This is a center I set up in my classroom with a variety of Christian Bible story learning materials. Here are the materials I included. Most of these are
It's easy to strengthen scissor skills with these summer cutting cards! Simply download the free printable for a nice and calm fine motor activity.
Such a simple idea makes the kids Soooo EXCITED! On Pajama Day the children come dressed in their P.J.'s We sing There Were 10 in the Bed. If you don't know it, each time you sing it one person rolls out of the bed and then you start over again with one less. It's great for counting backwards and introducing subtraction. I LOVE the way Teaching Two does it on her blog making popsicle stick people and putting it in the reading center for kids to play with. We plan on eating Pancakes... We read my favorite Pancakes Pancakes book by Eric Carle We enjoy making our Pajama Graph... We spend some time sharing our Favorite Bedtime Poems and nursery rhymes. You may wish to choose one or two for the children to memorize, or even illustrate! Hush Little Baby Rock a Bye Baby Good Night Sleep Tight Wee Willie Winkie The Land of Nod The Man in the Moon Winken, Blinken and Nod Have fun with your special Pajama Day! Another quick activity to review the letter P!
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury is another book I used for language lessons this summer. It is such a fun book to read with a group! Language Ideas: o Sequencing/ Retelling with these cards from A to Z Teacher Stuff o Descriptive words (Lots of these in this book! Long, wavy, thick, oozy, big, dark) o The book is repetitive so the kids love to read along with you o Great vocabulary o WH questions (Where are they? What are they hunting? Who is going on a bear hunt?) o Spatial Concept cards in the Bear Hunt Lap Book (pg. 11) from Homeschoolshare.com (over, under, through) Hand motions that go with the story: Grass in the meadow - rub hands together to create a swishing sound Crossing the river - do the breast stroke with your arms Going through mud - slowly pull feet (or arms) up as if stuck in mud Going through the forest - climb a tree While in the snowstorm - pretend to shiver While in the cave - pretend to feel carefully in front of your face with your hands When you find the bear – act scared And of course here are some amazing materials from Boardmaker Share. Here is the You Tube video of Michael Rosen reading the book. So entertaining! Be sure to check out other language ideas from Speech Lady Liz and our post about language ideas that go with The Very Hungry Caterpillar! What are some books you like to use for language lessons?
Theme: Keeping ourselves centered on what is most important in our life. Objects: Go to MacDonald's or a similar place and get a small paper bag, napkin, straw, packet of catsup, and a paper cup with a lid on it.
Have you tried flexible seating in your classroom yet? I am sure you have something in your room that would already work as an option! Flexible seating is all about giving your students a choice where they sit & providing them with alternative seating options that aren't those boring metal chairs! (affiliate links included) Here are 18 alternative seating ideas for your classroom! Floor Pillows - I got these through Donors Choose - they came from LakeShore. Here is another great option that you could cover any way you please! Bath Mats Carpet Squares* Futon* Yoga Balls Loveseats or couches* Wobble Chairs - I got these through Donors Choose as well! Crate Seats - Super easy to make - I brought one to Lowe's and they cut the wood the exact size for me! How kind of them! Get a pack of six here! Body Pillows* Scoop Rockers - I got mine from OverStock but I heard you can find them at Walmart if you are lucky! Benches - I bought bookshelves from walmart & put them horizontal to make a bench! Clipboards Yoga mats Lap Desks - I found mine at Hobby Lobby (you can call and request specific colors when ordering online) Standing Tables* Floor Tables* Sit Spots Lounge Pillows* [BONUS] 19. Luv Chicken Seats - these cushions are super light weight, making it easy for kids to carry them from place to place. They are covered in a material that can be wiped off - perfect for all the germs, glitter, and glue that goes around the classroom! Purchase yours on Amazon today! *These ideas can be done FOR FREE! Carpet Squares - ask a local interior designer or carpet store if they have any extras you can have. I had a good friend give me her prints that were no longer in stock. Futon, Loveseats, Couches, Pillows - Ask your parents! You will be surprised how many people need to get rid of furniture and would love to donate to your classroom! Standing Tables/Floor Tables - Just adjust the legs on the tables/desk you already have in your classroom - no need to purchase the fancy "standing" desks, you already have them! What other ideas do you have? How do you use flexible seating in your classroom?
