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Fairy Tale Sequencing
Looking for different ways for students to retell favorite fairy tales? These retell crowns and character hats give students the opportunity to retell the story to adults. Click to learn more!
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Name Rainbows!
Adorable rainbow craft with name practice that is EDITABLE and can be personalized for each student! Click to learn more!
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School Closing? Read On…
If you find out your school is closing on Monday for two weeks, and you need to come up with work for your students, you're probably going to panic. Here are some things that I hope will help you out, particularly if you are a first grade teacher. Everything on this page is FREE - there are no links to paid items.
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St. Patrick’s Day Lucky Rainbow Craft
Love this craft for for St. Patrick's day encouraging students to reflect on when they feel lucky! Click to learn more!
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Lucky Charms Craft
Looking for a 'magically delicious' St. Patrick's day activity for your students? With this editable craft each child makes a personalized 'Cereal' box with marshmallows. Click to learn more!
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Black Pioneers You Haven't Heard of: George Crum
Potato chips may have been around since the 1820s, but it is thanks to a chef named George Speck that they became popular in America. George worked in a famous restaurant, and he got his name 'Crum' because one of the wealthy diners in his restaurant could not remember George's last name.
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Black History Valentine Activity
February is such a crazy busy mont - which is why it's my favorite teaching month! And it flies by! If you are looking for a black history/valentine craft, look no further! Read more...
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Winter crafts to see you through the season!
What are some crafts you do with your young students in winter? (To see why crafting, scissor skills and art skills are so important in the development of students, click here). (Disclosure: Some of links below are affiliate links, which means that at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.) Penguins were always part of the back to school study unit for my students. Whether we reading the Tacky the Penguin books, or writing facts about animals of Antarctica, this penguin craft was always a crowd pleaser, plus super simple to make! It wouldn’t be winter without snow, and…
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Groundhog Activities for Your Classroom
February 2 is Groundhog Day! One of these days I want to go to Gobbler's Knob in Punxatawney to hear the grand seer of seers make his prediction. But until then I will have to make do with our own celebrations in the classroom! Learn more about what we do here!
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Chinese New Year activities for your classroom
We may have just finished welcoming the new year into our classroom, but that’s not the end of the new year celebrations for other parts of the world! (Disclosure: Some of links below are affiliate links, which means that at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.) In China, the new year festivities are dictated by the lunar calendar, which is why the date is different every year. In 2020 Chinese New Year begins on January 25th and lasts for 11 days, followed by a lantern festival on February 8. The sights and sounds of Chinese New Year make…
