HAPPY FRIDAY! I hope everyone is enjoying a bright and sunny Summer day! This week in our storytimes, we decided to ce...
Bringing the sunshine indoors, with this simple kids’ craft idea — making paper plate suns.
Check out this collection of firefly activities, crafts, and book recommendations. They are perfect for learning about fireflies and would make a great summer theme for preschool or early elementary.
Hi Ladies! Someone recently asked me if I could split up my Literacy Workstation Task cards. So, last night I worked on splitting up the cards. I added the ABC/ Word Study Task Cards last night. However, I am going to add some more cards to each of the packets so please let me know if there is certain task you would like to see. Click here to go to my TpT store. Also, here are some classroom Anchor Charts I have created with the class lately! Below are pictures of the anchor charts we made to discuss the insects we are going over. We are using Deanna jumps TpT packet and my kids are lovin' it. Oh my word. Obsessed with bugs! Me? Not so much. We are have done some inferencing activities lately as well. A post on that will follow after I can take pictures of the activities. Our phonics skills we learned:
Using the book Fireflies by Julie Brinkloe to teach the importance of word choice in writing: A mentor text activity that focuses on revising sentences! Multiple FREE printables included!
Alphabet mats can be used over and over again to practice letter recognition. Use these ideas to make hands-on ABC learning fun!
Ahhhh, summer. Who doesn't love seeing fireflies? Or do you call them lightning bugs? They are summer's night lights and I'm sure most of us have childhood memories of catching these creatures and putting them in a jar. There was no way I could do a unit on summer bugs and not include these fellas. First I made a firefly head out of black construction paper. Then I made a teardrop-shaped body out of wax paper. (You could also use contact paper or laminating sheets.) The kids glued the wax paper onto the head. Then they put glue on the wax paper (using a glue stick) and stuck on yellow and green tissue paper squares. Once it was filled, they flipped it over and glued on wings. You can trim the tissue paper if it hangs over the wax paper. And you can also add another sheet of wax paper on top so it's smooth on both sides. I hung them on the windows beside our door. When the light is off in our room, it looks really cool. Much cooler than that picture shows. UPDATE: I took down the fireflies today to send home. But before putting them in the mailboxes, I attached a mini flashlight from Oriental Trading. I used a glue dot and stuck it on the back. When you push the button to turn on the flashlight, the light shines through the tissue paper. The kids love that their fireflies actually light up! Fun Fact: Male fireflies fly in the air when flashing (their way of communicating to find a mate) and females stay in bushes and grass. Each species has its own specific flashing pattern. The male seems to say, "Hey, don't you think I'm cute?" And the female will say, "Sure, come down for a date!" However, some species of female fireflies will play a nasty trick on the males. They will flash a signal so a male comes down and then eat him up!
Free Bible Story Minibooks and Bible Verse Minibooks to had out to students. These are perfect for homeschool or Sunday School settings.
Today’s “Inspired by Flannel Friday” post was inspired by two of the Flannel Friday crew: Amy at Catch the Possibilities and Alison of Miss Alison Is Blogging! I did use the book …
Rise is the first episode and season premiere of the fourth season of Castle. As Beckett fights for her life, Castle attempts to find the person responsible for the shooting. Meanwhile back at the precinct, Ryan and Esposito try to adapt to the new captain in charge. When Castle asks her at the hospital, Beckett says that she doesn't remember anything about the time of the gunshot. Castle is shocked, but Beckett later admits to a psychiatrist that she remembers everything, and that she lied to C
There are over 2,000 species of fireflies or lightning bugs. Although they are called flies or bugs, they are neither; they are beetles. They are easily spotted by the light that is produced in the b
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We had a wonderful time camping this past weekend. Twelve children and eight adults made for a crowded, but exciting trip. We were all sitting around the campfire the first night. The sun had set and darkness crept in. All of a sudden, we saw twinkling lights throughout the trees. Yep, fireflies. If you haven't
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1-2-3 Come Do Some Super-Fun Firefly Activities With Me Fireflies are a special part of my wonderful childhood memories. Grama used to say that they are "nature's fireworks". Studying them is a super-fun way to learn all sorts of science too, so with that in mind, I designed my new...
