The TPT Back to School sale ends tonight, in less than 12 hours! 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗧𝗦𝟮𝟲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟱% 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽. The Magnetic Tile Challenge Sets are what teachers are grabbing most. It's a growing bundle of 18 themes, so every theme I add later is already yours at no extra cost. For less than $1 per set, this is definitely worth checking out. 🤩 📦 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲: 🦕 Dinosaurs (11 designs) 🌱 Plants (20 designs) 🌲 Trees (28 designs) 👷 Community Helpers (11 designs) 🐾 Pets Study (13 designs) 🎒 Back to School (9 designs) 🔡 SOR Aligned Alphabet Letters - (43 designs for all sounds!) 🔢 Numbers - (10 designs) 🔜 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗢𝗢𝗡: 1. 🍁 Autumn - September 2026 2. 🎃 Halloween 3. 🦃 Thanksgiving 4. 🎄 Christmas 5. ❄️ Winter 6. 💝 Valentine's Day 7. ☘️ St. Patrick's Day 8. 🌼 Spring 9. 🐣 Easter 10. ☀️ Summer 👉🏽 Get the Growing Bundle Here Until midnight today, use 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗕𝗧𝗦𝟮𝟲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝟮𝟱% 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽.

Welcome in, teachers! I'm so glad you're here and I want to make sure you get the most out of our community. 🫶🏼 This community is built to actually make your life in the classroom easier, not add one more thing to your plate. The more you show up, the more you unlock, and your title grows right alongside you. 🧭 Where everything lives Head to the CLASSROOM tab at the top of the page. That's where the lessons, free samples from the Pre-K Prep Club, and your level unlocks all live. 🎮 How points work Every little thing you do here earns you points: 👍 Like received +1 💬 Comment +1 🪄 Post that sparks conversation +3 to 5 🧱 The Levels Your title changes automatically and shows up next to your name so everyone can see how far you've come. 👇 Curious where you stand in the LEADERBOARD? 1️⃣ 👩‍🏫 Line Leader 2️⃣ ✨ Go-Getter 3️⃣ 🌟 Rising Star 4️⃣ 🎨 Play-Based Pro 5️⃣ 💪 Classroom Hero 6️⃣ 📋 Lead Teacher 7️⃣ 🤝 Pre-K Mentor 8️⃣ 🧠 Master Teacher 9️⃣ 👑 Pre-K Legend 🎁 What you unlock ✨ Level 2, Go-Getter: my video on the top 10 play-based ways to teach children their names. A real win for those first weeks of school. And I'm not stopping there! New unlocks will drop at more levels as you climb, so keep an eye on that Classroom tab. 👀 🚀 How to climb fast! - Like and comment on posts - Share what's working in your room Every every comment, every like moves you up. Let's grow this together. 🌱 - Cathy

The Curriculum Corner is the foundations course for The Creative Curriculum. Nine lessons, five videos in each one, walking you through exactly how I used The Creative Curriculum in my own classroom from the very beginning to the end of the year. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗵: 🍎 Lesson 1: Introduction to The Creative Curriculum 🍎 Lesson 2: The Curriculum Basics 🍎 Lesson 3: Study Foundations 🍎 Lesson 4: From Classroom Setup to Interest Areas 🍎 Lesson 5: Structure Your Daily Schedule 🍎 Lesson 6: Create Your Laser-Focused Teaching Strategy 🍎 Lesson 7: Structured Small Groups 🍎 Lesson 8: GOLD Assessment 🍎 Lesson 9: Peek Into My Classroom 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, because that is where a lot of the heavy lifting lives: 🎁 planner for your first six weeks 🎁 A planner for assessment and using GOLD 🎁 A planner for getting ready for kindergarten 🎁 Four study bundles, aligned to the teaching guides, that I walk you through inside the course: The First Six Weeks, Balls, Trees, and Clothes, all guided editions This one is meant to be taken apart or worked through in order. Start at Lesson 1 if you want the full picture, or go straight to the lesson that matches what you are staring down this week. Assessment season, a study you are about to launch, your daily schedule. Take what you need and leave the rest for later. It will still be here. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘂𝗺 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿. Questions about a specific lesson, something you tried that worked, a piece you are stuck on, all of it goes in the comments right here so nothing gets scattered and everyone can learn from each other. So tell me in the comments: which lesson are you starting with, and what is the one thing about The Creative Curriculum you most want to feel confident about? 😊

The Regulated Room is 90 minutes of audio broken into five themes, and it was made for early childhood educators, not your students. 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱: 👉🏽 A short audio session you can listen to on the drive in, during nap, or while you set up 👉🏽 A workbook to make it yours 👉🏽 Posters for your space 👉🏽 A custom song written for that theme 👉🏽 The Regulated Teacher Deck To get your certificate: finish all five themes, then fill out the feedback form. That form is the only way the certificate gets to you, so do not skip it. It documents all 90 minutes, which matters if you are turning it in for professional development hours. More than 120 teachers have already been through it. 🎉 And I wanted to share some breakthroughs and transformations with you. 🫶🏼 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺: "𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘦. 𝘐𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨." - Caitlin "𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩! 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴, “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰.” 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥. 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳." - Jennifer "𝘐 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦, 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶!" - Ina How to use it: start with Theme 1 and move through them in order. Each one builds on the one before it, so the sequence matters. Go at your own pace and come back to any theme whenever you need it. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺. Questions, thoughts, a moment where something finally clicked, all of it goes in the comments right here so nothing gets scattered and everyone can learn from each other.

Hey teachers! 😊 Real talk for a second. The first six weeks of school are the hardest weeks of the whole year. Routines that fall apart, big feelings at drop-off, a schedule that exists only in your head. Every year we say we'll get ahead of it, and every year August eats us alive. So tell me: what's the ONE thing about the beginning of the year that stresses you out most? Drop it in the comments. Your answers are shaping what I build next. 👇🏽 And here's what's happening one level up, because I'd feel bad if you found out later. Inside the Pre-K Prep Club for Teachers ($7 a month), members get: 🎉 300+ done-for-you resources, ready to print and use + monthly drops 🎉 The Jumpstart Challenge for play-based learning 🎉 The Jumpstart Challenge for The Creative Curriculum 🎉 With done-for-you resources and video guides for both challenges 🎉 This August: a LIVE workshop, Your First Six Weeks Playbook, so you walk into the new year with a plan instead of a panic. This workshop is for you no matter what curriculum you use. You'll walk away knowing what developmentally appropriate practice looks like in those first weeks, so you can bring it into YOUR room no matter what your program hands you. We'll use the 2026 Creative Curriculum preschool guide as our example because it's one of the most well-rounded versions out there. Club members are voting on the workshop date right now. Join this month and you get a say in when it happens, a live seat with Q&A, and the replay forever. The resources will always be there. Being in the room while this gets built happens once. 🙌🏽 If August-you deserves a calmer start, come join us here. Already a Club member on our other platform? You're covered. Stay tuned for your invite, appreciate your patience! And even if the Club isn't for you right now, tell me your biggest beginning-of-year struggle below. This community is exactly where those conversations belong. 🤗 Thanks for being a part of it.