Christmas Stocking Fillers: Storybooks for 5-8yr olds

November 17, 2015Leave a comment

Here are two amazing Chapter Book Series for you to consider as stocking fillers. Remember, it’s equally as important to read to your child as it is for him/her to read to you. It exposes children to language that is beyond their capacity to read themselves. Modelling reading also acts as a support and encouragement to your child to read.

Junie B. Jones is a fantastic series of Chapter Books to get your littles ones hooked on reading. There are soon many books it this series. I love when you can get a kid hooked on a “series” of books. It takes the guess work our of “what will we read next?”. It’s worth noting that Junie B. Jones is available as box sets too.

“Barbara Park’s New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for more than twenty years. Over 60 million copies in print and now with a bright new look for a new generation!”

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Here is an example of the antics that lay ahead is you purchase/borrow Junie B. Jones:

“Meet the World’s Funniest Kindergartner—Junie B. Jones! In the second Junie B. Jones book, it’s pooey on B-A-B-I-E-S until Junie B. finds out that her new dumb old baby brother is a big fat deal. Her two bestest friends are giving her everything they own just to see him. And guess what else? Maybe she can bring him to school on Pet Day.”

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Click here for a link to Book Depository to see the entire series of books.

Junie B. Jones has they cutest website for her fans! Check out Junie B. Jones by clicking here.

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Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown is another one of my favourite Chapter Books. It your child is not familiar with Flat Stanley it’s imperative that you purchase this book first: Flat Stanley. It explains how Stanley came to be “flat”. All other books can be read in any order of your choosing.

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There are lots of books in the Flat Stanley series with more due to be release. Again, Flat Stanley is available as a box set too. As he’s been around for a while your local library might be a good place to start. Click here to visit book depository to see the entire series.

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Flat Stanley is also available in an easier to read format for younger/emerging readers.

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Flat Stanley is available in the Level 2 “I Can Read!” series:

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Here is a peak inside Level 2 “I Can Read!” series to see if it is a good fit for your child”

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Again, book depository has lots and lots of these available. Click here.

Have fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

Beginner Phonics for Parents and NQT’s (Part 4)

November 9, 2015November 9, 20152 Comments

As promised here is the next checklist to add to your Jolly Phonics collection. This Jolly Phonics checklist features the sounds in sets 3 & 4 of Jolly Phonics sounds.

Click here to download my Jolly Phonics Checklist.

This Jolly Phonics checklist can be used in 2 ways:

What sound is this? (pointing to a phoneme/sound)
Can you show me “huh”?

I have also created a record sheet to accompany my Jolly Phonics checklist:

Click here to download my Jolly Phonics Checklist.

Have fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

Christmas Stocking Fillers: Storybooks for 3-4 yr olds

November 3, 2015November 3, 2015Leave a comment

My first choice shouldn’t come as a surprise to my regular readers!!!! If you don’t already own Chicka Chicka Boom Boom then I only have one question for you “WHY NOT?!!!”. Please click on the link NOW and make your purchase!!!! Chicka Chicka Boom Boom is my absolute favourite book of all time. Ok, that’s my sales pitch done. I’ll let the images below do the rest 🙂

“In this lively alphabet rhyme, the letters of the alphabet race up the cocunut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no – Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom! A told B, and B told C, I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree. In this lively alphabet rhyme, all the letters of the alphabet race each other up the cocunut tree. Will there be enough room? Oh, no – Chicka Chicka Boom! Boom! The well-known authors of “Barn Dance” and “Knots on a Counting Rope” have created a rhythmic alphabet chant that rolls along on waves of fun. Lois Ehlert’s rainbow of bright, bold, cheerful colors makes the merry parade of letters unforgettable.”

Coming in a number 2 is “Where is the Green Sheep”. Many thanks to my good friend, Brooke, for gifting me this one. Click here to purchase from Book Depository.

“There are red sheep and blue sheep, wind sheep and wave sheep, scared sheep and brave sheep, but “where” is the green sheep? The search is on in this cozy, sheep-filled story from acclaimed author Mem Fox and popular Australian cartoonist Judy Horacek. Complete with sleepy rhymes and bright illustrations, this book is sure to delight children of all ages, from the very young to those just beginning to read.”

