It can be tricky to come up with Bookstagram post ideas when you're trying to juggle everything else in your life. We've had a Bookstagram account for three years and although the book world provides lots of inspiration, we sometimes still run out of ideas. To help with this, we've assembled useful bookstagram prompts and
Meet the bookstagrammer Tell your audience about yourself! Where are you from? Favorite genres, places to read, or a little of your like outside reading. Currently reading What are you currently reading? Let us know!
Whether it’s a fun past-time or a way to enhance your writing career, starting a book blog is a great way to get the most out of your reading. Connect with like-minded readers, share your thoughts, improve your writing skills and indulge your love for all things bookish! Follow t
Five Senses Ultimate Pack This pack contains so many activities you can use while teaching students about their five senses! About This Packet This packet contains 41 pages of Five Senses activities. It's great to use during reading, writing, and science. It contains pages that are differeniate...
Print these FREE printable color books, activity sheets, chore charts and more with our round of of favorite educational sheets that you can print for kids!
Teaching growth mindset can be done with read-alouds! Rosie's Glasses is a great book for this. Get ideas for using this book to teach being positive.
ALL ABOUT EARTH Get ready for a month filled with so many fun activities to teach your kiddos all about our planet Earth . I teach this unit in April so it coincides with Earth Day. I’ve loaded up this blog post post with read aloud book ideas, free videos you can share with your students,
Free crochet pattern for an adorable amigurumi kawaii book. Post includes step-by-step photos and video resources for stitches used.
Summer No Prep Preschool and Kindergarten 130 Page Worksheet Book 130 pages of Kindergarten and Preschool worksheets! I was going to wait a little before posting this but decided I would go ahead s…
Use social media obsession to your benefit and get to know your students! This Instagram page layout is current to 2023, and includes two pages: A profile page - draw your profile photo, write your username and a brief bio; and fill six photo squares with drawings of activities, foods, family members, or friends. A post page - draw one photo and add your own caption. Want more Back to School activities? Try these: All About Me Mingle Bingo
"It was like herding cats!" That was my answer to my husband the other day when he asked how my day had gone. Seriously, the days I have first and second graders are just hard - fun, but exhausting. That is until I found the SECRET to STEM and the littles! Are you ready for
Book week is always a fun time of the year. This post is all about creating a fun Where’s Wally hunt at your school.
A blog about quiet books, activity books, busy books, felt books. Free patterns, templates, and printables.
Do you guys remember when I posted all the pictures of the quiet book I made ? It was a really long time ago, but it remains one of my mo...
Inspired by my previous post, I have created a series of 6 doodle sheets that are free to download. I have produced them at A5 size (though they could be made smaller or larger if you choose) and they can either be printed off and used as they come, or trimmed and laminated to make re-usable doodle sheets, as illustrated here. If laminated, they should be used with special dry-wipe pens to allow them to be wiped clean. I also punched a hole in the corner of each sheet and tied them together using a keyring so that I could carry them about more easily. You are free to use these however you choose (except commercially of course!) However if you do wish to use them, please consider making a small donation to help support my personal blog. You can do this by clicking on the button below, or by using the Ko-Fi widget in the sidebar. To get your doodle sheets just click on the each image to open up the full size image, then right click to download a copy. Garden-Doodle Masterpiece Doodle View Doodle Knight Doodle Undersea Doodle Space Doodle
Unlock Reading Magic: Dive into animated shorts and task cards for captivating main idea and details lessons! 📚🎬
Hier findest du 100 Wenn Buch Sprüche und Ideen um dein Wenn Buch ganz einfach selbst zu erstellen! Hier geht es zur Bastelanleitung...
Would you like to sew and sell items made from this pattern? Commercial licenses are available! Another quiet book page is ready for Jax’s book! When I was doing the laundry this week, I mana…
Are you looking for ways to incorporate environmental print in your preschool classroom? This post has five different ideas to easily incorporate...
Teaching growth mindset vs. fixed mindset is so crucial for elementary teachers. This lesson connects growth mindset, art, and picture books!
Knowledge is power that anyone can get from a book. Books come in all shapes, colors and sizes and they’re so much fun to touch, smell and turn. Did you know that the first libraries didn’t have books? They were a collection of clay tablets found in Mesopotamia (modern day southern Iraq), from the earliest […]
ALL ABOUT EARTH Get ready for a month filled with so many fun activities to teach your kiddos all about our planet Earth . I teach this unit in April so it coincides with Earth Day. I’ve loaded up this blog post post with read aloud book ideas, free videos you can share with your students,
This post is about The Very Hungry Caterpillar activities and free printables list. These activities are fun, hands-on and simple!
