Over a year ago, I decided to revise my Literacy Lesson Plans and try to find a way to avoid having problems with broken links. Sadly it took a lot longer than I expected (life events and jobs kept getting in the way) but I’m happy to announce that the Updated Kinder Lesson Plans are finally... Read more

Are you getting ready to teach The BFG? These activities will make your unit a big hit! Try out these three free The BFG Bump Games.

Here are some of the things we did this week for our Fairy Tale/Storybook Character Unit: We talked about what a fairy tale is and what fairy tales sometimes have in them. We talked about the Story Elements in each of the Fairy Tales we read this week. Little Red Riding Hood Here is the chart I used to fill in the Story Elements as we talked about them as a class. While filling this chart out, we made our characters and set up our classroom (setting) so we could act out the story. Little Red Riding Hood Activity: They made a picture of Little Red Riding Hood and then filled in the boxes describing her. Goldilocks and the Three Little Bears We filled this in after reading the story. I had the students make this story character map for Goldilocks. Cinderella We filled this in together as a class. I laminated these Story Element Anchor Charts so I could write on them with an Expo Marker and easily wipe them off! Writing Activity: If I had a Fairy Godmother... The Three Little Pigs I read two versions of The Three Little Pigs and we compared the two stories. I had the students fill out these WANTED posters for the Big Bad Wolf. Jack and the Beanstalk We did a measurement activity. The Frog Prince Graphing Activity: Would you kiss a frog? Fairy Tale Elements Chart: After reading each fairy tale we went through and marked what fairy tale elements the book had. Storybook Character Dress-up Day: To end our unit we had the students dress up as their favorite storybook character. They came to school dressed in their costume with their book and we guessed who they were. Even all the first grade teachers dressed up! Here is just a peek at some of the storybook characters the first grade teachers have dressed us as during the years. The Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Alice in Wonderland All Laura Numeroff book characters! Click HERE to download my Fairy Tale Unit from my TpT store!

A few weeks ago we celebrated Children's Book Week at school. Each year we pick a favorite book from class and decorate our classroom door. You can see previous years here and here. This year we decided to go with a real class favorite, Aliens Love Underpants! We made aliens and then made underpants and kept is simple this year :) The kids really had fun with this one!!!

Create a hands on owl themed alphabet game where your child can fly their owls to their special spot in the tree. Here's how to play!

Make a rubber-band powered cinderella carriage!

Children love Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman. Check out our list of cross-curricular teaching ideas and activities you can use with your class.

Fun Three Little Pigs STEM Challenge. Build houses from different materials and test them to see how waterproof and how stable they are.