I also have a this cute, fluffy, green sheep to accompany the story. It would be a lovely stocking filler to accompany the story book! Click here to purchase from Book Depository.

Coming in a number 3 is “How do Dinosaurs Count to Ten?”. This is a really lovely way to introduce your child to counting from 1-10. It’s chock block with dinosaurs making it, dare I say it, “boy friendly”. I’m by no means implying that girls won’t like this book. They certainly will. It can, however, be tricky to find books that entice boys to read. This one certainly will. Hope I’m not in trouble with this one!!! Click here to purchase from Book Depository.

“The bestselling, award-winning team of Yolen and Teague present their beloved dinosaurs in a new format with this fun, read-aloud board book that teaches young children to count from one to ten! Come along for some BIG fun as your favorite dinosaurs delight young readers with their playful antics. How do dinosaurs count to ten? Over and over and over again! This brand new board book format brings the gigantic humor of bestselling, award-winning team Jane Yolen and Mark Teague to the youngest readers, helping them learn to count from one to ten with a simple, rhyming text and laugh-out-loud illustrations!”

Coming in a number 4 is Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear? by Eric Carle. Eric Carle is best known for “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?”. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear? is a twist on the later book. It has lots of interesting animals that you child may be a little less familiar with. If your kid loves Brown Bear then this one is sure to be a hit too.

“Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sounds for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper.”Click her to purchase from Book Depository.

Coming in a number 5 is Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell. Martin Waddell wrote the much loved story “Owl Babies”. Click here to purchase from Book Depository.

Martin Waddell’s uplifting modern fable and Helen Oxenbury’s humor and pathos make this a very special collaboration. Farmer Duck isn’t your average duck. This duck cooks and cleans, tends the fields, and cares for the other animals on the farm all because the owner of the farm is too lazy to do these things himself. But when Farmer Duck finally collapses from exhaustion, the farmyard animals come to the rescue with a simple but heroic plan.”

I hope that you have all managed to find a storybook to add a Christmas Stocking! Check back next week for even more reads. This time I will be focusing on 5yrs+. I will also do a blog post on my favourite Christmas Themed books.

Have fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

Beginner Phonics for Parents and N.Q.T’s (Part 3)

October 25, 2015November 9, 2015Leave a comment

Jolly Phonics has a very specific order for the introduction of sounds:

To make life easier for testing in a classroom or indeed home setting I have created the following:

Click here to download my Jolly Phonics checklist

This Jolly Phonics checklist features the sounds in set 1 and set 2 of Jolly Phonics sounds. This Jolly Phonics checklist can be used in 2 ways:

What sound is this? (pointing to a phoneme/sound)
Can you show me “huh”?

I have also created a record sheet to accompany my Jolly Phonics checklist:

Click here to download my Record Sheet that accompanies my Jolly Phonics Checklist.

Check back over the coming weeks to download the rest of the set!!!

Have fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

p.s: clipart is Djinkers

Beginner Phonics for Parents and N.Q.T’s (Part 2)

October 18, 2015Leave a comment

Here is another fantastic phonics resource: Phoneme Pop. Again, it will be useful for those of you that are not familiar with phonetic pronunciations.

Simply click on a level of your choice. You will be told which “phoneme” you are targeting. It’s “c” in the example below.

Jargon Buster: a phoneme is the smallest, distinct, unit of sound. Basically every letter sound in the alphabet

Unfortunately, Phoneme Pop doesn’t follow the Jolly Phonics teaching order. It does, however, include digraphs.

Jargon Buster: Digraphs are actually pretty simple to understand. Thank of it this way: 2 letters that come together to make one sound.

Let’s look at this in greater detail, taking 2 “phonemes” (individual letter sounds)

s and h
The phoneme s makes a “ssss”sound as in snake
The phoneme h makes a “huh” sound as in hug
When these 2 letters are combined they make one sound “shhhhhhhh”e.g shop, ship, rush…. Sh is a digraph.

You can see that Digraphs are introduced from Set 3 on:

Click here to play Phoneme Pop.

