25 different clever and fun ideas to use craft punches in projects. Think outside the box and use craft punches in newand surprising ways!
Get started with a preschool question of the day in your classroom! These fun questions will make your morning routine meaningful and fun!
Use these four great classroom time savers to help you stay on track with your schedule, teach more efficiently, and save your sanity.
This Puppy Ears Card is an adorable card that is easy to make and a delight to open! Kids will love making and giving this fun card.
This fractured card, or faux shutter card as it is sometimes called, looks complicated but it really easy if you do it the way we are showing here. This truck
30 back to school bingo boards to print for free. Use this class set to play a fun back to school bingo game and celebrate the start of school.
Grab this set of free exercise flashcards and help improve your student’s focus, strength, and flexibility with gross motor movements.
Free printable tangrams and tangram pattern cards. These activity sheets are great for preschool math learning centers. Students work on building different animals, objects and shapes.
What are the first ten minutes like in your class? Is it calm? Is it organized? Are students engaged, socializing, and under control? Are your students happy? Are YOU happy? These are questions I like to ask myself to identify if I feel my morning routine is starting our day off in the right direction. And if I don't like the answers to the above questions, I know it means that I may need to tweak my morning routine. Below I have given an example of what has worked for me in the past and I hope that it can help share some ideas for those that still may be working on getting their routine down. Don't be afraid to change things if they're not working! So, what has worked for me in terms of "setting the stage for a GREAT day?" A clear, organized, easy routine, where students know what is expected and what to do. It consists of a... Greeting We can't control what happens before our students arrive in our classrooms and the state of mind they may be in when they do, but we can control how they are greeted when the step foot into our rooms at the start of each day. I firmly believe that a morning greeting can impact the entire feel for your day and I encourage you all to take the time to say good morning to each and every one of your students. One way to do this is to stand at the door and make contact with each student as they enter. Eye contact, a smile, and a warm greeting give you the opportunity to assess how a student might be feeling and help to strengthen individual relationships while building classroom community. Make it fun by switching up your greeting style each day or let your kiddos CHOOSE. You can grab this FREEBIE by clicking on the picture below. Morning To -Do's Now that students have entered the classroom they need to know what to do. If you're at the door greeting students, the students who have already entered need clear directions of what needs to be done and they need to be able to follow these directions independently. An anchor chart which clearly depicts what to do seems to do the trick! Below I have added a few examples of my favorite direction charts from Pinterest. At the beginning of the year teach students the steps of your morning routine and practice, practice, practice how they are to do this each day. Click to see Original Pin Click to see Original Pin Click to see Original Pin Morning Tubs The last step of a morning routine generally includes some type of student activity and for me, I like morning tubs. Morning tubs provide an opportunity for students to socialize, play, be creative, and independent. I like easy to assemble morning tubs that allow students the opportunity to explore, be creative, get chatty, and help them to feel calm. In the kindergarten classroom I like them to be not so structured and instead leave them pretty open ended. Basically morning tubs are hands on manipulatives which rotate through student tables each week. If you want things a little more structured you can always add picture direction cards with prompts which indicate what exactly you want students try with the manipulatives. So that about sums it up! What does your morning look like? Let me know in the comments below.
(PDF) What is a Break Card / "I Need a Break" Card Visuals / How to use break cards (Autism / Special Education / Mainstream Classroom / Home)
Teach your children about the night sky with cards made to show the constellations for kids! They're printable and perfect for any astronomy lesson for kids
Free printable indoor movement activity cards. Fun images direct kids to act like animals, plants, vehicles, and more to burn energy and move
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These free printable Halloween bingo cards are cute and so much fun! Halloween picture bingo cards with 30+ unique cards so everyone can play.
Spread some Christmas cheer this holiday season with these homemade DIY Christmas cards. There are holiday card ideas for adults and kids.
This spring is presenting new challenges for teachers all across the country. Some of us are getting ready to go back to the classroom for the first time this year. Some of us have been in person all year, but we are about to get new virtual kids. Some of you have been in the ... Read More about Classroom Management and Expectations
These fun printable rhythm cards can be used in many ways to help introduce children to music concepts, symbols, patterns and sequences.
Learn how to make easy origami star. This tutorial includes step by step pictures, video, and FREE printable instructions for how to make your own origami stars.
I don’t know about you, but I always seem to write my Christmas cards at the last minute! But this year I really wanted to design and paint some of my own watercolor cards for friends and family. So if you’re looking for inspiration and some guidance how to paint your own merry little cards,
Free Montessori Printables Welcome to our collection of free Montessori printables. Working with printables is one of the most popular activities in Montessori households. In this free collection, you’ll find many useful card sets that depict and classify various aspects of the world around us. About our printables All our printables are 100% FREE and … Free Montessori printables Read More »
Pediatric Yoga: Benefits for the Mind Body, and Soul. Includes FREE printable Pediatric Yoga Pose and Instructions!
Peanut butter & jelly, macaroni & cheese- these are just two of the classic food pairs you'll find in our food theme partner matching cards!
Send students home from their first day of school with a special name crown. Encourage family communication and begin building a classroom community as children start to learn each other's names.
Today I'm going to show you how to make pinwheels - they are so pretty and they really spin! These are a simple, summertime craft project you can make with household materials. Since I wanted to make these for my kids, I really needed to find a way to make sure the pinwheel wouldn't break apart and send pieces flying everywhere! This method works beautifully! I had posted another pinwheel project before, but I just wasn't happy with the results. You can check out my other paper pinwheels tutorial here, but keep in mind that I much prefer this new
Free printable indoor movement activity cards. Fun images direct kids to act like animals, plants, vehicles, and more to burn energy and move
Inside: Kids will have fun using their imagination and these free printable nature story cards to create creative short stories and more! It's perfect for gett
Puffy paint is so easy to make and it's SO MUCH FUN to paint with! It has the coolest, puffy texture that really pops off the page! RELATED: String Painting Puffy Paint All you need is 3 simple ingredients - shaving cream, white glue and food colouring. And in less than 5 minutes you can make super fun, super simple diy puffy paint! Now that the girls are home for the summer, we've been on the hunt for fun and easy crafts to help fill the long summer days. And homemade puffy paint was such a fun experiment for us
We love our rainbow bears! I think they are the most versatile manipulative for early childhood education. You can use them to learn so many skills! Colors, counting, sizes, sorting, addition, patterns and so much more! These free printable rainbow bear counting cards are the perfect way to introduce counting from 1-10. The one-to-one correspondence makes it easy for little learners to recognize how high to count on each card. They are the perfect addition to our counting card sets!
Inside you'll find Easy Artist Trading Cards Ideas for Kids. Stop by and download lots of fun templates for free.
Printable play dough task cards to help your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten students stay on task in the play dough center.
Your child will love creating with these alphabet lego cards, they are a free printable download.
Free PDF pages of animal tracks matching game cards. The animal footprints and picture cards are a fun learning activity or puzzle for all ages.
Celebrate the varied culture, monuments, flora and fauna of Australia with these simple Australia Day Crafts for Kids! Includes koalas, kangaroos and more!
Every kids yoga teacher needs a few good yoga games for kids and teens. Here are some fun yoga games for improving attention and concentration.
Last year, I taught some Bible lessons with the theme of the Five Senses. It was so much fun that I thought I'd share it. I taught e...
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