Thank you to Diane for submitting this fun book report poster. It’s legal size (paper) worksheet and is great for lower grades (or as an easy project for upper grades). Great end of the year …
A plot idea is just the beginning when you want to write a book and these simple questions help you turn that idea into a complete story.
Encourage kindness through setting goals and random acts of kindness challenge. Includes book ideas, lesson ideas, and FREE kindness awards!
Learn About the 7 Continents! Exploring the 7 Continents has never been more exciting! It’s a Small World Continent Study is filled with over 35 activities to help your students gain a greater understanding of the seven continents. This 130+ page unit is filled with great resources, posters, printables, activities, and projects that will open […]
Check out this list of some tried and true Instagram ideas for authors, as well as tips on how to create content that will build genuine connections.
Get started with a preschool question of the day in your classroom! These fun questions will make your morning routine meaningful and fun!
Since it is summertime and so many of us are already in planning mode for next year, I wanted to utilize my Mentor Text series post this month to share books to help you introduce 10 basic reading skills to your students. If you like any of the books you see in this blog post, […]
This week for Virtual Book Club Summer Camp it is Forest Fun Week! Here at Toddler Approved when we think of the forest, we think of one thing... THE GRUFFALO! So, this week we'll be
If you are wanting to teach kids about countries around the world this is a fun, free printable to teach kids about 18 countries - perfect for preschool, kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd gr
Do you think writing an outline of your chapters will help you but don't know where to start creating one? Create the perfect chapters outline.
Hi! It's Nicole from Learning Lab here to talk about some alternative book projects your students can complete after reading novels and other books. Before that, I want to share my newest little love, Tessa. She was born on October 21. She has a very mild manner but still has her nights and days mixed up. Her older siblings absolutely adore her. Now that you got a little baby fix, back to book projects! My students complained a lot last year about boring book reports. The ones that came with our reading program were terrible so I set out over the summer to create some exciting and fun alternative book projects. These book project ideas are a break from the traditional book report and can be used with any book! This one is pretty self-explanatory. The students can write a letter to the author. Depending on whether the author is alive or not, you students could actually mail their letter out! Wouldn't it be wonderful if they got a reply?!? All kids watch a lot of movies. They're exposed to movie posters every time they set foot in a mall or theater. The creativity you will see when they create a movie poster for the book they just read can be amazing! What kid doesn't love Diary of a Wimpy Kid or any other graphic novel? They're going to love creating their own comic strip using details from the book they just read even more! This is their chance to be honest about the book they just read. They can even give it a 5-star rating if they totally loved it! Timelines help kids practice sequencing and retelling. Timelines also have less writing and are more visual which is perfect for some of your kiddos! Your artistic kids will love redesigning the book cover. The catch is that they also have to rewrite the short summary on the back of the book too! Here is another visual project that will pull some of your readers right in! Imagine being able to see all of the places from your book on a map! Every book has a juicy part fit for the front page of a newspaper. Here is a chance for your kids to write an article retelling a specific event. Your kids will get a kick out of "interviewing" their favorite character. First, they will need to come up with some questions and then they'll need to answer them from the character's point of view. I find that when you add technology to just about anything, kids will gravitate towards it. I am sure they will love putting together a PowerPoint presentation all about the book they just read. What other book projects do you like to use with your students? I would love to hear your ideas! If you want to try alternative book projects in your classroom, I have expanded on these ideas and created directions sheets for each project for my students. Each project includes the task and the plan with detailed directions including "must haves" and "may haves". There is also a Do Not Forget section that give little reminders to keep your kids on track. I have also included two versions of a log to keep track of which projects your students have completed. The first one gives them choice and they just log their choice. The second one lists each project and the student has to complete each project once before repeating a choice. Do you use interactive notebooks in your classroom? No worries! I have reduced the size of each page so that it fits right into an interactive notebook! Thanks for stopping by! If you want to read more about how I use interactive notebooks with Read180 and pick up a freebie, you should check out this blog post. See you next month!
Everyone loves Before & After Pictures, right? So, here we go! These pictures are just what my room looked like at the very beginning of the year. At the end of this post, I’ll post som…
