If you are looking for an activity that will engage your students and keep them on task then look no further. The secret is to use pictures of the students; they love to look at pictures of themselves and their friends. This activity can be done several different ways to allow for differentiation. In the picture above you can see the ...

Race to the Top is a fun game that can be adapted for many different skills and levels. You can use these types of games to practice letter recognition, sight words, or even numbers. In the picture above you can see the Spring Alphabet Race to the Top game, in the picture below you can see the sight word version of the game. To prepare ...

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This Valentine themed activity for practicing sight words is super simple yet still tons of fun for little ones. You will need one magnetic cookie tray or other magnetic surface per child, paper Valentine hearts, tape, sight word cards, and magnetic letters. You could also have the students match upper to lowercase letters on the trays. The ...

This is a highly engaging and fun activity to help your students practice their sight words during your Valentine’s Day unit. To create this game you will need several different types of student Valentine cards, a marker, envelopes, laminating film, and mini mailboxes or other containers. First, write one sight word on the back of each ...

This fun syllable game is always big hit with preschoolers and kindergarteners alike around Valentine’s Day. To create this activity you will need three Valentine mailboxes, a marker, construction paper hearts, a glue stick, and the 1, 2, and 3 syllable cards. I found the Valentine mailboxes pictured above at the Target Dollar Spot. First, ...

This is a fun activity to practice beginning sounds during your Valentine’s Day unit. To create this activity you will need Valentine containers, objects that begin with sounds your students are learning to identify, a marker, index cards, tape, and a paper bag. I found the Valentine buckets at the Target Dollar Spot. The objects pictured ...

In addition to a garden themed classroom library and flower pot birthday board I was looking for a way to display student pictures using clay flower pots. When I stumbled across these foam flower shapes at the Dollar Tree I knew I was on to something. This project is not actually finished yet but I couldn’t wait to share it with you because ...

I recently created a birthday can to replace my birthday box. I used the box pictured above for many years to store classroom birthday supplies like books, stickers, and pencils. The box worked well but I have limited storage space so I started looking for something smaller. The box was also too tempting for little hands; I would always ...

Living in a very diverse metropolitan area I have had Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Jews, and Jehovah’s Witnesses in my classroom- all at the same time. As you can imagine, navigating the holidays can be tricky, I am very careful to be inclusive instead of exclusive. Our focus during the month of December is fairy tales with an emphasis on ...