BHave fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

Beginner Phonics for Parents and N.Q.T’s (Part 1)

October 8, 20152 Comments

If you have a child who has begun school or you are a NQT charged with a Junior Infant class then this is for you! Nothing raises more questions and queries than phonics in Term 1!! Parents are, quite rightly, anxious/motivated to support phonics learning. The major stumbling block seems to be pronunciation. Many of you did not learn to read through a “phonics” method and feel a little lost. Have no fear, your new best friend is here…

I wanted to share a fabulous website with you for alphabet names and phonics. I used this site everyday when teaching Junior Infants. Starfall.com is simply an amazing and free phonics resource that should be part of your repertoire! If are a parent who is unsure of phonetic sounds then you can click and play too. Try and keep a sound grouping ahead of your child so that you can support him/her.

I love that Starfall.com puts you in control. You can decide what letter to practice from A-Z. This is particularly useful as many phonics schemes, including Jolly Phonics, introduce phonetic sounds in a non-alphabetical order. Jolly Phonics introduces, for example, s a t i p n as the first group of letter.

For those of you following Jolly Phonics the image below shows the order of introduction. Click here for a link the the J olly Phonics website for further information.

Starfall.com is very kid friendly as it is super easy to navigate and use.You child needs to click on anything that “sparkles”. Your child will then hear the phonetic sound that the letter makes. Don’t forget to click on the image presented too. Starfall.com has games at the end of some of the letter segments. I really, really wish that they had games for each letter. Perhaps Starfall.com is listening and will make my dreams come true

For those of you new to teaching Infants or parent’s of Junior Infants this website is sure to be invaluable as the year progresses! Click here to play and learn with Starfall.com

Have fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

Do you GoNoodle?!!!

October 3, 2015October 3, 2015Leave a comment

I have a confession to make:

Hi, my name is Miss Mernagh and I am addicted to GoNoodle!!!!

I have been meaning to blog about Gonoodle for the longest time. It keeps slipping off my radar as I “tell” every teacher I meet about it. Of course, I don’t have the please of meeting all of my readers in person so here it goes…

GoNoodle is the most amazing website for brain breaks/activity breaks for kids! You just need an email address to register. It really couldn’t be easier. It’s perfect for classroom and home use so I would urge you all to sign up if you haven’t already done so. Click here for a link

You can have multiple GoNoodle accounts. This would be very handy if you have are in Learning Support etc. as you can have an account per child/grouping.

To begin with you get to select your own Avatar or “Champ”. Here is my current one. Allow me to introduce you to my current one. Say “Hi” to Flo You 🙂

You can see how many activities you have completed (1 in this case) and how many more are left on this level (9 in this case). At the end of the level your Champ is transformed… It’s always a hit with the kids!! When your champ is maxed out you get a certificate!!!

Here is how I like to choose a Champ and integrate the process with Maths. I love, love, love integration!!! I select 2 Champs for the kiddos to vote on. I give each kid an Unifix cube. We use these cubes to vote for our preferred champ. This allows me to tie the process into ‘Representing and Interpreting Data’. We “predict” at intervals which Champ might win based on the tower of cubes that has “more”. I’m sure you get it so I won’t drone on…

Here is the curriculum objectives it meets:

Once you are up and running there are tonnes and tonnes of activity/brain breaks to choose from. I love how GoNoodle have categorised them for ease of use. Not alone can you search by grade/class level but you can choose activity types too.

Here are just a few of the categories you can choose from:

I have lots of favourites stored for ease of use. Here are some of my favourites from last year. Check them out:

I also love that GoNoodle show you how long each activity will take. It’s a life saver when you are short on time or have time to fill before another class etc. I love to use GoNoodle for P.E warm-up activities before we hit the hall. It’s an absolute life saver on a rainy day when the kiddos are trapped inside. They would be a great addition to an Active School programme if you are working towards your flag.

Here is one for them 🙂

The more activities completed the more your Champ grows and changes. You will see lots of changes in your kids too. I was amazed at how much GoNoodle improved concentration, balance, coordination and following instructions!

Don’t forget to check out the stretching and calming section too. It’s a great lead into SPHE or even R.E when you want to calm the atmosphere before you begin.

Oh, before I go… Lots of Irish schools have YouTube blocked. Have no fear, GoNoodle has lots and lots of activities that will stream for classroom use here.

