Shorter and Longer Measurement, Cutting and Sorting activity helps pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students understand concepts of measurement and sorting

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K-1 LABELING UNIT How do I teach my kindergarten and first grade students to write? I think every teacher has wondered this at some point. It can seem overwhelming... especially when getting started. I am so excited to share with you how I tackle writing and writer’s workshop! I will sh

Printable books that explore literacy, math, science, social studies, and fine motor skills with preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids.

In order to be strong readers, kids need strong phonological awareness skills, which includes Phonemic Awareness. Click through to read more!

These FREE Name Chants and Songs for Pre-K & Kindergarten are sure to have your students excited to practice important skills like rhyming!

FREE printable Sequencing worksheets for preschool and kindergarten kids. Includes 15 activities featuring seasonal themes, hygiene such as brushing teeth, washing hands, and fire safety. Great for language and literacy development!

Emergency drills (fire drills especially) can be terrifying for preschoolers and many children. It’s loud, sometimes crazy if it’s unannounced, interrupts their routine, and there can be students everywhere. They are...

It's the beginning of the year, and you have a whole new class that is sitting in front of you. You don't know them besides the information you got on the student information card. You know the first few weeks are getting to know them. Both personally and academically. You also know the first few

Discover the perfect name practice activity with crayon name crafts for kids! Easy to customize and fun to create, these printable puzzles are ideal for preschoolers learning to spell their names and

Some of the links on this site are affiliate links. This means if you click on a link and purchase something, I'll receive a small affiliate commission at no cost to you. Thanks so much for supporting my efforts with this blog! My bloggy pal Hilary over at Raising Fairies and Knights started a fun new Monthly Crafting Book Club this year - a challenge to create activities to go along with some of the most beloved children's books. We're halfway through the year and so far, have really had some great fun: January - Animal Action Dice Game for the book Barnyard Dance. February - Cause & Effect Box for If You Give a Moose a Muffin. March - an alphabetical scavenger hunt for Dr. Seuss's ABC. April - handwashing fun to go along with The Piggy in the Puddle. May - 5 Little Monkeys Fold 'Em Up for Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. June - pinecone princess & Cozy Sweater Warrior Paper Dolls for The Princess and the Pony. July - lantern craft for Curious George Goes Camping. Now it's August, and we all chose a different back-to-school themed book to focus on. I have quite the stack of great school-themed titles from my classroom, so I pulled them all out and had Gv choose her favorite. She immediately reached for Froggy Goes to School - that silly frog never fails to get her giggling, so I had already suspected it would be a major contender. We started reading the book, but after just a few pages, Gv ran off to grab this one to add to our pile: Froggy's first-day-of-school dream had reminded Gv of all his crazy clothing antics in Froggy Gets Dressed, so we went ahead and worked in a little activity to go along with that title, too. For the book Froggy Goes to School, we decided to make a cute little backpack for Gv's stuffed frog and then fill it full with school supplies. I printed out this freebie onto cardstock, then Gv drew her design and cut out all the pieces. She and I worked together to glue all the pieces on. (The mini-backpack, while the perfect size for our frog, did not fit the paper bags we had. We just glued this smaller backpack together on itself for her frog to wear and then made the larger-sized backpack to go with our paper bag. One of Gv's babies got to wear that one.) Finally, Gv went on a school-supply scavenger hunt around the house to find things to fill this backpack with. After all that crafty fun, we turned to our second Froggy book. I read it to Gv and then asked her to go find all the clothing items he wore during the story. Then, she grabbed a little friend and dressed her all up - remembering to put on the underwear first! {wink} Gv had so much fun with this, she repeated the activity three times throughout the day! I love coming up with book connections like this, how about you? I'd love to hear! Either leave a comment below or email me at lisahealy (at) outlook (dot) com. Also, if you don't want to miss a single minute of great tips like this and all the fun around here, be sure to sign up for free updates and then look forward to having each post delivered right to your inbox. Click here to find great craft ideas for other back-to-school books! Linked up with: Just Another Linky, Favorite Things, Over the Moon, Share the Wealth Sunday, Dishing it & Digging it, Social Butterfly Sunday,What's for Dinner?, Family Joy Blog Link-Up, Literacy Musings Monday, Practical Mondays, Homeschool Nook Link Up, Happiness is Homemade, Mom to Mom Mondays, Merry Monday, Motivation Monday, Thoughtful Spot, What'd You Do This Weekend, Everything Kids, Meet Up Monday, Totally Terrific Tuesday, Tasty Tuesdays, Little Learning Link Up, Two Uses Tuesday, Hip Homeschool Hop, Lou Lou Girls Fabulous Party Tell it to Me Tuesday, Tuesday Talk, Wonderful Wednesday, A Little Bird Told Me, WFMW, Everything Early Childhood, The Mommy Club, Creative Muster, Party in Your PJs,What to Read,I Am Pinnable, Christian Bloggers Link Up, This Is How We Roll, Creative Ways, Hearts for Home, Creative Exchange, 100 Happy Days, Learn & Play Link Up, Shine Blog Hop, Try It Like It, No Rules Weekend Blog Party, Booknificent Thursdays, On the Edge of the Week, Thursday Favorite Things, Cozy Reading Spot, Party at My Place, I'm Lovin' It, Inspiration Spotlight, Home Matters, Pretty Pintastic Party, Weekend Potluck, Awesome Life Friday, Creative Collection, The Beautifully Creative Inspired , Bloggers Pit Stop, Weekend Traffic Jam, Pin Me Party, From the Archives, Family Fun Friday, Friday Frivolity, Bloggers Spotlight, Make My Saturday Sweet, Weekend Wind-Down Party,Friday Features Linky, Funtastic Friday , The Pinterest Game, Best of the Weekend

