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Name crafts are a fantastic way for students to learn the letters in their nameโ€”and this Chicka Chicka Boom Boom craft is no exception! This back to school craft for name practice is perfect for the first week of school. Your students will love building their name around the coconut tree with this Chicka Chicka Boom Boom name craft. This back to school name craft makes a cute back to school bulletin board. Add this coconut tree craft to your back to school activities and name activities!

Adorable Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Craft for Name Practice

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, will there be enough roomโ€ฆ for all the letters in your name? This fun and engaging…

Kick off the school year with a school bus craft for The Wheels on the Bus that helps students practice sequencing the letters in their names! Along with this name craft, students will learn an interactive name poem. Use this name song on the first day of school to help students learn each others' names. Add this The Wheels on the Bus craft to your back to school activities, first week of school activities, or name activities! This back to school craft is a cute back to school bulletin board!

Simple School Bus Craft for Back to School

Nothing says “back to school” quite like a bright yellow school bus! Kick off the school year with a fun…

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

The end of the school year is near, and your little learners are buzzing with energy! As attention spans shrink…

Countdown to summer with this ultimate list of end of the year activities! These countdown to summer activities are perfect for your ABC countdown! Discover end of the year theme days, end of the year memory books for kids, end of the year crafts, and more! Your students will love the end of the year centers, end of the year books, and end of the year student gifts! Throw a Glow Day party, host an end of the year awards ceremony, or complete an escape room during your end of the year countdown!

The Best 30+ End of the Year Countdown to Summer Activities

It’s almost time to trade pencils for pool days! Keep your classroom lively, focused, and full of fun as the…

Tame the morning chaos and engage your kindergarten students, as they build fine motor skills, with these 20 math and ELA November fine motor activities! These fall fine motor activities are great for fine motor centers, morning tubs, morning work, fall centers, or early finisher activities. Practice 1:1 counting, subitizing and more with these Thanksgiving fine motor activities. Plus, use these fall activities for kids to practice CVC words, letter recognition, sight words and syllables!

20 November Fine Motor Activities for Morning Tubs

November is always a bit of a crazy month! The honeymoon phase of a new school year has ended, the…

Looking for name activities that will allow your students to practice sequencing and comparing the letters in their name? These name train activities are great for building letter recognition. Students will determine the number of letters, consonants, vowels and syllables with these hands-on name activities. Incorporate math and name practice with this name train name activity. These name practice activities are no prep, making them perfect back to school activities for name recognition!

Simple Name Train Name Activity for Kindergarten

Name trains are one of my most favorite name practice activities to help students learn the letters of their name!…

Celebrate Valentineโ€™s Day, as you review math and literacy skills, with these engaging Valentineโ€™s Day centers for kindergarten and first grade. These Valentineโ€™s Day Escape Room activities can be used for a classroom Valentineโ€™s Party or Valentineโ€™s math and literacy centers. Students will practice syllables, beginning digraphs, decomposing numbers, 3D shapes, and more with these Valentine's Day activities. They will love these Valentineโ€™s Day math centers and Valentineโ€™s Day literacy centers!

Valentineโ€™s Day Centers for Kindergarten

As we approach the month of love, get ready to capture the hearts of your students with these Valentineโ€™s Day…

Hot Chocolate Party Winter Centers for Kindergarten

Brrr! I’m not sure how the weather is where you live, but it sure is getting cold outside here! My…

Gingerbread Man Centers for Christmas Escape Room

The Gingerbread Man is always a favorite topic among little learners! Throughout the month of December, I love to read…

Celebrate Thanksgiving, as you review math and literacy skills, with these engaging Thanksgiving centers for kindergarten & first grade. These Thanksgiving Escape Room activities can be used for a classroom Thanksgiving Party or turkey math and literacy centers. Students will practice CVC words, syllables, rhyming words, decomposing five and more. They will enjoy finding out which turkey in disguise stole the pumpkin pies with these Thanksgiving math centers and Thanksgiving literacy centers!

Thanksgiving Centers for Kindergarten

I love teaching my students all about turkeys during the last week leading up to Thanksgiving, but I also like…

Celebrate Halloween, as you review math and literacy skills, with these highly engaging Halloween centers for kindergarten and first grade. These Halloween Escape Room activities can be used for a classroom Halloween Party or Halloween math and literacy centers. Students will practice CVC words, syllables and rhyming words. They will also practice decomposing five, patterns and building number sense with subitizing. Students will love these Halloween math centers and Halloween literacy centers!