If you've been following me on Instagram, you've already seen a little sneak peek of today's freebie! This is something I've been wanting to do for a LONG time. On Christian Preschool Printables we've always
For Virtual Book Club for Kids this October we are spotlighting Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anne Dewdney! This week we hosted a pajama party themed preschool book club and had so much fun reading
Happy December, Y'all! This is Chandra from Teaching with Crayons and Curls! This year my firsties have LOVED LOVED LOVED spending the day with a stuffed animal. Our class uses a classroom economy similar to this one from True Life I'm a Teacher and they use their money to purchase coupons. The 'Furry Friend' (spending a day with a stuffed animal) coupon is one of their favorites, so I knew I had to use this to my advantage! Meet our class Behavior Buddies- Listening Lion, Happy Hippo and Positive Pig! Aren't they adorable!? Students earn these Behavior Buddies when they are showing positive behavior! I usually choose one student per day to spend the day with each stuffed animal. Usually, they are chosen at the end of the day and they get to spend the next school day with that Behavior Buddy. The furry friend stays with them throughout the day in OUR classroom. They don't go to recess, specials, or lunch. Just makes things a little easier (and cleaner!). We've been using them for a few weeks now, and my students have started nominating each other to spend the day with a Behavior Buddy! I mean, how adorable and KIND is that!? It all started with one sweet little firstie saying, "Mrs. Dills, I think Sarah should get Listening Lion because she has been such a great listener today!" Yep, I made a HUGE deal about that! When students earn a Behavior Buddy for showing positive behavior, I also want to make sure that this is communicated to their families! So, I created certificates that the student can bring home to show their family! It's a great way to build that positive school-to-home relationship! I ordered all of my furry friends off Amazon. But, you can grab stuffed animals anywhere! Wal-Mart, Target, and the Dollar Store. There are many different animal options in my pack! Since it's so close to Christmas, I thought it would be fun to introduce holiday themed Behavior Buddies. You can grab this pack for FREE in my Teachers Pay Teachers store! Just click here or on the image below! I hope these cute little friends help promote positive behavior in YOUR classroom!
These friendship activities for elementary students are a fun way to build a happy, caring classroom climate & teach social skills that will last all year.
Teddy Bear Day is always so much fun. Everyone brings a Teddy Bear to school and the kiddos get to share their day together. We sing bear songs, eat a special teddy bear snack, read bear books, and just cuddle up with our bears! Teddy Bear Day During circle time, we measured our Teddy Bears […]
It's time for a cuddle party!
Many primary teachers love the book "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?"--and for good reason! Learn more ways to use this book with this guest post.
To say I love this book is an understatement. I mean... I really love this book! Any book that has a repetitive statement is so great for...
This lesson comes from Psalm 139:13-14 and it is designed to teach children that they are wonderfully made. This lesson will be best utilized in a Sunday Bible Lesson Plans for Kids, Psalms "You Are Wonderfully Made" Sunday School Lesson (Psalm 139:13-14)
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Sensory Table Ideas - HUGE sensory filler list, HUGE sensory tools list (planning ideas too) for preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom.
My littlest pumpkin is 16 months now and SOOOO ready to get in on our “school” time at home. She’s too young to really follow our tot school plans because 97% of things still end up in her mouth…so my solution? Baby Bins! These super simple themes and activities will be designed with the 1-2 […]
Whether you love the beloved story or sing the classic song, "We're going on a bear hunt" is a favorite for all children. Use this product to create a unit on it's own or add to a themed unit on bears, forest, imagination, etc. Included in this download are 10 activities to help students develop reading, comprehension, and writing skills using parts from the book. The 10 activities and printables included in this product are: 1. printable song with actions 2. position cards with the bear 3. rhythm cards and directions 4. vocabulary word wall and labeling sheet 5. mix-up sentence sheet 6. story sequencing cards 7. printable easy reader 8. adjective clues 9. story map retelling with characters 10. themed writing paper with prompt ideas If you enjoy this product check out some of my other book extension activities below. Rosie's Walk What do you do with a Tail Like This? Where the Wild Things Are and even MORE...
Get the kids outside and bring the favorite Going on a Bear Hunt book to life with this fun and imaginative pretend play activity!
My daughter wanted a Teddy Bear Picnic for her 3rd Birthday Party. This was actually one of the easiest and most inexpensive big parties that I have done. And it was super fun. The kids loved it too! They were told on the invites to bring their favorite 'stuffed friend' as their guest to this fun Teddy Bear Picnic. A lot of my decorations came from my local dollar store. It was easy to just get lots of things in the gingham (picnic table cloth) print and anything with teddy bears. This Teddy Bear Picnic was toward the end of the Summer, but I started picking up picnic stuff at the beginning of the Summer (and in the Spring) while it was still readily available. And I collected every teddy bear I had lying around the house and I borrowed teddy bears (mainly really large bears) from friends and family that had some and were gracious enough to let me borrow them. I made the Happy Birthday banner myself with my Cricut (scroll down to the bottom for directions for the banners). The cute little ants (ants at a picnic....) were from Amazon.com. And I thought the burlap table runner was a nice touch over my gingham table cloth. I had lots of BBQ baskets full of different snacks and treats all over this fun table too. And of course, a copy of the classic book The Teddy Bears' Picnic. I also bought an album of children's teddy bears songs off i-Tunes that I had playing in the background through-out the party. PARTY