Instant Downloads & A to Z’s Shop Pilgrims (Individual KinderReaders Title) Pilgrims Cut and Paste Art Pattern By Dianne Tansey Pilgrim Hat Cut and Paste Art Pattern By Dianne Tansey Poems Five Little Pilgrims Five little Pilgrims on Thanksgiving Day (hold up hand and count off fingers with the rhyme) The first one said, “I”ll have…
Christmas Teaching Theme There were so many ideas for Christmas I organized them into separate pages: Christmas Math and Literacy Activities & Printables Class books, printable books, patterning, Roll-A-Christmas Tree, and graphing ideas. Christmas Craft Activities, Art Projects and Snacks/Recipes Snowman Handprint Ornament, a collection of Christmas crafts, Gingerbread Houses. Christmas Party Games 11 party game ideas…
Class/Student Books Ten Little Indians: Make a book by cutting and gluing Indian figures to numbered pages. Animal Tracks Book: Use animal track symbols (or have students draw an animal track) and a picture of the animal to make a class book. Each illustrated page should read, “I see the _____ tracks.” Indian Symbol Book After reading…
Make Uncle Sam hats by gluing white stripes to red paper. Attach star border with tabs. Cut the center out of a Solo paper plate and tape the tabs to it. (I have not found a way to keep these on the kids’ heads easily). Use the same stripe and star pattern to make a…
The Little Mouse, the Red, Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood After reading “The Little Mouse, the Red, Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear”, we made strawberry hats with handprint leaves and hole punched dots. Make an edible strawberry (a heart cookie with pink frosting, chocolate chips and spearmint leaves)….
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie This is a storytelling apron that students can wear and feed the food pieces to the old lady. This apron can be purchased from Lakeshore Learning. Make a class book by doing an interactive writing sentence to illustrate each food the old lady ate. For…
Literacy Poems & Class Books A-B-CDE The Gingerbread Man is running from me. F-G-HIJ The Gingerbread Man is running away. K-L-MNO I said stop. He said NO! P-Q-RST Across the river’s where he wants to be. U-V-WXY I can’t catch him even if I try Z-Z-ZZZ The Gingerbread Man is running from me. Gingerbread Man…
Clifford ABC Chant A B CDE I can’t find Clifford. Where can he be? F G HIJ Maybe the dog catcher took him away. K L MNO I wonder where Clifford might go. P Q RST Isn’t there anyone who’ll help me? U V WXY I think I’ll sit down here and cry. Z Z…
Printable Mother’s Day Resources @ A to Z’s Downloads Shop *Includes 4 different reading levels, plus a wordless version* This book honors all that mothers do. Children are encouraged to draw comparisons between the animal mothers in the book to the way their own mothers care for them. Tulips Cut-and-Paste Art Pattern This cut-and-paste ladybug…
Printable Insects Teaching Materials @ A to Z’s Store Insects & Bugs Photo Teaching Ideas We built our own bugs by combining our choice of body parts from 3 heads, 3 abdomens and 3 thorax. We added 6 legs and displayed them on a red-checked tablecloth. This is another wonderful idea from our art teacher,…
Instant Downloads @ A to Z’s Store Download Now, Print & Use! Using a magnifying glass, we examined seeds. Then seeds were spread on the ground and we walked through them to learn how seeds travel. Finally, we looked at our socks to see if any seeds had “hitchhiked”. We folded a paper…
Space Theme Unit Activities Here is a fun early childhood unit for learning about space, the solar system, and astronomy. Children get to throw a beanbag into the Earth tub, the Moon tub, or the Sun tub for reading a letter, word or number flashcard correctly. She is shining the flashlight (representing the sun) on…
Literature Actvities Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato Clever Tom and the Leprechaun by Linda Shute The Leprechaun’s Treasure by Joyce John [out of print] Make a Venn diagram comparing the book, Clever Tom and the Leprechaun, to The Leprechaun’s Treasure. Collaborative Book Activities What Do Leprechauns Wear? The students color a picture of a leprechaun….
Related: Presidents Teaching Ideas Uncle Sam This Uncle Sam locker decoration is a kit purchased from Oriental Trading Company. Washington Monument The children cut out the shape below to make the Washington Monument. The long sides are folded and taped, but the top is just folded. Lincoln Memorial Use a magnifying glass to look…
This page features activities relating to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Related: National Symbols Lincoln’s Log Cabin Use craft sticks to make Lincoln’s log cabin. Glue a penny in the window. Stamp the front and back of a penny coin in the lift-up roof. Abe Lincoln & George Washington Art This is Abraham Lincoln, right? ……