The first day of Kindergarten can be a very scary event for some children. One way to prepare your kids for the big day is by reading books about kindergarten. Showing them how fun going to school is will help calm their nerves and get them excited! Here are 10 books on Getting Ready

Are you a reader? Do you worry about your students being readers? Of course, you do! Several years ago I became a trainer for our local science curriculum and now teach teachers how to use the science kits adopted for each grade. At one of those training sessions I conducted, a teacher said

25 FREE Dr. Seuss educational printables and worksheets for preschool and kindergarten. Perfect for celebrating Read Across America Day or for book extension activities.

Teaching kids manners isn't as hard as it it seems, and we're sharing 6 tips, 7 activities, and 5 books you can use to raise thoughtful, polite children at home and in the classroom.

Browse our latest titles in the Children's Picture Books category to discover your next read from PenguinRandomHouse.com

Do you want ALL the Old Lady Boom Card Book Companions? Peek here. Do you want ALL the Old Lady Printable Book Companions? Peek here. This book companion corresponds with book There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Worm by Lucille Colandro. This book and companion are perfect for Earth Day and Spring themes for speech therapy, special education, home school, preschool, and kindergarten. Book companions are wonderful tools to go along with real books. They offer opportunities for language instruction, vocabulary, interaction, review, and fun! This file contains a link to an interactive set on Boom Learning™. Click the video preview for a walkthrough of the book and game. What's Included: 1) Preteach Vocabulary: vocabulary from the story, Sentence strips, interactive pieces, and lots of language opportunities. 2) Feed an Old Lady: Feed Me: an Old Lady! items from the story 3) Questions (differentiated into two levels): Level 1 with 2 picture choices, Level 2 open ended with typing option Directions: Click on the activity you want to do. Click on the Earth picture within each page to go back to the main page. Use the arrows to go forward or backward. Use the preteaching section to target vocabulary, expanding utterances (MLU) using sentence strips in no fail or errorless teaching. Use Feed an Old Lady section for open-ended play, requesting, spatial positions, and vocabulary. Use answering questions to go through story recall, target simple /wh/ questions, and to increase retention of concepts. This file does not include audio or the content from the original book, but is designed as a companion for preteaching, language instruction, speech therapy, special education, preschool, kindergarten, open-ended play, and guided instruction for language, vocabulary, basic concepts, core language, and much more! Perfect for Valetine's Day and February themes! Related Products: Printable Old Lady Book Companion Set Nursery Rhyme Bundle This file contains links to decks on Boom Learning ™. To use Boom Cards, you must be connected to the internet. Boom Cards play on modern browsers (Firefox, Edge, Safari, and Chrome). The Boom Learning app is available on Android, iPad, iPhone, and Kindle Fire. For privacy and security purposes, an adult must have an account to assign and use the Boom Cards. You will be able to assign the Boom Cards you are purchasing as “Fast Pins” (this provides instant feedback for the games played). Fast play is a free way for students to use Boom Card decks. For additional assignment types, you’ll need a premium account. If you are new to Boom Learning, you will be offered a free trial for the premium account. Read here for details. If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected] prior to purchasing! Join the Ausome Speech Club for freebies, tips and tricks, giveaways, therapy ideas, social script videos, and more! **TpT**PINTEREST**BOOM LEARNING **INSTAGRAM **BLOG** FACEBOOK ** Terms of Use: © Ausome Speech. This is a single user license only. Please do not share, copy, email, save to a shared drive, or redistribute this file in any way. If you wish to share with a colleague, please purchase an additional license or direct them to my TPT store. You may not copy any part of this document (content, layout, format, idea, design) and reproduce it or create a similar product using my idea. This original activity was imagined and created by Elizabeth Hepler of Ausome Speech, LLC, All Rights Reserved. All rights reserved to Elizabeth Hepler of Ausome Speech. This original activity was imagined and created by Elizabeth Hepler, all rights reserved.

In this time of uncertainty, our students may feel a bit lost in the shuffle of adults who are preoccupied with many concerns and worries. Matthew Stensrud created this touching lesson to remind each and every child that they are important.

These kindergarten anchor charts will give you the tools you need to teach math, reading, friendship skills, and much more!

Learning about cloud shapes? Try this fun ink blot cloud shapes activity to go along with Eric Carle's Little Cloud book.

Learning about the saints is a wonderful thing for Catholic children to work on. This post has a free saints coloring book for February, featuring six saints whose feast days are in February: Saint Brigid of Ireland, Saint Blaise, Saint Agatha, Saint Scholastica, Our Lady of Lourdes, and Saint Valentine.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with your young students with these 12 themed read alouds full of luck, gold, and leprechauns!

A Question of the Day for preschool or kindergarten helps build reading and math skills as part of the morning routine. Find out how here.

Usborne Books are amazing books for homeschooling families! This two part series will showcase my very favorite books from Usborne Books & More!

FREE printable matching and sequencing activities to go along with the book series Old Lady Who Swallowed..., including a fly, a pie, a bat, a bell, a shell, a chick, a rose, a clover, some leaves, some snow, some books. Great book activity for toddlers, preschool and kindergarten.

If you're teaching about the five senses, you need this giant book list of recommended reads!

Kids will love this Catholic saints coloring book for July. The free coloring book features six saints who have feast days in July.

Our adventures around the world with Build Your Library has lead us to Europe. One of the most exciting places to visit was Greece. The oldest was so intrigued that we went ahead and made a whole unit out of it. Welcome to Greece!

What a busy two weeks! Happy to be back to the blogging world and so ready for Spring Break. I wanted to share with you all some of the fun ...

A fun color matching game to extend the book Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten; includes free printable.

My favorite Valentine's Day books for little learners (preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten). Books to teach about love, friendship, letters, and the mail.

Hey everyone!! I am just so excited to share with you a secret I have been keeping. A few amazing ladies and I are bringing you a new monthly series called… BOOKS {BLOGGERS} LOVE!! As teachers you know we ALL love books! These fabulous bloggers will be bringing you our favorite read alouds each month!!! […]

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly! This is our old lady! I made her with a flip lid trash can. Then I found an object that goes with everything that she swallowed. I hand them out to the kids. When it comes to their object in the book, then they "feed" the old lady!

I was inspired by this pin on Pinterest: { source } *Aside: I just love Sarah Cooley's blog, First Grader ...at last! She is so ve...

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Explore states of matter for kids with this easy water science experiment. A solid liquid gas experiment is great for hands-on learning!

The Way I Act

This is an awesome list of St Patrick's day books for kids! Great for teaching the kids about St Patty's and everything about the luck of the Irish.

Looking for some books for snowy days? Dianna Kennedy shares her favorite winter books, crafts, recipes, and winter-themed printables for preschool and kindergarten students.

When Grandma Gives You a Lemon Tree by Jamie L. B. Deenihan is the perfect read aloud for May! Nothing screams summer quite like lemons and lemonade, am I right? As we’re winding down the school year, these When Grandma Gives you a Lemon Tree activities are the perfect way to keep your kindergarten kiddos […]

You probably know the poem, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly…..Little kids get a huge kick out of this poem, which begins:...

There are few books from my childhood that I vividly remember… Miss Rumphius, the story of the Lupine Lady, is one of them. Whether it is the beautiful illustrations or the inspiring message the story delivers, the award winning children’s classic is definitely one book from my childhood that has…