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Does your school plan a donuts with dad each year? Or do you maybe have a special day in your classroom to celebrate dads and father figures? We get our of school in May, but we like to still celebrate these awesome men in our children lives before the end of the school year. Figuring out what to have the… Read More
This is a great time of year to learn about the ocean and all of the fun creatures you can find there. For this weeks literacy snack idea, we’re exploring the ocean and it’s creatures you can find there. We’re reading, Commotion in the Ocean, by Giles Andreae. This is such a fun, bright and colorful book to share with the… Read More
The end of the school year is creeping up fast! We’re headed on our last field trip of the year this Friday. I wanted to tie in our literacy snack idea this week, so we’re reading, The Gingerbread Man Loose At The Zoo, by Laura Murray. The class goes on a field trip to the zoo and they get to… Read More
One of my favorite themes to incorporate at the end of the school year is camping! We do all kinds of fun camping theme activities over a few days and at the end of the week, everyone brings in a pillow and blanket and we having a reading campout. I made these fun free printable s’more bag topper that say, Let’s… Read More
We’re nearing the end of the school year and I love doing camping theme activities during this time. So for this weeks literacy snack idea we’re going with a camping theme and reading, A Camping Spree with Mr. Magee, by Chris Van Dusen. “Mr. Magee and his trusty dog, Dee, are enjoying a peaceful camping trip when all of a sudden… Read More
When I went to place my Scholastic book order a couple weeks ago, I came across this book and just couldn’t pass it up. For this weeks literacy snack, we’re reading, Black Belt Bunny, by Jacky Davis. In this adorable book Black Belt Bunny is fast and strong and has seriously awesome moves—from front-kicks to back-flips to air-chops. Then he’s faced… Read More
We all know how hard teachers work, so why not give them a extra special little treat during teacher appreciation week. I’m sharing a teacher appreciation day treat that I “snuck” into our teachers lounge last year. This is a super quick an easy way to say thank you to all of our teachers and co-workers. I thought ice cream… Read More
It’s already getting quite hot here, in the low 90’s but I know that isn’t the case for everyone right now. I see people are still having snow days in April, just crazy! I just couldn’t pass this book up so I wanted to squeeze in one last Literacy Snack Spring Bear Read-Aloud. For this week’s literacy snack idea, we’re… Read More
With teacher appreciation day quickly approaching, I wanted to share couple fun fingerprint teacher appreciation gift ideas with you that I helped make for my own kids teachers last year. My daughters class did a huge unit on butterflies. They got to watch the life cycle, and even took a field trip to the Butterfly Wonderland. Since this was such… Read More
I’m always up for breakfast food any time of the day! For this weeks literacy snack, we’re talking pancakes! We’re reading Pancakes, Pancakes, by Eric Carle. “The barnyard rooster crows and Jack wakes up — hungry, of course! What does he want for breakfast? A big pancake! But first, Jack’s mother needs flour from the mill, an egg from the… Read More
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. Underpants is a magical word in Kindergarten. Why not go with it and read some fun underpants… Read More
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 read-aloud is perfect to go along with your flower or plant unit. We’re reading… Read More
We love learning about ladybugs in the classroom! We have a bunch of fun and engaging ways we learn about them and even get to release real live ladybugs at the end. We work together on creating our ladybug can, have are chart. We learn about the ladybug life cycle and vocabulary. These all can be found in my Ladybug… Read More
For this week’s Literacy Snack, we’re reading Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae. “A wonderfully illustrated, fun tale depicting an important message through Gerald, the giraffe. All the jungle animals have their own specialty dance except poor Gerald. Their teasing and bullying has Gerald feeling sad and bad about himself. However, with a little advice and encouragement, he soon learns… Read More
Are you ready for spring?! We do some of my most favorite activities this time of year, but along with that comes some of our not so fun testing time. I’m sharing spring minute to win it ideas you can use in the classroom perfect for a spring fling, a way to kickoff spring break or as a fun much… Read More
It’s almost St. Patrick’s Day and there is a leprechaun on the loose in our classroom! We’re excited to be doing some fun activities for St. Patrick’s Day this week. We have a sneaky leprechaun on the loose right now. He’s sure a sneaky guy! So of course this week for our Literacy Snack Idea Leprechaun + Free Printable, we… Read More
I’m back at it with another gift idea for my teammates and my own kids teachers perfect for St. Patricks’s Day. This gift is super quick and easy to put together. Materials Small cellophane bags Hershey gold nugget candies Printable (at the bottom of the post) Scissors Twine Hole punch Assemble These come together very quickly. Just put the chocolates… Read More
Spring is in the air here in Arizona! It’s lining up perfectly with our frog unit so this week we’re reading, There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Frog!, by Lucille Colandro. The old woman, first she swallows a frog (she was in a fog.) Then she proceeds to swallow some dirt, some seeds, the rain, the sunlight, some… Read More
Last week I shared a post about free printable donut ten frames. I wanted to tie it in with our literacy snack, so this week we’re reading, If You Give A Dog A Donut, by Laura Numeroff. Giving a dog a donut results in him asking for a glass of apple juice. But when he asks for more juice and there… Read More
Read Across America week is quickly approaching, so for this week’s Literacy Snack idea, we’re talking spots! This week, we’re reading, Put Me In The Zoo by Robert Lopshire. “Spot believes he deserves to be in the zoo with the other amazing animals. In this Beginner Book edited by Dr. Seuss, Spot shows two young friends all the exciting things he… Read More
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