Share/Bookmark Literature relating to the color “red”: Big Red Apple Big Red Barn ~ Margaret Wise Brown Big Bird’s Red Book Clifford, the Big Red Dog ~ Norman Bridwell Hello, Red Fox ~ Eric Carle Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? ~Tana Hoban The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the […]
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Colors
Share/BookmarkIdeas for Specific Colors: (currently at old page) Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Purple Pink Brown Black Gray White Here are some general ideas for color recognition, color-related literature, songs and poems. Literature: Brown Cow, Green Grass, Yellow Mellow Sun by Victoria Raymond Cat’s Colors by Jane Cabrera Color Dance by Ann Jonas A Color […]
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Open House
Share/BookmarkOur Open House is prior to the opening of school. I made up a scavenger hunt to familiarize the child and their parents with our classroom and the building. This helps take away some of those first day fears. Following the picture of the scavenger hunt paper is the parent instruction note. Parents, Please help […]
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Activities
Share/Bookmark Make a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom bottle.Put letter glitter and other confetti inside the bottle and fill with water. Put letter stickers on the outside of the bottle. Students get to pound the bottle during the Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom refrain while reading the story. This is an alternative bottle. This one has a […]
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The Kissing Hand Activities
Share/Bookmark Raccoon Coloring Page or Pattern Raccoon Coloring Page or Pattern 2 The Kissing Hand Puzzle On the first day, read the book “The Kissing Hand” and stamp a handprint on a puzzle. Put a heart sticker in the center. Send home in a ziplock bag with the note shown below the puzzle. […]
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Name Recognition Activities
Share/BookmarkWho Took the Cookie? Name Recognition Balanced Literacy Unit By KindergartenWorks Start your year off right by beginning with solving a mystery! Your students will be taken on a reading and writing adventure that will have them learning, problem solving and connecting to the well-loved classic story. Instant download from our downloads store This poem was […]
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First Week of School
Share/Bookmark Literature for the First Week (or Two!) Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready For Kindergarten by Joseph Slate The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn Will I Have A Friend? by Miriam Cohen Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come by […]
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