D.I.Y. Name Puzzles

admin June 28, 2015 No Comments

  These name puzzles are certainly a hit! There’s no better way to practice name and letter recognition than to use your child’s picture and create their very own puzzle. Making the puzzle is super easy. All you’ll need are large craft sticks (one for each letter or your child’s name), a picture of your child printed on office paper, Mod Podge, a brush for application, tape, Exacto knife or razor, and a black Sharpie marker. The puzzles work best for children with 4 or more letters in their name.  For each letter line up a large craft stick and then tape the craft sticks together. When printing your child’s picture be sure to size it so fits the width of

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Fly Swat Activities

admin June 25, 2015 No Comments

The Fly Swat activity is one of my all time favorite activities. It’s amazing how something as simple as words printed on flies and a fly swatter purchased at a dollar store can keep even the most reluctant students practicing words for hours! To assemble this activity simply print the files, laminate (optional) and cut the flies along the dotted line. Place a little velcro dot on each fly and then a velcro strip on the fly swatter and you’re all set. Have your students take turns “swatting” the flies and reading the words on the files that stick to the swatter. I know- so simple, but they absolutely LOVE this hands-on activity. To download the flies for the Dolch

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Simple Mother’s Day Bouquet

admin May 10, 2015 No Comments

Below you will find instructions to make 2 easy flowers to arrange a cute Mother’s Day Bouquet.     We chose to reuse an empty honey jar for our vase.   1.  The Hand Lily                         For the Hand Lily Flower you will need construction paper chenille sticks pencil glue stick scissors     Start by tracing the child’s hand on the construction paper.                 Cut the hands out and use the pencil to curl all the fingers.                 With the curls facing the table, apply glue to one side of the palm. Form a

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Spring Themed Math Bundle

admin May 2, 2015 No Comments

When teaching early math skills, hands-on activities are critical in helping our little learners understand number concepts. Adding a little seasonal twist into these activities certainly makes them engaging.  The Make, Take & Teach Spring Themed Math Bundle contains 12 hands-on activities for learning basic number concepts, counting, number order, writing numbers and basic addition facts. Here are just a few of my favorites contained within this pack: Play Doh number mats are always a hit. When you download this activity you will receive the number mats for the numbers 1-10. Each mat contains an area for forming the number as well as counting balls using a ten frame. The Caterpillar Number Order Activity can easily be differentiated as you

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Spring Themed Sight Word Game Boards

admin April 16, 2015 No Comments

These game boards have certainly been a hit! They are perfect for your spring themed centers or for small group instruction. When you download these game boards you will receive 9 colorful game boards containing words from the Dolch 220 sight word list. There are 4 different spring themed designs. Each game board is also available in a black and white version so that they can be copied and sent home for added practice. The Spring Themed Sight Word Game Boards for the Dolch Sight Words can be found in my online Teachers Pay Teachers store or in the Make, Take & Teach website.

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Robin’s Nest Activities for Beginning Sounds and Word Families

admin April 11, 2015 No Comments

Well, it’s certainly been a long, hard winter. It’s hard to believe that just two days ago (that would be April 9th) it was actually snowing outside. Yikes! Today I was able to take a long bike ride around the lake as the temperature peaked at 54 degrees. Okay, I know my friends living in the southern states and in other countries may think that’s a bit crazy, but it’s par for the course for living in Northern Michigan.  I wouldn’t have it any other way.  Listening to the birds chirping on my bike ride was quite a treat. Actually, the whole bike ride was a nature’s choir! There were tons of frogs and other creatures also taking advantage of the

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Hoppy Easter! Shaving Cream Bunny

admin April 1, 2015 No Comments

We do a lot of painting and coloring on a daily basis. I wanted to mix it up a bit and have some fun for easter bunny art. So, shaving cream bunnies it is!                                                         What you’ll need: construction paper shaving creme (not gel) white glue acrylic paint glitter cotton balls scissors paintbrushes bowls googly eyes bunny templates   (click above to print a bunny template)       First, use the templates to cut bunnies out of construction paper.                 Next, mix Shaving Creme (approx

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Bookshare- A Resource for Students with Print Disabilities

admin March 28, 2015 No Comments

If you are parent of a child with a print disability or a teacher with students with print disabilities in your classroom you will want to check out Bookshare.  Bookshare is the world’s largest online digital library which is available for FREE for students and adults who have a print disability.  There are over 1/2 a million book titles in the library including most textbooks found in schools. So for students who qualify, this means that their textbooks or books they are reading in class (oh, let’s say a book such Charlotte’s Web) as  can be downloaded directly onto a computer or a device, and using a reader (super easy to download the app on the iPad) have the words read directly

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Fun and Simple Pirate Hats

admin March 26, 2015 No Comments

Let’s welcome back, Kyle, as our guest on the Make, Take & Teach blog! This week’s theme at our preschool was Pirates with Dads. As a room mom, I was nominated to set up a Photo Booth and take pictures of the Dads and little pirates together. We love pirates at our house and have a few costume items that fit 3-5yr olds. I didn’t want to go out an spend a ton of money on a simple prop that would be used for such a short stint. I decided to put a simple spin on the old newspaper hat. I bought large black paper from the dollar store, a few colors of curling ribbon, and drew my own skull

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Basketball Themed Activities for Phonics and Sight Words

admin March 24, 2015 No Comments

St. Patrick’s Day is over and right on the heels of the holiday is college basketball season!  Well, who’s your favorite team? I have to say when it comes to college athletics, I’m all about those Michigan State Spartans!  That team plays with such passion it’s hard not to get caught up in the excitement and Tom Izzo, well…. he’s quite the coach. Whether your team makes it into the finals or not, your little basketball fans are going to enjoy these basketball themed activities for practicing targeted phonics skills. First up is the It’s All Net activity for practicing the consonant + le syllable type.  When you download this activity you will receive the template and 45 basketballs with

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