Parents, don’t forget to sign up your kiddos too! GoNoodle is great for rainy Saturday’s and playdates too!!!!

Last chance for that link!

Have fun and don’t forget to GoNoodle!!!

Miss Mernagh 🙂

Back to School: Teacher Essentials

August 25, 2015August 25, 20152 Comments

I thought it timely to blog about some Teacher Essentials that I purchase each year just before returning to school. I’m a total sucker for customised resources. I love having stickers and stampers that I have designed myself.

My absolute favourite teacher stampers are from http://www.superstickers.com. Superstickers.com have an amazing array of teacher supplies. I want one of everything!!! Superstickers.com have pre-made stampers but also allow you to design your own. Mine is packed up but reads “Miss Mernagh says well done!”. The process of designing your personalised stamper with Superstickers.com is really simple. The quality of the stamper is AMAZING! No, they are not paying me for this blog post! I really, really do love them. They are really durable, last for ages and the ink doesn’t bleed through the page. I would give them 20/10. Click here for a link . I really must order up some of their stickers…

Another great resource for customised stickers is https://www.thestickerfactory.co.uk. I used these all through the last school year. Again, they are really high quality and super easy to design. I would highly rate http://www.thestickerfactory.co.uk stickers. Click here for a link

The next resource I use for stickers is Prim-Ed. While, you cannot customise their sticker they have a great selection and at really affordable prices. I don’t know if many people realise that you can purchase stickers from Prim-Ed. They have an incredibly diverse selection of stickers to choose from. Those of you using Aistear will be thrilled to see so many Prim-Ed thematic stickers available! Click here for a link. I have used their Merit Stickers for our Monthly Handwriting Assessments. Click here to read more about it and to download your free Handwriting Certificates.

Have fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

Have fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

Back to School Routines: Toilet procedures

August 5, 2015August 5, 20152 Comments

It’s that time of year again! I am getting lots and lots of questions about my back to school routines. Today I am covering a very important back to school routine: toilet procedures.

Toileting tends to be a hugely emotive and stressful topic for parents and kids a like. We all know that we want to use the facilities more often when we are nervous or feeling a little under pressure. Starting school certainly fits neatly into this. We are also talking about kids who are leaving a familiar environment (home/play school) where they know where the toilet is and facing a “foreign” room with the toilet in an unknown location. The pupil-teacher ratio is generally not as favourable either making it harder to get the attention of the teacher. So we have nerves, a busy teacher and a toilet in an unknown location. I think that I’ve made my point?! So what can we do as teachers?!!!! Read on…

I have been using the following toilet procedure with huge success for a number of years now. It has been an absolute life saver. The toilet procedure has also been influenced by my Montessori background. I really want the children in my class to feel autonomy especially in the delicate topic of visiting the toilet. I mean, who really wants to raise their hand and ask for permission to use the toilet in front of your friends?

I have two rather large stuffed toys that serve as “toilet passes”. It just happens that I have a whale and a shark. You can choose whatever you have access to. The girls use the whale toilet pass and the boys use the shark.

So, here’s the drill. The toilet passes are displayed in a very prominent and easily accessible place. They need to be easily visible for all kids in the room. When you need to use the toilet you select the appropriate toilet pass (boy or girl) and place it on your desk or the spot that you were sitting on for floor work. The child goes to the toilet and then returns the toilet pass to it’s “home” for others to use. If the toilet pass is not available I must wait to use the toilet. However, if I am “bursting” and can’t wait I can take the remaining toilet pass and use that toilet. This may mean a girl using the boy’s toilet. Owing to the fact that the boy’s toilet pass is in use a boy cannot walk in on a girl using the toilet. This is a very important point. I have had problems in the past where I had 25+ girls in a class with access to one toilet and perhaps only 8 or 9 boys using the other one. You can see how there could be many girls who need to toilet simultaneously. You don’t need to vivid an imagination to know how that story ends!!!!

I like to start this procedure from Day 1 🙂 I explain and demonstrate the procedure and toilet location to one team at a time. I then help “remind” kids to use and return the toilet pass. It can take a little while to become and established routine but it’s worth the effort.

An important point to note is that the toilet pass needs to be pretty large in size. The kids can see it and so can I. I can tell at a glance who has gone to the toilet by spotting where the toilet pass is. I also like to use stuffed toys as I can wash them. If I could find something similar in plastic I would use that either.

