About Oink4PIGTALES

Hey, teacher friends! I'm Lee Ann, the person behind Oink4PIGTALES! I create hands-on, differentiated, rigorous, and standards-based activities for PreK-3rd grade to help save you time and keep students engaged! My degree is in Early Childhood Education, and I have 28 years of teaching experience in PreK-3rd Grade. I’m an educational blogger, curriculum designer, and owner of Oink4PIGTALES.

My passion for teaching began the first day I started school. My parents built me a classroom in the basement of our home. It was complete with chalk board, desks, and teaching supplies. I started creating resources at the age of six to “play school”. Little did I know then, this was preparing me for a future of creating resources for myself, friends, and teachers around the world.

I’ve been a TpT author since 2015. I strive to offer QUALITY Standards based aligned resources for PreK-3rd grade. Please know YOU are OINKTASTIC to me! I became a Pig Lover in high school. Little did I know, what began as a joke, would turn into a classroom and house full of pigs! Because of my love for pigs, it was only fitting to make my classroom a Pig Theme room. Finding Pig Décor was always impossible, so I began creating my own. Other teachers began asking me to make things for them, and one thing led to another, and another and then in 2015 I opened my TpT store as a hobby. I never dreamed that my store would be able to help so many teachers and students across the world! This is such an OINKTASTIC feeling! When I say “OINKTASTIC” or “PIGARRIFIC”, it's just my little idiosyncrasy of saying "GREAT JOB", "THANK YOU", or "WELL DONE"!

Teaching style

You will find my products offer lots of "Hands-On" Teaching. I try to integrate as many skills as possible possible into every lesson I teach and create. Kids must be taught in a way that is developmentally appropriate, engaging, fun, and differentiated. Students need to learn that mistakes are okay, not a failure, but lessons that lead to success!

Awards & shining teacher moments

1999 Teacher of the Year Featured in TpT Newsletter November 1,2015 Dinosaur Logical Thinking Resource. Featured in TpT Newsletter January 29, 2017 Math Pattern Sort Freebie. WBIR TV Educator of the Week SCUD Educator of the Month Magna Cum Laude Carson Newman Graduate

My own education history

My degree is in Early Childhood Education. I graduated with honors as a nontraditional student. I have a Master in Curriculum and Instruction, that I graduated with Magna Cum Laude honors while teaching full time. My passion to teach began in my pretend school house,my parents built for me when I was in first grade. I love teaching and could never imagine myself doing anything else. OINK!

Additional biographical information

The photo above is my office. You can see the pigs came home!! The kitty in the photo is my sweet Bertie. She is the best. She's known for showing herself any time I'm in a meeting or in the middle of creating. 💕 

I became a Pig Lover by accidentally making a snorting sound in High School. Little did I know, what began as a joke, would become one of my biggest and most cherished collections. It was only fitting to make my classroom a Pig Theme room. My classroom is full of pigs and my students (PIGAROOS) and I "OINK" a lot! My Pigaroos and I love our class mascot, a stuffed pig named Baby Cheddar, long and meaningful story. Check it out on my blog or Facebook. When I say OINKTASTIC or PIGARRIFIC, it's just my little idiosyncrasy of saying "GREAT JOB", "THANK YOU", or "WELL DONE"! Thanks for visiting my ©Oink4PIGTALES store!