Learning about cloud shapes? Try this fun ink blot cloud shapes activity to go along with Eric Carle's Little Cloud book.
I've made a Spring ABC Book with 26 pages of A thru Z words. All the words are made with dotted lines that the children need to trace! They will then illustrate and color a picture that goes with the words. BUT if you don't like the words I've picked, I have added many other choices for most of the letters. Just print the one you want for each letter to change the original story. The extra pages are listed after the ABC Story. Print the 26 A-Z pages you want for the book. Don't print them all! The first word listed is in the story, and the other words are pages to choose from. A-April showers, ants, April, April Fools B-butterflies, bikes, baseball, birds, bunnies C-caterpillars, clouds, crocus D-dandelions, daffodils E-eggs, Easter, Easter Rabbit F-flowers, frogs, fireflies G-garden, galoshes H-hatch, hatchling, hiking, home I-ice cream J-jumping rope, joy K-kite, kids L-leaves, ladybugs, lambs M-mud, March, melt N-nest, new clothes O-offspring, open windows, outside P-puddles, plants, pussy willows Q-quiet, quick R-rainbows, robins, raincoat, rain, rollerblading S-spring, seeds, soccer, skateboarding, sun T-tulips, tadpoles, time change U-umbrella V-vacation W-windy, worms, warm weather, wash car, wagon X-vernal equinox Y-yard, yellow sun Z-zigzag bees, zzzzz Thank you to Jessica Stanford's Original Fonts! http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Browse/Search:jessica+stanford Please Download Preview to see a sample of the activity. Please leave feedback and enjoy! Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Thank you for your feedback. Also See: Easter Products Spring Products Other Activities That Can Involve Reading and Writing: Winter ABC Book-You Pick The Pages You Want! Trace Winter ABC Class Book With Dotted Words Christmas ABC Book-You Pick The Pages Positional Concepts Where Is Robin On The Farm? 10 Little Snowmen Class Book and Student Book for Winter Egg Fact & Fiction Stories-First, Next, Last Spring ABC Class Book Trace Dotted Letters and Illustrate Pictures Valentine Candy Hearts Math and Writing Activities Easter Bunny's New Look Environmental Print ABC Booklet Snow Globe Picture and Writing Activity for Christmas or Winter Halloween Positional Concepts Where Is Ghost? Book and Drawing Stick Kids Creative Writing Paper 3 Different Grids I See Shapes Looking At Me Story + Color Words Antonyms Trace Class Book 58 Opposite Matches to Illustrate Mr. Scarecrow Free! Turkey Writing Paper for Thanksgiving-Various Ages-Three Grids Tee-rrific T-shirt Template and Blank Template Mr. Snowman Christmas ABC Class Book With Trace Words Spring and Summer Picture Word Flashcards, Word Cards and Activities Christmas/ Holiday Picture Word Flashcards + Word Cards Halloween Trick or Treat ABC Class Book Trace Dotted Letters & Illustrate Halloween Positional Concepts Where Is Ghost? Book and Drawing Free! Happy New Year Resolutions Free! Christmas Santa's List Free! Valentine Writing Papers 3 Grids Color or Black and White Merry Christmas How Many Words Can You Make? Free! St. Patrick’s Day Writing Paper 2 Different Grids Easter 10 Little Eggs Song, Puzzles, and Creative Writing Sheet 10 Little Turkeys Class Book and Student Book for Thanksgiving Autumn and Fall Picture Word Flashcards, Word Cards, and Activities Follow Me to receive customized email updates about my store discounts, free activities and product launches. Look for the green star near the top of any page in my store and click it to become a follower. How to get TPT credit to use on future purchases: Please go to your My Purchases page (you may need to login). Beside each purchase you'll see a Provide Feedback button. Simply click it and you will be taken to a page where you can give a quick rating and leave a short comment for the product. Thank you for your feedback.