I like to send home a letter to explain my toilet procedure. This allows mom/dad to talk to their child about how he/she can use the toilet as needed. I think that it is very important for those at home to understand the system and reassure their child.

I hope that my toilet procedure makes sense and is of use to those of you teaching infants for the first time this year.

Have fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

STEM Projects for wet days!

July 24, 2015Leave a comment

Well its another glorious morning here. Glorious, that is, for ducks and such but not for the rest of us. Cabin fever is setting in already and its only 10am!

I think that today would be the perfect day for some STEM (Science Technology Engineering Maths) activities, don’t you? (Science Technology Engineering Maths). The following activities involve supplies that are cheap and readily available. They are great fun and guaranteed to give those brain cells a workout !

Homemade Play-dough

This is always a great hit with my kiddos at school. It’s cheap and easy to make too.

150 g (6 oz) plain white flour
– 300 ml (1/2 pint) hot water with a few drops of food dye
– 75 g (3 oz) salt
– 1 tbsp of vegetable oil
– 2 tsp cream of tartar (Found in the baking section alongside baking powder. Cheap and last forever)

Put all the dry ingredients into a large mixing bowl.

Pour in the hot water/food colouring.

Stir until the mixture thickens and becomes a ball of dough. ( I pour in the hot water and stir it a few time until it cools a little and then pass it over to the kids to do the rest 😉 )

Remove the dough and roll/kneed/squish/smush until it is smooth and ready to play with.

Scrape out the dough, allow it to cool a little, and knead it until all ingredients are evenly distributed and you’re left with a smooth ball of dough.

If the dough is a little hard add a tiny drop of water until the desired consistency is achieved.

If the dough is too sticky add a little more flour.

Now that you have your play-dough why not use it to encourage some STEM

Make 3-d geometric shapes with play-dough and cocktail sticks/bamboo skewers (cut the sharp ends off for smaller kids)

Click here for a link

Play-dough fun with straws and cocktails sticks:

Click here for a link

Make a play-dough boat:

Click here for a link

These STEM activities should keep your little ones entertained and challenged over the next few hours.

Have fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

Teacher “must have manuals” for the next school year.

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015Leave a comment

I thought it timely to sit down and blog about some of my favourite resources. Some are old favourites that have been indispensable over the years. Some are new finds that I wanted to share. So, without further adieu here we go!…

Prim-Ed New Wave Pre-writing patterns (ISBN 9781846546365). Click here for a link. Finally, a stand alone pre-writing workbook. I am so tried of Junior Infant writing workbooks that have a few token pre-writing pages. Pre-writing skills should not be rushed! Well done to Prim-Ed for producing this fine publication.
Prim-EdListening Comprehension Lower (ISBN 9781864000382). Click here for a link. This has been a favourite of mine for years and years. Its suitable for Junior-1st. I’ve even used it “as gaeilige” with older kids. A real must have in my opinion.

3. Jolly Music: The Music Handbook: Beginners. Click here to learn more about Jolly Music. I would highly recommend the Jolly music Course on offer with CPD Colleges. It is fully accredited and approved for EPV Days. I learned an amazing amount from it. It is the most enjoyable summer course that I have taken. Click here to learn more about the CPD course. My class are literally jumping for joy these days when I ask them if they want to do some music! They absolutely love the programme and are learning so much about musical literacy. It is just incredible. I wouldn’t be without this book! Here is a short clip showing how the programme works:

4. Developing Fundamental Movement Skills by Sport New Zealand. This back to basics PE programme is fantastic! This is my second year using it. It matches really nicely with Irish curricular objectives :). Did I also mention that its a free download?!!!! Seriously, you need to nab this one! Click here for a link to Developing Fundamental Movement Skills. It covers most objectives as laid down the Gymnastics, Dance, Athletics and Games strands of the P.E Curriculum. Here is a list of what is covered by the programme.

I hope that you found this blog post useful. I am always curious about the resources used by other teachers!