FOOD I had fun with the food at this party. Obviously, I did picnic food! Sandwiches, chips, macaroni salad, veggies, and my baked potato salad. I get so many compliments on my baked potato salad and everyone asks for the recipe, you can follow the link below for the recipe. Baked Potato Salad Recipe: http://berriesofwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/08/baked-potato-salad-hot.html And my favorite thing I did at the Teddy Bear Picnic was that I made cute individual picnic baskets for all the kids! These were dollar store baskets with some cute gingham ribbon from the craft store and a checkered liner (the liners came with my BBQ baskets). I filled each basket with an Uncrustables sandwich, pack of Teddy Grahams, bear snack cup (from the dollar store, came in a set of 2 snack cups) filled with Honeycomb cereal, and a bag of gummy bears. The kids loved these! They showed up at the party with their stuffed animal friend, grabbed their own picnic basket and fun drink, and went out to sit in the yard and have a picnic. I bought a case of 24 empty honey bears off Amazon.com for only $15 to use for the kids' drinks. The fun straws are from Walmart. I had a dispenser of juice and a Sharpie marker nearby to fill up these bears and to write each kid's name on their drink. Even my baby loved having her own juice bear! And of course, snacks and treats! They had to be bear-related! Teddy Grahams! Every flavor, in their own baskets, all over the party! Honeycomb Cereal Cinnamon Bears Gummy Bears These popcorn bags aren't bear-related, but they were in my party colors and on sale, and my birthday girl just happens to loooooove popcorn! And we displayed the popcorn in a picnic basket and the cake was displayed on a picnic basket. And these adorable Bear Claw No-Bake Cookies that my best-friend made for the party! They were so freaking cute and delicious! (No-Bake Cookies with almonds for the claws). And the CAKE! This cake was made by the AMAZING Sprinklebelle Cakes, who makes all my cakes! You can find her and her incredible cake-making at Sprinklebellecakes.com . She is in Utah and I highly recommend her to everyone. You can see some of the other cakes she has made for some of my parties here: Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake and Smash Cake http://berriesofwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-party-food.html Pink Lemonade Cake and Smash Cakes http://berriesofwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/05/pink-lemonade-birthday-party.html And of course we had to go outside for our picnic. I had more gingham tablecloths outside with different centerpieces. Baskets and tins came from the dollar store and I got cheap mums from the grocery store to put in the baskets with a teddy bear. More BBQ baskets full of snacks on all the tables. I was planning on setting up really large teddy bears as if they were having picnics and making it all cute so that kids could take pictures with the big bears, but we had a huge thunderstorm the night before the party and my lawn was mostly flooded. My other best-friend Adrienne did a fantastic job setting the big bears up even cuter than I could have imagined. This teddy bear was HUGE!! He was seriously bigger than me! He was holding a picnic basket full of teddy bear puppets (from the dollar store) that I sent home with the kid's as party favors (in addition to their picnic baskets too). We put a tarp down over the driest patch of my lawn, with picnic blankets on top and a sunshade over it for the kid's picnic area. I made another cute banner that read 'Riley's Picnic' on the sunshade too. All the kids and their stuffed friends sat together and had a big picnic! This ended up being the best Teddy Bear Picnic that I have ever been to! It was so much fun for the kids, cute for the adults, and my 3-year-old daughter still talks about her birthday party everyday! It was also easy and (fairly) cheap! BANNERS P.S. Quick banner tutorial. I made a 'Happy Birthday' banner, a 'Riley's Picnic' banner and a couple of cute decorative banners with the leftover paper I had. I used the Cricut cartridge that came with my Cricut. I used the cutout for a tag. And then I cut out the letters I needed and placed them in the center. I used tan raffia from the dollar store to string them together. I used red, blue, and brown/white paper that matched my picnic colors. Cake: Sprinkebelle Cakes Sprinklebellecakes.com Photos: My best-friend Amy Lewin and her i-Phone. Amy also made the adorable Bear Claw No-Bake Cookies. She's an amazing friend.
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DIGITAL/PRINTABLE DOWNLOAD Cute affirmation-themed wall print set of three. Add this finishing touch to your little one's bedroom, playroom, nursery, or learning space. ---------------------------------------------------------- INCLUDED: You will receive 4 sets of high-resolution PNG files in the sizes listed below (Zipped) as well as a high-quality multi-page PDF. Let me know if you would like me to email the unzipped files individually as the file sizes are too large to send unzipped all at once. Size files included are: 8x10 Inches 11x14 Inches 16x20 Inches 18x24 inches If you require a different size please let me know in notes to the sender section while checking out. (Free of Charge) ---------------------------------------------------------- HOW TO USE: Print at home. Print on plain paper or regular white cardstock. Cardstock is available at most office store locations. Upload to the online service of your choice to order physical prints, canvas', personalized gifts, or anything that allows you to add your own digital photo. Staples, Walmart, Costco, and Walgreens are just a few places you can order products from with this digital download. ---------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: Listing is for a digital download only. You will not receive a physical print. If you are interested in purchasing the physical prints please check out my other listings. If you have any questions please send me a message for a quick response. Link to shop for more designs here https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/UberGooberKids?ref=seller-platform-mcnav ---------------------------------------------------------- TERMS OF USE: All downloads and prints from my shop are for personal use only. They are not to be resold commercially, given away or claimed as your own work. If you'd like to use this download to create a gift you are welcome to do that. Thank you :)
