This Free Smart Cookie Hat is a fun activity for your students to make and wear to show what smart cookies they are! These hats are fun to make any time of the school year! These hats would be great to make at the beginning of the school year while talking about the great new things they will be learning… Read More
School Appreciation Days Calendar
Welcome to a new school year! This School Appreciation Days Calendar makes it easy to keep up with important days and appreciation days throughout the school year. THIS ACTIVITY WORKS WELL WITH I’ve put together a list of all of the honorary calendar days for the year. Everything from National Bike and Walk to School Day to Principal Appreciation Day to… Read More
Easy Salad Lunch Ideas For Teachers
Do you bring your lunch to school? Keep reading for some make-ahead Easy Salad Lunch Ideas For Teachers. this article (and most) on primary playground, does contain affiliate links that we do earn a commission off of. clicking these links does not cost you any extra but helps our website to keep great articles and freebies like this coming your… Read More
August Joke Of The Day
Do you kids love jokes? Mine are obsessed! I’ve been sharing a joke of the day on my Facebook page the last few days and we’ve been having a lot of fun! I thought I would put them all together in a printable so you can easily share the joke of the day with your class. August Joke OF The… Read More
Back To School Donation Bricks
With back to school comes a whole list of items you’d love to have for your classroom. It’s helpful if we are able to send home a suggested supply list but sometimes there are extra things that would be great to have donated to the classroom. So for meet the teacher night, make back-to-school donation bricks and ask for those… Read More
Literacy Snack Bee Read-Aloud
this article (and most) on primary playground, does contain affiliate links that we do earn a commission off of. clicking these links does not cost you any extra but helps our website to keep great articles and freebies like this coming your way. This week’s literacy snack bee read-aloud is a great one for spring to go with your spring-insect… Read More
Free Printable Alphabet Poster
Today I just wanted to share a Free Printable Alphabet Poster that I put together. This alphabet poster is perfect to display in your writing center, as part of a personal writing office, or to add to your student’s folder so they can refer to it when needed. This is a small version of the same pictures used in my Alphabet… Read More
Literacy Snack Idea Empathy
this article (and most) on primary playground, does contain affiliate links that we do earn a commission off of. clicking these links does not cost you any extra but helps our website to keep great articles and freebies like this coming your way. This week’s Literacy Snack Idea Empathy read-aloud is perfect for teaching about empathy and celebrating diversity. We… Read More
Literacy Snack Idea Big Problems
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Student Supply Box For Distance Learning
this article (and most) on primary playground, does contain affiliate links that we do earn a commission off of. clicking these links does not cost you any extra but helps our website to keep great articles and freebies like this coming your way. With the new school year quickly approaching, it will obviously look a lot different this year. Today… Read More
Literacy Snack Idea Squishes
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First Day of School All About Me Preschool and Kindergarten
Need a fun little project for the first day or week of school? This free printable first day of school all about me gives your students an opportunity to tell you and their classmates all about themselves. Save it in their file until the end of the school year and they can look back and see what has changed over… Read More
Alphabet Scavenger Hunts
We’ve been having so much fun with all of our other scavenger hunts, we wanted to add the whole alphabet too! I’m posting a new letter each weekday until we get to Z. If you would like them in a printable form, they are available on Primary Playground here and TeachersPayTeachers here. All of the letters are available inside all… Read More
Activities To Teach Beginning Sounds
I love helping to teach little learners their letters and the sounds they make. It’s the first building block to helping them learn how to read and is so important. I’ve gathered some of my favorite Activities To Teach Beginning Sounds. I love making things fun, hands-on and like to play a lot of games. When your students get to… Read More
Literacy Snack Koala Read Aloud
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Snack Ideas for the Alphabet
Whether you are just starting the school year off and teaching your little learners their letters or it’s the end of the school year and you’re counting down the days, we’ve gathered a whole list of snack ideas for the alphabet. At the bottom of the post, I’ve gathered all of the ideas onto a printable so you can easily… Read More
Free Printable Caterpillar Hat
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Literacy Snack Healthy Alphabet
this article (and most) on primary playground, does contain affiliate links that we do earn a commission off of. clicking these links does not cost you any extra but helps our website to keep great articles and freebies like this coming your way. Back to school time means learning the alphabet, letters, and beginning sounds. So I thought we’d read… Read More
Free Printable Letters and Numbers Sort
this article (and most) on primary playground, does contain affiliate links that we do earn a commission off of. clicking these links does not cost you any extra but helps our website to keep great articles and freebies like this coming your way. At the beginning of the school year a lot is focused on letters during ELA time and… Read More
Literacy Snack Making Friends Read Aloud
this article (and most) on primary playground, does contain affiliate links that we do earn a commission off of. clicking these links does not cost you any extra but helps our website to keep great articles and freebies like this coming your way. I’m always looking for good books to read at the beginning of the school year to help… Read More