It's time to take a look back at our school year with memorable moments as we go page by page through our First Grade Memory Book with you. We discuss our favorite units, authors, field trips, and how we and our students have grown since last f...

As another school year concludes, we reflect on all our classroom celebrations. We discuss how we plan, include parent volunteers, and set up our parties for success when we have a room full of excited first graders. We've learned a lot about w...

Elementary teachers know that transitions can be intense. From getting the school day started to packing up to go home, students go through dozens of transitions each day. Every time students are asked to get out or put away supplies, rotate ce...

When teaching young children, you take on the task of teaching them how to learn, how to cooperate with peers and be curious, how to have resilience in the face of making many mistakes, and how to be reflective in how their own brain learns. No...

A lot goes down on the playground during recess. From pretend play, rules to games that are made up as they go, to literally climbing walls, there is no shortage of happenings to address. For teachers, recess time is just like lifeguarding. Dar...

Band aids, ice packs, loose teeth, oh my! The school nurse can be quite the celebrity to young kiddos. In this episode we discuss the challenges of helping first graders navigate when a trip to the nurse is necessary, what to do when the stomac...

Today we discuss all of the chaos that goes on during our lunch time. We eat with our students in the cafeteria where we witness the dilemmas of where to sit, what to eat, how to use utensils, and all the spills and messes along the way. We sha...

This show is all about flexible seating choices, dilemmas with seating arrangements, and setting up a thriving classroom environment. We share anecdotes of all the successes and challenges in keeping a room full of first graders attentively lis...

Welcome to the first episode of the Frenzy in First Podcast! We are Annie and Laura, two first grade teachers with more than a decade of experience. Find out how we started down the career path of teaching, how we became teacher besties, and fu...

A brief trailer of what the Frenzy in First Podcast is all about. Thanks for listening! Song "Sweet and Happy Loop" by Sonican