The Cookie Sheet Activities have certainly been popular with my kindergarten and first grade teacher friends. They are so versatile- they can be used within small group instruction or as independent literacy center activities. It's always so important to incorporate hands-on … [Read more...]
Word Family Penguins- Fun Winter Themed Activity for Teaching Word Families
Last year Kyle (fabulous artist) created these adorable penguins. I absolutely fell in love with them. I created a few activities for my kindergarten friends at that time using the penguins, but not so much for my first grade friends. Well, many of my first grade kiddos are … [Read more...]
Rhyming Caterpillars
I have such fond memories of reading The Hungry Caterpillar to my own children and to my preschool students. It was one of my very favorite books. I use to have a puppet which started as a caterpillar and then flipped inside out to turn into a butterfly. Now that my … [Read more...]
St. Patrick’s Day Activities
Oh…St. Patrick's Day! It's just around the corner. St. Patrick's Day activities are always fun to incorporate into centers and small group instruction. For our little first graders still struggling with their short vowel sounds, the Pot O' Gold activity might do just the … [Read more...]
Build A Snowman
My fabulous artist created these adorable snowmen last year. I quickly used them to create the Build A Snowman activities for beginning sounds and word families. They were such a hit with our kindergarteners and first graders! If you live in the great white north, winter can … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Activities
Kyle (best artist ever!) created these adorable turkeys last year. I love them! Just to add a little seasonal fun into centers, I created a turkey feathers matching game for addition, beginning sounds and for word families. Be sure to visit my TpT store to download this … [Read more...]
Apple Literacy Center Activities
Creating fall themed center activities is so much fun. Living in northern Michigan, you just can't help but love autumn. The colors up north are absolutely gorgeous! We planted an apple tree in our backyard three years ago and this is the first year that we've actually been … [Read more...]
Pocket Chart Pictures
I love going into stores during their back-to-school sales! I especially love perusing the aisles of Walmart and our local dollar stores. There's always super cheap items that can be used or changed into activities for our little kiddos. Just last week I found these pocket … [Read more...]
Robin’s Nest Activities
I know the calendar says "spring", but we still have 3 inches of snow up here in northern Michigan. To get into the "spring" spirit I thought I'd dig through my files and pull out all the fun bird, frog and bug activities. The Robin's Nest activity is one of my spring time … [Read more...]