Pajama Party Activities for Kindergarten Celebrate Pajama Party Day with stories, games, math activities, and special snacks! On Pajama Party Day, the children wear pajamas and slippers to school (or change into them when they arrive). They also bring a pillow and a favorite “buddy”—a stuffed animal they love to cuddle. Pajama Party Pillow Fight…
Welcome to the Little Giraffes Teacher Page. The links below are teaching ideas, many of them photos, from past school years. Some ideas are original, while others are “borrowed” from other teachers and sources. Thank you for your willingness to share! **This page is still in the old format and will be updated soon.** …
ABC Letter Formation Poems Check out the handwriting worksheet generator, too! A – Pull down twice from the point to the top. Add a seat to view the apple crop. a – First make a round apple to eat, then a slide for an ant when he’s finished his treat! B – Big old B…
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,…
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? ……
Valentine’s Day E-Books @ A to Z Teacher Stuff’s Store How to Make a Valentine * Valentine’s Mini-Books * Valentine’s Theme * February Word Wall Words * Love Bug Cut and Paste Our Valentine Quilt The heart lions are from the 2004 February Lesson of the Month at TLC Art (http://www.tlcart.com) Valentine Candy Box Picture Magnet These are magnets we used to…
Literature The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle Miss Spider’s Tea Party The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Be Nice to Spiders by Margaret Graham The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott Spider, Spider by Kate…
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…
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…