At the beginning of the school year, I want my learners to get started right away with math centers. This is how we structure our math block the entire year, so setting up a routine is key for a year of successful math instruction. The first week of school my learners will find manipulatives in

When it comes to introducing scissors, this typically begins around 3 years old. When we purchased Emmy's first pair of training scissors, the activities were exactly as explained above; I simply gave her a piece of paper and let her get familiar with the hand motions needed to work the tool.

K-1 LABELING UNIT How do I teach my kindergarten and first grade students to write? I think every teacher has wondered this at some point. It can seem overwhelming... especially when getting started. I am so excited to share with you how I tackle writing and writer’s workshop! I will sh

The beginning of the school year is a busy time filled with teaching expectations and procedures. However, it is also a time to celebrate just how diverse and important each student is to your classroom! Just like a box of crayons, each student plays an important role in the overall picture. For this reason, I love to read crayon-themed picture books to help set the tone and build classroom community.

K-1 LABELING UNIT How do I teach my kindergarten and first grade students to write? I think every teacher has wondered this at some point. It can seem overwhelming... especially when getting started. I am so excited to share with you how I tackle writing and writer’s workshop! I will sh

The beginning of kindergarten can be extremely exciting and stressful all at the same time. Having some stress free activities on hand ca...

These handwriting warm ups will get those fingers moving so dexterity and endurance is possible during writing and fine motor tasks.

K-1 LABELING UNIT How do I teach my kindergarten and first grade students to write? I think every teacher has wondered this at some point. It can seem overwhelming... especially when getting started. I am so excited to share with you how I tackle writing and writer’s workshop! I will sh

FREE 🎓 End of the Year Keepsake Boxes and Poems for Preschool, Pre-K, Kindergarten and First Grade

K-1 LABELING UNIT How do I teach my kindergarten and first grade students to write? I think every teacher has wondered this at some point. It can seem overwhelming... especially when getting started. I am so excited to share with you how I tackle writing and writer’s workshop! I will sh

Well hello there! I am back with an all new set of explore tubs!!! I mentioned back at the beginning of the new school year that I would be swapping out read to someone for “explore” during my daily five! I really felt that I needed to bring back some more hands-on activities AKA “fun”...

This FREE editable, beginning of the year checklist is a great tool for teachers. This product includes checklist cover and 4 checklist. Includes Power Point and PDF version. Just download freebie to help you prepare for this busy time of year! You can add tables or text boxes to edit or print and ...

K-1 LABELING UNIT How do I teach my kindergarten and first grade students to write? I think every teacher has wondered this at some point. It can seem overwhelming... especially when getting started. I am so excited to share with you how I tackle writing and writer’s workshop! I will sh

K-1 LABELING UNIT How do I teach my kindergarten and first grade students to write? I think every teacher has wondered this at some point. It can seem overwhelming... especially when getting started. I am so excited to share with you how I tackle writing and writer’s workshop! I will sh

Letters and Numbers Discrimination We spend a lot of time at the beginning of the school year talking about letters and numbers. Our ELA time is focused on letters – identifying letters, learning the sounds, writing the letters, etc. Our Math time is focused on numbers – identifying numbers, writing numbers, and counting objects. These […]

K-1 LABELING UNIT How do I teach my kindergarten and first grade students to write? I think every teacher has wondered this at some point. It can seem overwhelming... especially when getting started. I am so excited to share with you how I tackle writing and writer’s workshop! I will sh

Hello There! It’s been a while since I have written a blog post but I’m back and will be posting more freebies regularly. I’ve been working on a TON of ha

At the beginning of the year, I am always that hot mess teacher; HOWEVER, there is always one thing I make sure I have running smoothly by the end of September... independent work stations. Without independent work, SPED teachers would literally never get anything done. Plus, work boxes are a great way for students to

These six simple steps will give you the foundation for setting up successful math stations in your own classroom.

These Alphabet Beginning Sounds Clip Cards are a great way to practice matching letters and beginning sounds. These would make a great preschool busy bag.

K-1 LABELING UNIT How do I teach my kindergarten and first grade students to write? I think every teacher has wondered this at some point. It can seem overwhelming... especially when getting started. I am so excited to share with you how I tackle writing and writer’s workshop! I will sh

I don't know about you, but I'm so excited to see the early signs of Spring! It's a time when nature comes out of a resting period and transforms into the beautiful colors we love. This is also a perfect time to pull out your spring thematic units, activities and centers. This beginning sound literacy

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I love busy bags to provide a quick activity for the kids. In our house I often use busy bags as transition activities between one set of activities and another. Busy bags are also super

Well hello there! I am back with an all new set of explore tubs!!! I mentioned back at the beginning of the new school year that I would be swapping out read to someone for “explore” during my daily five! I really felt that I needed to bring back some more hands-on activities AKA “fun”...

