It is the first week of kindergarten! What do I teach? I get this question all the time! I am so excited to put together this page together for you. I’m sharing our favorite first week of kindergarten read aloud stories and the free coordinating printables I made to go with them. Plus I will s
This is a very spontaneous form of printmaking! Students used black ink and/or watercolor paint to dye a long piece of cotton twine. Laying the colored string in a looped pattern between two pieces…
I love using interactive lapbooks in the classroom. They are fun to create, engaging and can be used throughout the year to review skills taught. I finally completely my Lapbook Bundle and I am happy to share the lapbooks included with you. Whether you think your learners will enjoy creating all of the lapbooks, if you
Looking for a thoughtful gift idea for the book lover in your life? They'll love a Book Sleeve - a practical, stylish present that keeps their books safe while traveling. Whether it's physical books or electronic devices like Kindles and iPads, a book sleeve provides on-the-go protection, eliminating the worry of damaging books when casually tossing them into bags.
These free printable transportation coloring pages for kids are are perfect for keeping kids busy at home or on a long trip. One of the best ideas to keep the little busy are printable coloring pages for kids.
Are you wondering what to do with a stack of old, unwanted books gathering dust on your shelves? Look no further! These are our favorite DIY home decor projects using old books.
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
Book Inspired Kids Crafts Roundup - I Heart Crafty Things A big hello today to all of you lovely Glued to My Crafts fans! My name is Rachel and I blog
Today is a big day. This might be my favorite quiet book theme to date! I LOVE this cars quiet […]
Are you wondering what to do with a stack of old, unwanted books gathering dust on your shelves? Look no further! These are our favorite DIY home decor projects using old books.
Here are some free lesson helps to go along with Lesson 37, I can keep the Sabbath day holy. You can find the lesson here.I had so much fun creating a this pack and hope you find something helpful for your class. This would also be great for FHE-pick and choose an activity or 2 for your lesson. Attention activity: Calendar and calendar cards. Explain what a calendar is and ask them what they did during the week. The older classes may be able to tell you the day they did the activity as well. I included 12 activity cards for the week and 6 for the sabbath day. As they tell you the activity tape it to your calendar. If its an activity like school place it on Monday and draw a line across. If there is not a card for the activity draw directly on the calendar or if your art skills are as awesome as mine you can always write it. Finish with Sunday activities. This will help lead you into the next questions, discussion section, and activities. Scripture poster (goes with scripture and word strips): Display through out class or cut into puzzle pieces and have your class put it together. Read out loud. this can also be used for enrichment activity #3 (help the children memorize the verse). Activity: Cut out the happy and sad face and the cards on the next page (these come from the manual). Place the cards in a bag and display the faces. Take turns drawing a card and decide if the activity is something we should or should not do on the sabbath. Scripture Story: Before class print and cut out sheep and the scripture. Glue the scripture to the back of the sheep. Hide it somewhere in your class room. When it comes time to read the scripture have the kids search for the sheep. Once found read the scripture. You can also play a few rounds of hot and cold and let them take turns hiding and finding the sheep. Sabbath Day book: I could not get the book from the manual to open...anyone else have this problem? So I created an interactive page. Print the two pages for each child. On the first page (the one that says my Sabbath book) you are going to cut along the lines going horizontal and fold the line going vertical. Glue the title area to the second page where it says glue :) Let the kids color the pictures. Enrichment Activity 2: Pick one or both of these activities. Print the cards, blank face, and hands. Cut the apart the cards and the hands. Have the kids pick a card and answer the question. After have them use a marker and draw the body part that was talked about on the blank face. The hands will be taped on the front of the face (see below for example) Bonus Activity: Sabbath day I can...spinners. Its a cute and fun way to remember some of the fun things we CAN do on the Sabbath. Print 1 page per child (cardstock recommended but not required). Cut out both circles. Have the kids color and use a brad to connect in the center. Turn to find a fun idea to do on the Sabbath. Boy and Girl option. Download the Free Lesson Helps Here Adorable graphics from Melonheadz, Educlips, P4 Clips Trioriginals, Krista Wallden - Creative Clips, Susan Fitch, Graphics From the Pond, Lisa Markle Sparkles Clipart and Preschool Fun, My Cute Graphics, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah Designs, Creating4 the Classroom, & Mather's Music . Fonts by Hello Literacy
Earth Day is an important day for teachers to teach children about keeping the Earth clean and caring for the Earth. Try these engaging classroom activities.