FREE Editable Name MATS perfect to use all over the classroom to help preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kiddos learn their names.

Download free Dolch sight words worksheets for pre-k or pre-primer. Learn to recognise sight words.

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These 14 print and play Alphabet Activities and Centers are perfect for Pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms to explore letters in a hands-on and engaging way!

Free printable sight words worksheets for preschool, kindergaten, and first grade.

Blank books provide a great way to encourage kids to write. Here are 3 easy ways to assemble blank books for your writing center, literacy center, and beyond.

FREE Editable Name MATS perfect to use all over the classroom to help preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kiddos learn their names.

Are you ready for spring? I am! If you’re not, you can get in the spring mood with this FREE Build a Flower Letter Sounds Sort! This pack features 25 beginning letter sound sorting flowers {excluding x}. *The free download link is towards the end of this post. Just look for the teal, oval button! *This ... Read More about Build a Flower Letter Sounds Sort

Practice uppercase letters with alpahbet playdough mats. These playdough letter mats strengthen hand muscles while using play doh to roll and shape ABCs.

Recently, I have seen some debates on using centers and the Science of Reading. If you have been a teacher for a long time, centers were a HUGE part of Balanced Literacy. Recently, teachers have shifted away from balanced of literacy to research based Science of Reading. You can read my Science of Reading Post ... Read More about Centers and the Science of Reading

Your kids will love running their fingers over these fun tactile letters. Find lots of ideas to make DIY tactile cards for your literacy learning centers. JUST Purchase the printable cards No Time to

Use letter activities like alphabet collages or letter mats to help kids learn letter recognition and to reinforce letter-sound associations. Here are over 200 material ideas that you can use for your

Are you looking for writing activities for preschool students? This post will help you think about writing workshop with young authors and some ideas for writing…

Use letter activities like alphabet collages or letter mats to help kids learn letter recognition and to reinforce letter-sound associations. Here are over 200 material ideas that you can use for your

Play these phonological & phonemic awareness games with your preschool and kindergarten students EVERY DAY to help their reading skills!

Handwriting can be tricky to teach. Sometimes it must be done 1:1 with students, and it requires rigorous, thorough practice and follow through. Some teachers and administrators will tell you that handwriting really isn’t important, but I disagree. In kindergarten and first grade, we are

Want to set up a successful alphabet literacy center in your preschool classroom? Learn how to make learning the ABCs fun for your kids...

Each of these pictures shows a story with three parts! In this early reading worksheet, your child gets practice identifying what's happening in each picture and figuring out what comes next.

Ditch those boring handwriting pages! Included in this free sample pack are trace and try handwriting pages for upper and lowercase letters.

As a part of our art unit, we talked about line as an element of art. To introduce line, I read the classic book, Harold's Purple Crayon...

How to use an iPad as a listening center in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. Quick and easy way to set up an independent listening center.

Select an image below to find the best preschool literacy activities from Early Learning Ideas. You will find ideas for letter activities, name activities, rhyming activities, and book ideas .Letter ActivitiesName ActivitiesRhyming ActivitiesBook Ideas

40+ early literacy activities for preschool and kindergarten children. They're simple but meaningful ideas for preschool at home or in the classroom.

Use these story sequencing cards printable activities to teach sequencing and order to your preschoolers. These cards will help preschoolers visualize and retell their favorite stories.

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