ALL ABOUT FRIENDSHIP Friendship and conflict solving skills are so important to teach our kiddos. Our job is to teach them important social skills. They need these tools to ensure successful relationships with their peers and adults. It is tricky, but it can be done! I am sharing some
ALL ABOUT FRIENDSHIP Friendship and conflict solving skills are so important to teach our kiddos. Our job is to teach them important social skills. They need these tools to ensure successful relationships with their peers and adults. It is tricky, but it can be done! I am sharing some
KINDERGARTEN MATH - UNIT 1 I am thrilled to be sharing this huge Counting and Cardinality Unit with you! This is the math unit we start the year with in kindergarten. The kids love all of the hands-on activities we get to do, and I love how easy it is to keep them engaged.
Use our Free Friendship Unit in your classroom to teach students the characteristics of a good friend and how to make the right choices at school and at home when it comes to navigating and maintaining friendships. This free friendship unit is perfect for back to school time or a refresher anytime during the school
Looking for fun Pet Activities for kids? Check out these 16 Hands-On Learning Activities and Centers for Preschool or Kindergarten.
As part of our Art Unit, I asked two quilters to share their quilts with us. The kids really enjoyed seeing (and touching) th...
Montesori-inspired dinosaur learning activities and free printables for kids.
1) Welcome: 2) Songs: Start the Story Hour with the learning our names song. Go around the circle or table and introduce each child. Here is a cute little song to reinforce the idea of stars in the sky: (sing like Twinkle Twinkle) Twinkle twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are. Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the night. Twinkle twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are. Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are God has put you in the sky And sometimes I wonder why But it’s good t shine up there You remind me of God's Care. 3) Prayer... Ask God to work the Holy Spirit in our hearts to give us the faith to move mountains. 4) Theme: Remind the children of the theme of the unit: God works among his covenant people to prepare the world for the Savior. Hebrews 12:1&2 “Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us… look to Jesus.” Today we are going to hear a story about Abraham. Abraham and his wife Sarah had no children, but God promised to make their descendants as many as the stars in the sky. How would God do this? Abraham had to trust in God. 5) Bible Story: Today’s Story is "Abraham" . Read pages 33-38 (R 37-42) from the Read and Learn Bible (Scholastic). 6) Text: Today’s Text is: Genesis 15:5 "...Look towards the heaven, and number the starts, if you are able to number them... So shall your descendants be." 7) Crafts: Number the stars... Here is a simple craft that small children love to do. Give each child a sheet of black or dark blue constructions paper for the "sky." Provide lots of star stickers and allow the kids to put as many stars in the sky as they like. Then, challenge the children to count the stars! Or you can use the coloring page below, and do the same idea... lots and lots of stars. Most dollar stores sell packs of about 500 star stickers in gold, silver, red and blue. Worth every penny. If you have a star punch, you could punch out stars from colored paper, for some variety. 8) Closing Prayer... say the Lord's Prayer together with the children. 9) Going Home: Sing the closing together. Then, check to see if all the children have collected their crafts and coloring sheets before they go home. Say goodbye and tell them that you enjoyed learning about God together and were happy to have them today! You were, weren’t you? 10) Optional Coloring Pages: check out www.coloring.ws/abraham.htm for some free coloring pages
A family unit for kindergarten is an important social studies unit to start the year for several reasons. A family unit for kindergarten involves letting
Do you need fun Pet Activities for preschool in your classroom or homeschool? Goldfish acrobatics, count and feed the dog, kitty shapes and so much more.
We wrapped up Friendship Week today. We did a lot of discussing what it means to do a friend and what are some fun/safe things you can do with your friend. I created this fun matching game to use in our sensory bin. I dyed some rice for the first time and it turned out perfect! It also reminded me of grass, so I found pictures of kids on the playground. On the cards I wrote words that describe what a good friend does, like share, help, kind, etc. Then, we picked a card, read the word, and discussed the word more. I added these fun "Buddy Builders" from Amazon and they were perfect "friends" for our park. This book is a great way to talk about the nice things our hands can do. Especially, if you have any kiddos who like to use their hands in an unsafe way ;) I also dyed noodles for the first time, too! We used those noodles to make friendship necklaces! We also used a bead kit for friendship bracelets :) Click on image to grab this bead kit! These peanut butter and jelly color matching cards were a huge hit! We played restaurant and worked together to serve the correct colors. I got these from The Homestead Teacher! Grab them HERE! We like to think of words that start with each letter. When we are out, we will see a letter and I always have to think of something that starts with that letter. It totally helps connect learning, so I made these "F is for friends!" page and we decorated the 'f' different supplies. For our play dough invitation, I printed off this cute friendship clip art set from Creative Clips! We put the friends in our play dough and pretended we were playing at the park! The last game we did was this fun math activity! We had to help the boy get to his friends by rolling our dice and counting each circle. It was a great way to practice some counting, number identification, and taking turns! Grab these activities HERE! *NOTE: the play dough friends are not included in this due to terms of use, but they are free for you to download HERE!