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I was thinking earlier this week, what time of the school year is busier?...the beginning of the year or the end of the year. I honestly don't know, but one thing I do know is that I enjoy the end of the year business a little more because it means summer break is right around the corner. There are so many extra details to consider at the end of the year. Grade cards, records (records and more records), special days, award ceremonies, class gifts, closing down your classroom, and more. It's really important to get an early start on all of these loose ends or you will find yourself staying up for some late nights trying get everything finished. One way you can help get yourself organized is by setting up some end of the year totes during the last couple of weeks. The totes I set up were complete, donate, put away, toss. In each tote I placed items or notes for myself to deal with as soon as possible. My goal was to take care of everything in the totes before going home that day (although some items stayed in the totes for a few days). But even if the tote wasn't cleaned out before I left for the day, having everything I needed to do together in one spot really helped me stay focused on getting my end of the year tasks complete. By the way, if there was something in the tote I needed to complete outside of school, like getting gifts for the students, I took a picture with my phone to reference when I was out running errands. This system really helped me get things accomplished before the last day of school. And while I was not able to walk out the door after our end of the year teacher luncheon, I had all my "have to's" finished and had a chance to work on some bigger organization projects. One item in my complete tote was a summer review packet for our rising first graders. I sent our new firsties (and a few of our rising second graders) a supply list and a review packet. If you would like a FREE copy of this summer review packet with your students, click on the picture below. Another to do before wrapping up for summer break was to get my students a fun little end of the year gift. In the past I've given books, candy, sidewalk chalk, and framed pictures of the class. Student gifts this year were bubble wands. I really love sending my sweet students out the door with a small treat. If you are thinking of sending bubbles with your students and need a label for them, click on the picture below. I've linked an editable (and FREE) version of the labels I used. Our sweet girl is totally ready for summer break too. She will be in second grade. Am I a bit choked up?...yes. It is just crazy how quickly she is growing up. D and I love seeing the person she is becoming, but that doesn't stop me from wanting slow down time. The last days of the school year are super busy. But, with a little organization, you can end the year with plenty of energy to enjoy the summer.
A collection of early chapter books for beginning readers starring kid-detectives and mysteries to be solved.
These fun ABC coloring pages will help them get a head start on learning.
Are your students in a reading slump and need some motivation? Battle of the Books will do it! Battle of the Books is a highly engaging reading incentive program that is perfect for the classroom or as a school wide event. We know as educators that the more students read, the better their outcomes are in fluency, word decoding, vocabulary acquisition, and more. This program infuses some competition and excitement into what we hope children are doing already: reading a lot and reading with purpose. So, not only is it good for students, it is good for you, and fun, too! Battle competitions are great when your students are in a mid-school year slump, or to keep them reading at the end of the school year when they are only thinking about summer. And by choosing a range of titles, you can provide additional challenge for advanced learners (select classics and more thought-provoking titles), but also encourage students with learning needs to have success with reading (select shorter, more accessible texts). It is completely able to be customized, so you can meet the needs of your class or school. This how-to guide is all you need to know to run a successful competition, especially if you have no experience with a Battle of the Books event. It explains step-by-step how to organize your event, kick it off to your students, select your books, and run your actual competition. I wrote this guide after years of running school-wide Battle events and it is just so much fun. Contents include: Getting Started guide, printable posters, parent info letter, explanatory presentation outline, game play rules, set up diagrams, student bookmarks, score sheets, sample book lists, award certificates, checklists, final program, book recommendation form and digital and hard copy question sets for Kate DiCamillo's The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. These resources are editable in Google Slides: parent letter, award certificates, bookmarks. The title tracker, team trackers, and score sheets are editable in Google Sheets. Even better, as you type in team's scores into your spreadsheet, it will automatically tally each team's points (so handy during competition)! Make copies of these resources and use them year after year, battle after battle. Enjoy!
As the year winds down and we've finished most of our "have to" curriculum, it's time to do some activities just for the fun of it, like a memory book.
These eight art picture books with craft ideas for kids are sure to keep your toddlers and preschoolers busy having fun (and learning, of course)! Each book includes an artistic element of its own - colors, drawing, painting, etc.
Because I couldn't find anything I loved, I decided to create this FREEBIE resource of books by speech sound. I included 22 different sounds!
Make a kid's quilt craft and help your preschooler (or older kid!) practice glueing, pattern making, and creativity! Read 'The Quiltmaker's Gift' - the book is all about being selfless, giving, and the magic of sewing!
How do we keep the sacraments simple-yet-not-simplistic? Joe Paprocki, author of "Living the Sacraments," shares some thoughts.
ALL ABOUT EARTH Get ready for a month filled with so many fun activities to teach your kiddos all about our planet Earth . I teach this unit in April so it coincides with Earth Day. I’ve loaded up this blog post post with read aloud book ideas, free videos you can share with your students,
Item description Give your ESL Beginners a head start with this Flip Book. Your English Language Learners will feel engaged from the very first day. ELL beginner level concepts include Emergency Vocabulary, Salutations, Number Words, Months of the Year, Days of the Week, Classroom and School Vocabulary. You Get: Your Choice of Two Seven Page Large Flip Books Flip Book # 1 is static – students keep this for emergency reference Flip Book # 2 is Interactive – students complete the activities and keep for future reference
Summer Book Series :: Free Printable. Don't let summer learning loss happen to you. Check out these fun FREE books for kids. Repetitive and cute.
A blank novel outline template for use with Google Docs, Google Keep, and Scrivener. The One Page Novel is a simple, memorable structure for novelists.
