Discover the perfect All About Me preschool activity designed for young kids! Get a free printable worksheet that's simple, engaging, and ideal for emergent readers. Download now!
Celebrate Dot Day with these Dot Day Activities to go with Peter H. Reynold's book, The Dot. Lots of early literacy ideas!
Are you looking for ways to incorporate environmental print in your preschool classroom? This post has five different ideas to easily incorporate...
40+ early literacy activities for preschool and kindergarten children. They're simple but meaningful ideas for preschool at home or in the classroom.
Lots of books, songs, and activities to build literacy-rich circle times with toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergarteners.
Turn car and truck play into literacy learning time with these fun and playful ideas.
Planning is a task all teachers must do. You either love it or you hate it, and I LOVE it! I love it because my planning documents are purposeful. I refer to them and use them constantly throughout the term. No one wants to waste their time writing up planning documents only to file them away, nev
A list of fantastic end of the year activities for creating a relaxing, yet fun and memorable ending to your school year.
Visual literacy explicitly teaches a collection of competencies that will help students think through, think about, and think with pictures.
These name activities for preschool include a free printable apple theme name writing activity, a candy corn printable activity, and more.
Try these free literacy centers, including activities for grammar, phonics, reading, and writing in your 2nd grade classroom!
Fantastically fun literacy games so kids can enjoy learning about the alphabet, phonics, letter recognition, rhyming activities, sight words and more.
Integrating learning across subjects is one way to help build learning connections. STEM is a perfect example of the power of integration. But it cannot happen without literacy!
I love starting the school year with this activity. It’s easy, parents love it, and it immediately gives the children a little boost of self-esteem by identifying a part of themselves that they like…
Use this free All About Me printable book to practice early literacy skills during preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten all about me theme.
Plenty of stick book activities and ideas can be found in this post, based on 'Not A Stick’ by Antoinette Portis, which is a definite must-read for kids!
We introduce journals with our 3 year olds with simple ideas that teach them how to love and care for their little books.
Early finisher activities for elementary school classrooms that foster student choice and student engagement.
Use these 3 simple language games to improve your toddler's speech and help develop their articulation, language, and pre-reading skills. The following post 'Improve Your Toddler's Speech' was written in collaboration with my own mom, Jamie Bott, M.A., C.C.C. Licensed & Certified Speech & Language Pathologist / Reading Endorsed by the State of Florida. Every parent wants their child to grow up to become a
One of my absolutely favorite things about being a special education teacher was that I had the freedom to design fun and exciting lessons for my students specific to their interests. I never had a curriculum to follow. No one ever told me what books to read to them or what activities I had to
I love the early language development area of my classroom! There is a lot of foundational work that comes before children are introduced to letters. Today’s post is about the kinds of activities we have on our pre-literacy or early language Montessori shelves. The Language Area This is a photo of the Language area […]
Help Kindergarten age kids practice counting, money, letters, colors, and more with...
This post shares 3rd grade literacy center ideas that work with any Language Arts curriculum and last the entire school year + FREE printable
Put an end to the early finisher challenge with these fun and engaging (and free!) choice board activities for early finishers!
Here is a super fun and easy STEM project for your kindergarten, Pre-K, or first grade class that features a favorite nursery rhyme: Humpty Dumpty! So grab some extra plastic eggs and get ready for some Nursery Rhyme STEM Time … Continue reading →
Early finisher activities for elementary school classrooms that foster student choice and student engagement.