Have fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

Pocket It template for Combining and Partitioning Number

May 22, 2015May 22, 2015Leave a comment

I posted some photos during the week of my Pocket It template on my Facebook Page. Please hop on over and give me a “like” if you haven’t already done so. I often post photos of what is happening in my classroom on this page. It’s a great way to see what I am up to on an almost daily basis.

Here are some of those photos:

I use my Pocket It template for Combining/Composing and Partitioning/Decomposing number. Apologies for the duplication of maths terms in the previous sentence. I am conscious that different terms are used in different parts of the world. Here in Ireland we use the terms Composing and Decomposing. It seems that the U.S and Australia use the tees Combining and Partitioning. I thought I would use both terms as I like to be inclusive :)!

My photos generated some requests for the Pocket It template. It seems that when I originally created it I inadvertently forgot to save the copyright information for the clipart :(. I searched my computer and the internet, but alas they exact images eluded me…

I hate to disappoint so I created a new version of Pocket It, complete with copyright information. So… Here it is…

I hope that you will love this version too! Click here to download Pocket It.

Have fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

Dolch Word Cut-out sheets

April 22, 2015April 30, 20154 Comments

I am a HUGE advocate of teaching emerging readers Dolch Words. As you all know, I am a massive advocate of phonics, but only as part of balanced approach to literacy instruction. Sure, kids need to learn the “code” behind our language so that they can “sound out” unfamiliar words. We also want to develop fluent readers, however, and not the have him/her sound out every word on the page. To do this we need to build up a “Lexicon” or library of words that children instantly recognise and read. Sight words account for a large percentage (up to 75%) of the words used in beginning children’s print materials.
Dolch words offer serious bang for your buck in this regard. There are 220 words in the carefully graded list. (adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, prepositions, pronouns, and verbs) along with a supplementary list of 95 simple nouns. Ideally, all young readers should learn these words by sight.
I teach the Pre-Primer level to my Junior Infant pupils. We are making pretty good progress if I do say so myself 🙂 I create the following format of worksheet for the first 16 words:

I am sure that some of you might find these Dolch Word Cut-out sheets useful with your class or indeed your own child. Please let me know what you think by leaving a comment below. Would you like to see more of these Dolch Word Cut-out sheets for the remaining Pre-Primer words? Would some of you prefer Comic Sans as a font? We teach pre-cursive so these worksheets are perfect for my kiddos. Anyway, let me know your thoughts.

Please click here to dolch word cut out worksheets of Dolch Word Cut-out sheets. Apologies for the typo in the earlier version.

Have fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

More Easter Egg Hunt Printables

March 24, 2015March 23, 20152 Comments

Last year I used a different format for our Easter Egg Hunt and it worked WAY, WAY, WAY better. For obvious reasons we will be using the same format this year. Intrigued…? Well then read on!

We held our Easter Egg Hunt inside the school building as we were effectively a building site on the outside. Hiding treats amid the rubble and diggers didn’t seem like such a great idea. As a Green School, we didn’t particularly like having to wrap each treat in a plastic bag before hiding it in the garden. We did so for hygiene reasons but wrestled with the waste that it generated. Finally we had children with dietary needs/allergies that could not eat chocolate. We did not want them finding and munching on eggs. So here was my super-duper plan!

I created blank name tags. I created 2 tags per child. The Students’ Council stuck these tags all around the school. Some were under benches, others on the floor, others still on skirting boards… You get the general idea. Tags were low and accessible to our kiddos. Each child needed to find the 2 tags with his/her name on it. Once found, they cashed them in for treats. This allowed us to ensure that those with dietary needs only got what they could eat. The Easter Egg Hunt also took a lot longer and seemed to be much more enjoyable. The treats we provided were: Easter Themed Rice Krispie Buns, these had jelly beans on top and easter themed chocolate lollipops. I almost forgot, we gave out ‘Bunny Tail” marshmallows to buzz them up before they started their hunt.

Please click here for your own Easter Egg Hunt Printable name-tags.

Don’t forget to download and print my free Easter Egg Hunt Printables too.

Have fun,

Miss Mernagh 🙂

Free Easter Egg Hunt Printables

March 23, 2015March 23, 2015Leave a comment

Anyone planning an Easter Egg Hunt this year? I thought that you might like to use my cute free Easter Egg Hunt printables if you are! I hope that you like them as much as I do 😉