These all about me activities are perfect for your all about me theme in preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten. They are low-prep and lots of fun!
Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about families Find more Family Theme Activities for Pre-K on the category page. Books Check here for a
ALL ABOUT FRIENDSHIP Friendship and conflict solving skills are so important to teach our kiddos. Our job is to teach them important social skills. They need these tools to ensure successful relationships with their peers and adults. It is tricky, but it can be done! I am sharing some
Sharing activity inspired by Should I Share My Ice Cream by Mo Willems! Perfect for homeschool, classrooms, or family fun. Includes a free printable!
Teachers can use these 15 friendship books and videos for the classroom to teach kids friendship skills: how to make friends and how to be a good friend.
An easy activity to get the discussion going for young learners on ways to practice being a good friend. Pair it with any book that focuses on teaching the importance of getting along with others!
I am ready to add spring poems to our poetry notebooks. I just can't take the winter any longer! Poems to add to our notebooks this month! Make a Hello Spring Book! Hello butterflies! click here for poems and spring book Here are some other posts that share spring poems! March Poems April Poems April Poems
Have fun with these FREE printable Farm Activities for Kids to work on numbers, counting, alphabet letters, coloring pages and more! Perfect for your preschooler or kindergartner.
KINDERGARTEN MATH - UNIT 3 I am so excited to have my new Measurement and Data kindergarten math unit posted and ready to share with you. So far this year, my sweet kinders have learned so much in math. We have mastered 1:1 correspondence, reading and writing numerals to 20, counting to 10
Teach your students how to be a good friend with the book Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend and this FREEBIE (anchor chart and class book)!
Hello to my Preschool People! I’m sharing a lesson on friendship today through the story of David and Jonathan. This is a great lesson if you are a weekday preschool teacher to integrate with a “friendship” theme in your classroom. […]
Last week was finally our first week of school. It was great!! I was thinking about posting some of the cool things we did and realize...
Looking for awesome Bug Activities for preschool? This awesome set is a mix of cute preschool bug crafts and educational activities for your math and literacy centers. They are hands on, and there is some fun science mixed in as well.
Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about families Find more Family Theme Activities for Pre-K on the category page. Books Check here for a
Friendship-building activities help children in K-3 develop strong social skills. When relationships are an important factor in education, kids succeed in school and life.
I first used this craft as part of an “All About Me” themed session where we also made a fingerpainted house and created some fantastic self portraits on the painting table! It's really simple idea and craft but very often the most simple ideas are the best! It was such a popular craft for younger children that it’s one I’ve taken out and about again and again. Kids love to make their whole family so it’s worth printing out quite a few extra templates – and it’s a craft that can be used as a great learning tool for colours, families and body parts as well as exploring different textures. Older kids can also use it as a scissor practice exercise! This is what you’ll need Stiff a4 card Glue Pens or crayons A box of different materials – fabric, card, papers,wool, tissue…….. Firstly, print out the A4 template below onto card – like I say it’s a good idea to print out a few! You should hopefully be able to copy and paste this template and then resize it if needed - if not then you can download templates elsewhere or just draw your own person! Let your child get creative with the template, materials and glue – dress it, colour it in, add hair (or not!). You can either leave the person as he/she is on the card – or try cutting it out to make a cardboard doll!
Honey bees are our friends. It's said that one out of every three bites of food we eat depends on the honey bee! Fostering an appreciation and love in our children for the honey bee will make learning about and protecting the bee easy. You can do it with this Honey Bee Unit. It will guide you with resources and topics to explore as well as give you printables such as the FREE Honeybee Anatomy Template.