K-1 LABELING UNIT How do I teach my kindergarten and first grade students to write? I think every teacher has wondered this at some point. It can seem overwhelming... especially when getting started. I am so excited to share with you how I tackle writing and writer’s workshop! I will sh

The Summer Solstice marks the beginning of summer and is the longest period of sunlight of the calendar year.

Another busy week... I can't believe September is done! October is going to be just as busy! I have three and a half inservice days, picture day, Thankgiving (Canadian style), and Halloween. Where am I suppose to teach in there?? Well, this week we started our math stations and the kids are LOVING them! They ask about them every day. I wish we had time every day! They are very hands on and lots of fun! Most of the activities come from other great bloggers, so I'll share links to them! Here is what the tubs look like. I bought 10 Sterilite snap-lid containers to store all of the materials in. For my work board I just display them on my whiteboard with magnetic tape. Love that stuff! Each day we do math stations, I just move the number cards around. I keep the groups to 2-3 students. We are starting with one station a day, but I made a second set of numbers in case we ever have time for two stations a day. Now onto my first set of stations. I am focusing on number and counting right now. All of the stations have a recording sheet to go with the hands on activity, but I am saving those for the second time around with the same stations. I want the students to really get a chance to explore the activities before completing the recording sheets. For most stations, I make three versions of each activity so each group member has their own set. I put each set into a large ziplock bag and tape the label/directions to the front of the bag. Station #1: All Boxed Up! from Cara Carroll's (The First Grade Parade) Ready, Set, Learn! {Back To School Math & Literacy Activities} Unit ---> click here to purchase I love Cara's unit. Such fun activities for back to school! My kids love the crayon activity. They have to match up number words, numbers, tally marks, and ten frames. The numbers range from 5-20, but I just included the numbers 5-10 for right now. I can add the harder ones in later. She also has a recording sheet to go with it. All I did was make a label for the bag. Download here. Station #2: Spill the Beans Students shake a cup of 10 double-sided bean counters. They colour in how many landed red and write a number sentence to go with it. I also have versions for 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Download the game and label for each of them below. {The first set of pages use the Canadian spelling of "colour".} Spill the Beans 5 Spill the Beans 6 Spill the Beans 7 Spill the Beans 8 Spill the Beans 9 Spill the Beans 10 {As per a request, the next set of game pages use the American spelling of "color".} Spill the Beans 5 Spill the Beans 6 Spill the Beans 7 Spill the Beans 8 Spill the Beans 9 Spill the Beans 10 Station #3: Counting Cups (inspired by Sarah Cooley over at First Grader...at Last!) I put a different number of objects (shells, beads, rocks, pom poms, buttons, etc.) in each cup. Students count the objects and write the number on the recording sheet. Click here for recording sheet and label. Station #4: Ordering Numbers by Mrs. Magee (First Grade Brain) ---> download numbers 0-15 free here Such a cute station idea from Mrs. Magee. I love the clipart! In her freebie of numbers 0-15, you get the work mats and card as well as two different worksheets. You can also purchase her unit with numbers up to 110. Station #5: Race to Trace from Shari Sloane ---> downlad this and other great math games here I laminate the game boards and include dry-erase crayons and dice. Students take turns rolling a dice and tracing that number. The first student to complete their page wins the race! You can use the game board as the recording sheet--just have students use crayons or makers on the paper. Download the label here. Station #6: Playdoh Numbers What a great sensory approach to practicing numbers. I think this is one of my students' favourite stations. Download number cards, recording sheet, and label here. Station #7: Buggy Friends Count by Tens by Ms. Arnold ---> download this freebie here Big thanks for this freebie! Students put these cute tens bugs in order then complete the recording sheet with the missing numbers. Check out Ms. Arnold's other great items over at her TpT store. She has a super sweet Back to School Math Fun unit that I will be using for future stations. Station #8: Unifix Cube Patterns I used these awesome unifix cube pattern cards from Jennifer Meacham's site (download here). Students love building patterns with these blocks. You can download my recording sheet and label here. {As per a request, here is the version using the American spelling of "color"--download here.} Station #9: Ten Frame War Students play war with Power of Ten cards. There is a single person recording sheet (students have to colour the ten frames and circle the one with the most) and label you can download here. {As per a request, here is the version using the American spelling of "color"--download here.} Station #10: Clothespin Math inspired by Cara Carroll's (The First Grade Parade) ---> download her freebie here I loved Cara's idea and her cute polka dot letters, but I needed some simple numbers for my kids. You can download my number cards and label here. Cara also included a good recording sheet with her clothespin cards. Well, I think that is enough rambling for now! I hope you can use some of these ideas. Also, many thanks to all the fabulous bloggers out there who have shared such FANTASTIC ideas with the teaching world. I can't express how much I have learned from everyone out there! Keep sharing and happy weekend everyone! :)

