Instant Downloads @ A to Z’s Store: [box]By This is an amazing pack to use during the month of October. There are 102 pages and over 20 center ideas filled with both math and literacy centers. [/box] We acted out “Stop, Drop and Roll” to put out fire on our clothing and learned the song below….
The latest calendar is here: 2016 Printable Handprint Calendar Please note: This calendar is for personal and classroom use only. You do not have permission to take this calendar and sell it or share with others. If you want to make your own handprint calendar have fun with it, but if you choose to share or sell it,…
Literacy The family homework was an Animal Report. I sent home a Zoo Book magazine and they answered some questions about color, size, food, how the animal moves and one interesting fact. They also made a picture of the animal. The next day we cut apart the words in our sentence, put them back in…
Click on the pages below for ideas to complement recognition of specific alphabet letters. Photos of each project from the TLC Alphabet Book are included. Letters A, B, C, D, E Letters F, G, H, I, J Letters K, L, M, N, O Letters P, Q, R, S, T Letters U, V, W, X, Y,…
The sites below feature pictures of story characters or sequencing cards for the story. They are listed in alphabetical order. There are two sections: Book Sites and Nursery Rhyme Sites. Some suggestions for using these props are: *Print on cardstock and glue felt or sandpaper to the back to use on a felt board *Print…
Literature and Activities for the Color Red Books About the Color Red Big Red Apple Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown Big Bird’s Red Book Clifford, the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell Hello, Red Fox by Eric Carle Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? by Tana Hoban The Little Mouse,…
Ideas 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…
Our 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…
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 monkey…
[box border=”full”]Don’t Miss: Name Activities * First Week * Chicka Chicka[/box] [box border=”full”]The Kissing Hand BIG BOOK Yes, you can now have this beloved book in the oversized big book edition! The beautiful illustrations really pop off the pages. It’s also a HARDCOVER so it will last for years. When you click through, make sure it is the big book…
This poem was above our lockers and there were star shaped nametags on each locker. Who Stole the Cookies from the Cookie Jar is a great way to learn each other’s names. I place name cards in the blank space so each child gets a turn and learns to recognize his/her own name. This…
[box border=”full”]Don’t Miss: Name Activities * Kissing Hand * Chicka Chicka[/box] 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?…