Help your students create their own recipe for a healthy, meaningful friendship! Our Friendship Soup Activity for Kids includes 9 PDF worksheet pages to help you support elementary and middle school-aged students in grades 3-8 in: - Fostering self-awareness on their friendship strengths and areas for growth - Identifying key interests, qualities, and actions to look for in a friend - Setting social skill and friendship goals Designed by a seasoned Pre-K-12th grade school counselor, this worksheet bundle allows you mix and match activities and differentiate instruction to meet the unique needs of neurodiverse students across varying grade levels. In other words, you may use the full set of activities for a social-emotional learning (SEL) classroom unit or school counseling group or perhaps grab one or two pages to help students self-reflect and problem-solve through friendship scenarios. >>> Our Printable Friendship Soup Activity PDF Worksheets Include: - Cover page - “Friendship Ingredients” handout (psychoeducational page describing friendship interests, qualities, and actions) - “Exploring Your Interests” self-reflection worksheet (fill in the blank) - Identifying “Shared Interests” exploration worksheet (open-ended prompts for writing/drawing) - Identifying your “Friendship Qualities” self-assessment page (what makes YOU a good friend) - Prioritizing “Friendship Qualities” assessment page (what is important for you to have in a friend) - “Comparing Qualities” reflection worksheet (“would you rather” style prompts to help students prioritize their friendship values) - “Friendship Actions” exploration worksheet (open-ended prompts for writing/drawing about how you know someone is being a good friend) - “Measure Up Your Friendship Cup” worksheet (Identifying friendship strengths and goals) - Friendship Soup Recipe Card (fill-in-the-blank on what makes a healthy friendship) **Each page comes in both full-color clipart as well as black & white versions for easy printing and the ability for students to enjoy bonus coloring fun!** Take comfort in knowing this resource was thoughtfully developed by a certified positive parenting educator, former counselor, and fellow parent of two young children. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions about how this resource will best support you! >>> Visit our blog to learn: 5 Easy Ways to Get Started with Social-Emotional Learning >>> **Get THIS resource for 70% in our SEL All Access Membership!** >>> TERMS OF USE: – For personal, non-commercial, non-transferrable, informational, and educational use only. You acknowledge and agree that you have no right to share, modify, sell, edit, copy, reproduce, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, enhance or in any exploit our products. You cannot sell or redistribute any of our products, whether free or paid ones, without our express written consent. – All of our activities require close adult supervision. Please use good judgment based on children’s ages and developmental needs. Small parts not for children under age 3. >>> IMPORTANT (PLEASE READ!): This is a digital download item to print yourself! After checkout, you will have access to the instant download PDF file. No physical product is included. Note: This resource is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Positive Discipline Association.
Unfortunately, we are going to have to limit attendance next week to 45 or 50 kids, because there were just too many to do these activities smoothly. 64 kids 5 babies 52 adults 121 total I don't know if there is any rain in the forecast, but it is officially monsoon season in Arizona so we celebrated it with a rain theme. Rhymes (skipped the "Good Morning" song since it was going to be a very active storytime) "Come Under My Umbrella" Watch video of song here Come under my umbrella, umbrella, umbrella (make umbrella with hands above head) Come under my umbrella It's starting to rain (fingers wiggle moving downward) With thunder and lightning (clap and spread arms above head) and thunder and lightning Come under my umbrella It's starting to rain "Rain is Falling Down" Rain is falling down (wiggle fingers moving downward) Rain is falling down Pitter patter, pitter patter (clap hands gently) Rain is falling down.... SPLASH! (clap above head) "Itsy Bitsy Spider" Books: The Thingamabob by Il Sung Na: An elephant finds a "thingamabob" and experiments until he discovers what to do with it. If you have an umbrella, it's fun to OPEN it unexpectedly when reading about how the thingamabob sometimes surprised the elephant. Tap Tap Boom Boom by Elizabeth Bluemle: It's a mad dash for shelter as rain sweeps into an urban neighborhood. The subway is a perfect place to go for shelter. I previously read this book with group of kiddos (ages 3-5) letting them use rhythm stick to tap together whenever I read, "Tap, tap," and tap above their heads whenever I read, "Boom, boom," - which comes up often. They quietly held the sticks while I was reading and waited for their cue. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN in my group today. The kids were banging incessantly while I read even though I stopped a couple of times and asked parents for their help. I had to stop this activity, collect the sticks, and read The Big Storm by Nancy Tafuri instead. Movement Songs: Here is Sara, a teen volunteer, working hard to put a scarf and a long piece of string into 55 bags (yes, we ran out) to use in our movement activities today: "Mud Puddle Jump" Listen here The kids used their pieces of yarn to form a mud puddle in which to walk around, jump into, splash in, and shake the water off. "The Ants Go Marching" I always play a little of this video so the kids understand what the song is about before we march like ants using our scarves as umbrellas: Ending Activity: Make a rainstorm using your hands. I tell an Arizona monsoon version of this activity. It's really cool if you actually listen to what's going on: http://bronxriver.org/puma/images/usersubmitted/file/015_CreateARainstorm.pdf Evening Family Storytime: I decided not to try the Tap Tap Boom Boom book in the evening since there are often many little guys there and read The Big Storm by Nancy Tafuri instead. The lovely Miss Erica helped bring this story to life by puppeteering the critters who scamper out of the rain into shelter while I read the book. The two bears were in the back of the "cave" the whole time but no one seemed to notice so it was a fun surprise when they came out at the end of the book: Miss Erica (fantastic, creative librarian that she is!): Check out this week's full Flannel Friday Roundup. Thanks for hosting, Hannah at Lovin' the Library! Flannel Friday Roundups on Pinterest