This construction themed learning activity binder will keep early learners busy and engaged with so many fun hands on learning activities. Children absolutely love the construction theme and this one is sure to bring many hours of fun. Use this as morning work in the home or early childhood classroom, take it along with you when you travel or go to a restaurant or doctors appointment, or use it as part of your homeschool, preschool, or kindergarten classroom curriculum. The great thing about this binder is that you can easily differentiate the activities for children of all ages and can choose to use these activities in many different ways to meet the needs of all children and learning environments. SKILL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED: ★Tool Shadow Matching (Visual Discrimination & Fun) ★Beginning Sound Match (Initial Sounds) ★Building Numbers 10 Frames (Numbers, Counting, Ten Frames) ★Construction Shape Signs (Shape Tracing) ★Colorful Construction Signs (Colors & Color Words Matching) ★Spin and Count Tools (Number Order & Counting) ★Tally & Graph Construction (Tally Marks & Graphing) ★Short Vowel Brick Sort (Medial Vowels) ★Construction Words Trace & Match (Prewriting/Tracing Practice, Matching) ★Don't Hit The Cones (Tracing, Pen Control, Left to Right Progression, Beginning Reading) ★★THIS IS AN INSTANT DOWNLOAD ONLY★★ CHECK OUT ALL OUR OTHER BUSY BINDER PRODUCTS IN OUR SHOP: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LetsPlayLearnGrow?section_id=28232623

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We love directed drawing and our very popular Alphabet Directed Drawing will help you integrate 'alphabet' and letter themed learning with writing and art. Updated Packet Our Alphabet Directed Drawing packet has doubled in size and value! Why Directed Drawing? Directed drawing allows young students to feel successful on their journey learning to draw and helps to motivate their writing. Quite often teaching children to draw will be a springboard to enthusiastic attempts to write and engage in more paper based communication. What is included in our packets For each drawing in our directed drawing packets, you can select from one of 4 projects: The Classic Directed Drawing has the steps and room provided for students to simply draw, following the steps. Big Draw provides the steps on one page, and a page sized, bordered worksheet for students to create a large artwork. Draw and Write has a blank space for students to draw (using the separate page of steps) and a few lines to write a sentence or two. The "Read, Draw, Write" style worksheet encourages students to read the word in the word bank, follow the directed steps to draw a picture (and they may add additional drawings) and then lines are provided for students to write about their picture or the topic. In this alphabet version, the word bank is just one word. If you pop back to this post, you can snag a free sample to try with your kiddos! Thank you so much for stopping by - have a lovely day!

Need a fun way for your young learners to play and learn this back to school season? This busy box is perfect for you! These printable activities for learning about school fit perfectly into photo boxes and are great for toddlers, preschoolers, and other young learners practicing identifying and learning about different things seen during this back to school time. This busy box is included in the Back to School Bundle! CLICK HERE to check it out! There are 19 activity mats included in this busy box to practice 14 different skills. Simply print out, cut, and laminate each mat and the corresponding cards. Toss them into the photo box with manipulatives like pom poms, dry erase markers, play dough, mini-erasers, and whatever else you want to play and learn with these activities. There are mats to practice the following skills: - identifying Back to School objects by matching pictures - finding Back to School objects in books - covering Back to School pictures with manipulatives - coloring by code - tracing with dry erase markers - identifying shapes - identifying letters - identifying numbers - identifying beginning sounds - counting - identifying emotions - creating Back to School shapes with playdough - building Back to School shapes with cubes You may need markers, crayons, pom poms, beads, dry erase markers, play dough, mini-erasers, or other manipulatives to complete these activities. Please feel free to ask any questions you might have before purchasing by asking a question through TPT or emailing me at [email protected]! I'm happy to help in any way I can. Happy learning! Love this resource? Check out these toddler learning centers or this busy books forever growing bundle! Follow me on TPT by clicking HERE! Want a free learning activity for your little learners every single month? Hop on my email list here and I'll send you a learning activity each month, as well as updates about new resources, new blog posts, and other happy, helpful freebies! :) Follow all the adventures on social media too…I’d love to see you there! Instagram: @alleahmaree Pinterest: Alleah Maree Facebook: Alleah Maree

Well the countdown begins! So I’m going to take it easy in the run up to the end of the year. I still like to be prepared for those last few days though, I also want to keep those little ones…

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This feed me letter sounds crayon activity is a fun way for children in preschool or kindergarten to learn letters and the sounds they make!

K-1 LABELING UNIT How do I teach my kindergarten and first grade students to write? I think every teacher has wondered this at some point. It can seem overwhelming... especially when getting started. I am so excited to share with you how I tackle writing and writer’s workshop! I will sh

Circle time is always a favorite in preschool! Here are a few fun and easy back to school themed circle time games for preschool and kindergarten!