Have a ready-to-go solution for those fast finishers with these 20 back to school early finisher activities for kindergarten! These fast finisher activities include 10 math activities and 10 literacy activities. Early finishers simply swap out the file folder games when they finish a task early. Students will practice CVC words, syllables, rhyming words, 1:1 counting, making 5, identifying shapes, sorting by color, and more. Great for back to school centers, morning work, or morning tubs!

20 Quick Back to School Early Finisher Activities for Kindergarten

Have you ever had a student zoom through their work and then wonder, what now? Keeping early finishers engaged can…

As attention spans shrink and excitement for summer grows, keep students engaged with these top 10 end of the year theme days for kindergarten and first grade! These end of year theme days include Glow Day, Beach Day, Pool Party Day, and more! Your students will love these classroom transformations as they review important math and literacy skills and have some fun with some science experiments. These end of the year activities are great for centers or use throughout the entire day!

Top 10 Epic End of the Year Theme Days

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Celebrate back to school, Fire Safety Week, Halloween and Thanksgiving with these 35+ fall crafts for kindergarten! The back to school crafts for kids are great for learning classroom rules, as well as classroom routines and procedures. Use the Halloween crafts at your classroom Halloween party. The Thanksgiving crafts are perfect for math centers or literacy centers, while the fire safety crafts are a fun way to celebrate Fire Safety Week! Discover the full list of kids crafts for fall!

The Best 35+ Fall Crafts for Kindergarten

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Review classroom rules and encourage positive behavior during the first week of back to school with these David Goes to School activities and craft for preschool, kindergarten and first grade! Perfect for a back to school bulletin board display! Plus, practice the alphabet, rhyming, counting, numbers, 2D shapes and more with the eight math and literacy activities and centers! Tackle classroom management, routines and procedures, as you turn those "No, David!" choices into "Yes, David!" choices!

David Goes to School Activities and Craft

Teaching classroom expectations at the beginning of the year is not for the faint of heart, especially if you are…

An ice cream day is the perfect way to countdown to the end of the year. Today, I am sharing my favorite ice cream day activities for kids. This classroom theme day allows early elementary students to work on math skills and literacy skills. Students get to work on an escape room, ice cream centers for beginning digraphs, rhyming words and CVC words. They also get to work on 1:1 counting and making patterns. Enjoy these end of year activities in your kindergarten and first grade classroom!

Ice Cream Day Activities for the End of the Year

As the school year winds down and students eagerly anticipate summer break, it’s the perfect time to plan a special…

Looking for a fun way to countdown to the last day of school? A classroom beach day is a great way to celebrate the end of the school year while reviewing math skills and literacy skills. These beach day activities include a beach day escape room, beach math activities and literacy centers. Work on CVC words, beginning blends and rhyming words. You can also work on counting and place value. This is a great end of year classroom theme day!

Beach Day Activities for the End of the Year

As the school year draws to a close, your students are likely counting down the days until summer vacation! And…

Strengthen fine motor skills with fine motor morning tubs! These 20 March fine motor activities also work well for math or literacy centers and use common Preschool and Kindergarten classroom supplies. Make your mornings a little less hectic, while providing a soft start to your day, with these spring fine motor activities and St. Patrick’s Day fine motor activities! These fine motor activities for March are great for morning tubs. Ditch the morning work worksheets and try these bins instead!

20 March Fine Motor Activities for Morning Tubs

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Strengthen fine motor skills with fine motor morning tubs! These 20 February fine motor activities also work well for math or literacy centers and use common Preschool and Kindergarten classroom supplies. Make your mornings a little less hectic with these Valentine’s Day fine motor activities, President’s Day fine motor activities, Groundhog Day fine motor activities and dental health fine motor activities!

20 February Fine Motor Activities for Morning Tubs

In a recent blog post, I shared how technology and increased demands on our time has made it more difficult…

These Ten Timid Ghosts math freebies are perfect for building number sense, subitizing and decomposing ten in preschool, Kindergarten or 1st grade! Use these FREE Halloween activities in your morning work tubs, math stations, or whole and small group instruction. Read this Halloween book during your classroom Halloween party, to help keep things spooky and learning-filled!

3 Quick Ten Timid Ghosts Math Activities

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Make room for these Room on the Broom activities, crafts and centers for preschool, kindergarten and first grade! This Room on the Broom sequencing craft helps students retell the events in the story. Plus, this Halloween book lends itself well to identifying character traits, determining cause and effect and recognizing rhyming words. Enjoy a Room on the Broom filled classroom Halloween Party with these Halloween crafts and activities for kids!

22 Room on the Broom Activities, Crafts & Centers

Room on the Broom is the perfect read aloud to help celebrate the changing season and Halloween, without the actual…

Strengthen fine motor skills with fine motor morning tubs! These 20 December fine motor activities also work well for math centers or literacy centers and use common Preschool and Kindergarten classroom supplies. Make your mornings a little less hectic with these Christmas fine motor activities! Students get to work on beginning sounds, ending sounds, CVC words with the Christmas literacy activities. They also get to work on addition, counting, & number sense with the Christmas math activities.

20 December Fine Motor Activities for Morning Tubs

Every year, I say that the number of students lacking fine motor skills continues to grow. Some of this I…

Use these 20 apple investigation activities to integrate literacy, math, science and social studies as you learn all about apples! These simple apple crafts for kids and hands-on apple science experiments will help keep your kindergarten and first grade students engaged. They’ll learn about the life cycle of an apple, seasons of an apple tree, oxidation of an apple and more!

20 Apple Investigation Activities for Kids

As the weather begins to grow a little more crisp and the season changes from summer to fall, apple season…