Kindergarten

Help Nicki find his mitten!

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Book includes the following celebrations:

Published in Social Studies

A spooky twist to a favorite classic, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, uses the repetition of the book to reinforce colors and color words.

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These 3 worksheets are a great way to get students thinking about addition, not just memorizing it!

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In these tough economic times, we should be investing in Early Childhood Education!

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Get ideas for inviting families, decorating the classroom, engaging families, parent take-aways, and a checklist (a teacher's best friend) to make the night go smoothly!

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Use these worksheets to assess your students' understanding of beginning sounds.  Four letter sounds are reviewed on each page (5 pages total): b  f  k  n  -  d  z  l  r  -  v  j  p  s  -  y  w  t  m  -  c  g  h  q

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Introduce different hats with any of these wonderful stories:

  • Which Hat Is That? By Anna Grossnickle Hines
  • The Hat Book by Leonard Shortall
  • Hats? By Dana Meachen Rau
  • Zara's Hats by Paul Meisel
  • Hats Off to Hats by Sara Corbett
  • The Hatseller and the Monkeys by Baba Wague Diakite
  • Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

Hats off to hometown heroes! Have student write to local heroes and ask them about their favorite books. Showcase these hometown heroes and their choices in you reading celebration.

Have students make a list of hats that denote jobs (ex: fireman's hat, chef's hat, etc.). Draw a person wearing a hat. Have students write about it.  For younger students, provide the prompt, "When I grow up. I want to be a ..."

Check out NEA's website here for more ideas!

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Have children follow the directions and color the shapes.  Can be used to assess shape or color word identification.

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Practice spelling and reading CVC-silent e words by assembling ice cream sundaes.

Published in Language Arts

Help the bee find his honeycomb!

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Simple and effective tips for helping children improve their reading and writing ability.

Published in Writing

A great way to review CVC words with large group, small group, and independent activities.

Published in Language Arts

Color the shapes to finish the picture. 

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This cute CVC word practice activity includes the following:

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If your child is 3-5 and has trouble pronouncing words starting with these letters...

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Let students get creative with this prompt:  "Pretend that you could bend and twist a hanger into any shape you like.  What could you use the hanger for?"

Published in Language Arts

This packet includes 10 pages of simple addition problems with pictures.

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This catchy song makes it easy to remember Groundhog Day!

Published in Holiday Worksheets

Children discern upper- and lowercase letter Aa.

Published in Language Arts