Halloween Centers for Kindergarten

Ghosts, goblins, and witches, oh my! The countdown to Halloween is on and what better way to celebrate than with…

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One of my favorite books for the end of the year i One of my favorite books for the end of the year is โ€œThe Invisible String!โ€

It tells how we all have an invisible string, and even when we are apart, we are still connected by our invisible string.

Whatโ€™s your favorite book for the end of the year? Type the title in the comments, so I can fill my Amazon cart!

Drop the word BOOKS in the comments to see more end of the year books!

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On the first day of school, I always have the stud On the first day of school, I always have the students draw a self-portrait. I put a sticky note on the right side to block it off, so the students donโ€™t draw on that side. I simply ask them to draw a picture of themselvesโ€ฆ. No prompting or modeling. They also write their name along the bottom.

Then, on the last day of schoolโ€ฆ okay, sometime during the last week, because we all know the last day is already too crazy ๐Ÿคชโ€ฆ I ask them to draw another self-portrait.

The growth from the beginning of the year to the end of the year always amazes me! Just look at the detail in this end of the year picture and that basketball on his shirt! I also have the kiddos write their name at the bottom. Huge growth there too!

I send these home on the last day as a keepsake for the parents.

Show of hands โœ‹โ€ฆ whose last day was last week? If not, how many more days do you have left?

Drop the word PORTRAIT in the comments for the link to this printable!

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Itโ€™s almost summer SLIME! You know I love me a g Itโ€™s almost summer SLIME! You know I love me a good pun! Plus, these slime kits make the perfect end of the year student gifts! They are the prefect summer boredom buster!

To make the kitsโ€ฆ I placed a bottle of glue, plastic spoon, small baggie of baking soda and foam beads, as well as a tiny bottle of contact solution, inside a plastic cup. The kiddos could mix up a batch of ooey gooey slime right inside the cup!

Drop the word SLIME for the FREE gift tags and labels!

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You all know I love a good party day, and Glow Day You all know I love a good party day, and Glow Day is no exception!

Organized chaos is my favorite! Learning is meant to be messy and fun! Drop me a โค๏ธ if you agree!

Drop a ๐Ÿ’ก or the word GLOW in the comments for the direct link to my favorite Glow Day activities!

And, hands up if you get out this week or next!

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Before saying goodbye to school and hello to summe Before saying goodbye to school and hello to summer break, kick off the end of the year countdown to summer with this summer bucket list craft for kids! This end of the year craft is the perfect way to harness the excitement for summer, as students brainstorm summer bucket list ideas and plan the ultimate summer vacation!

Drop the word BUCKET in the comments if youโ€™d like a direct link!

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These pool noodle sentence spinners are similar to These pool noodle sentence spinners are similar to the pool noodle word spinners we used at our end of the year party. The kiddos will spin the beginning, middle, and end to create a silly sentence!

Check my post from earlier in the week for a peek at all the Pool Party math and literacy centers.

Drop the word POOL in the comments for the direct link to these new and discounted Pool Party activities!

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โ€œMrs. Spitzerโ€™s Gardenโ€ is another great rea โ€œMrs. Spitzerโ€™s Gardenโ€ is another great read aloud for the end of the year! ๐ŸŒป

Just as you would lovingly tend to a garden, Mrs. Spitzer carefully nurtures her garden of students, helping them grow over the course of a school year.

โ€œSome of the plants grow quickly, pushing upward, eager, impatient. Some grow more slowly, unfolding themselves bit by bit. Some plants sprout thin and tall. Some are bushy and wide spreading. Some are bold, showy. Some are silvery and quiet, the color of the earth.โ€

And when the year is over, her job is done, โ€œbut the plants will keep growing!โ€

Drop the word BOOKS in the comments for the link to all of my favorite end of the year books!

Let me know one of your favorites!

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Save time by simplifying your end of the year awar Save time by simplifying your end of the year awards ceremony with these no prep, student-created awards!

Just print your student awards on regular copy paper! Thatโ€™s it!

No card stock, colored ink, or gifts needed! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ

Drop a ๐Ÿ‘‘ or the word CROWNS for the direct link to the crowns!

Also, when is your last day of school? We donโ€™t get out around here until mid June!

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