It was so simple and took about 1 hour of my life to design and make all 4. Add in an additional 20 minutes for shopping for the supplies and this was the quickest project I've done in awhile11 First, I bought this Avery Dark Fabric Transfers Found it in the crafts section near the fabric. I also know it can be found near the office supplies with the labels. I got this pack of 5 sheets for about $10 at my local Walmart. You can find it HERE on Amazon for $8.99.  Then I headed over to the men's department at Walmart (because the women's shirts are too fitted!) and searched for some red short sleeve tees. Bought 4 Fruit of the Loom tees for a STEAL at $4.72 each.  Red Short Sleeve T-Shirt Then I just designed the...

Google Certification

Hi friends! I know it's been a little while since my last post but you know, life happens!! I do hope everyone has had a fabulous year so far! I wanted to talk today a little about my journey to become a Google Certified Educator. Have you heard about this? It's fabulous. I have learned so much about tools that are available to teachers and students to help make learning more accessible and easier! And, best of all, it's FREE.  Yep, Google is so awesome that it's offering PD to teachers that they can complete in the comfort of their own home at their own leisure. And it's unbelievably helpful. Go  {HERE}  to read all about it, but this is the gist:  There are Google Apps for Education (GAFE) which include Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, and many others. These are free Cloud Computing apps that anyone can use. Google Training is simply helping educators to learn how to better incorporate these tools into the classroom.  There are four types of training:  Cer...